As An Individual Contributor, Functional Architect Has Following Responsibilities
Nature and scope responsibilities exercised
As part of the development of business products, the solution architect transverse declines the architecture principles to ensure:
- The framing of IS products by specifying their functional scope
- Decoupling and reuse of existing components
- The specification of the interfaces to be used or developed in accordance with the business information model
- Product architecture validation in architecture committee
Define overall architecture and monitor projects
- Lead architecture definition workshops (collect needs and business processes)
- Identify data sources and interfaces
- Identify macro-impacts on existing products and products to Build
- Define the target architecture and the steps to achieve it
- Flows of the systems impacted by the initiative to build the architectural target.
- Formalize the chosen architecture
- Validate the result within the architecture committee
- Identify potential stakeholders to be involved and build a better understanding of the context
- Sketch high-level architecture orientations about the envisaged changes/solution
- Understand the system (System of Interest) in terms of capabilities and proposes either for the as-is analysis or the projected target
- Understand the perimeter and the needs in terms of business concepts
- Understand the global picture of business capabilities and the impact of the initiative
- Construct the exhaustive list of possible impacts and adhesions to look for solutions
- Identify/understand the scope of an initiative (or the area under study )
- Have a global understanding of the initiative (stakes, objectives, needs, scope, benefits, etc.)
- Identify the motivations that guide the design or change of the architecture
- Collaborate with Solution Architects / Product team in implementing the target architecture
- Capitalize in the cartographic repository the architecture implemented by the project
- Define and participate in the implementation of tools to industrialize architecture activities
- Participate in collaboration with architects in studies (vision job, study of the existing, definition of the target and roadmap of transformation, project portfolio management)
- Participate in the definition of business information models and its application in projects
- Ensure cross-functional consideration of information models business and governance of application interfaces.
- Create/Update Data Model for the given scope
- Identify data sources, interfaces, macro-impacts on products
- Understand/Contribute business information model (BIM)
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: 9-15 Years in information System with following skills
Business Competencies
- Understanding of technology trends and their practical application
- Ability to analyze market developments to determine their business potential impact
- Mastery/understanding of current and future business drivers as well as the IS system component, enabling it to design and define the functional architecture of a set of products consistent with the company's strategies
- Contribute to the definition of architectural guiding principles
Soft Skills
- Strong ability to communicate, explain and educate choices beyond technologies,
- Be pragmatic and not be technology for technology oriented,
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
Technical Competencies
- Legacy application Modernization using Cloud & related technologies
- Knowledge on Google cloud services preferred
Indicative Deliverables
- Architecture Specification - Motivation Diagram, Context Diagram, Solution Concept Diagram, Business Process Diagram, Application Solution Diagram and any other related diagrams.
- Enrich business information model (BIM)
Preferred
- Experience in the Sales and Distribution domain is preferred
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS & BEHAVIOURS
Management Skills
A Seasoned communicator
Ability to explain solution to the business and other stakeholders
Other Skills
A professional who is eager to learn new technologies & share it with others
Having focus on up skilling himself/herself, build and share knowledge
Able to drive new technical innovations & breakthrough
