Integration Architect

Overview:
**Role Purpose**
- The purpose of the role is to create exceptional integrationarchitectural solution design and thought leadership and enable deliveryteams to provide exceptional client engagement and satisfaction._

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Define integration architecture for the new deals/ majorchange requests in existing deals**
- _ Creates an enterprise-wide integration architecture that ensuresthat systems are seamlessly integrated while being scalable, reliable,and manageable._
- _ Provide solutioning for digital integration for RFPs receivedfrom clients and ensure overall design assurance_
- Provide technical leadership to the design, development andimplementation of integration solutions through thoughtful use of moderntechnology
- Define and understand current state integration solutions andidentify improvements, options & tradeoffs to define target statesolutions
- Clearly articulate, document and use integration patterns, bestpractices and processes.
- Evaluate and recommend products and solutions to integrate withoverall technology ecosystem
- Works closely with various IT groups to transition tasks, ensureperformance and manage issues through to resolution
- Document integration architecture covering logical, deployment anddata views mentioning all the artefacts in detail
- Validate the integration solution/ prototype from technology, coststructure and customer differentiation point of view
- Identify problem areas and perform root cause analysis ofintegration architectural design and solutions and provide relevantsolutions to the problem
- Collaborating with sales, program/project, consulting teams toreconcile solutions to architecture
- Tracks industry integration trends and relates these to planningcurrent and future IT needs
- _ Provides technical and strategic input during the projectplanning phase in the form of technical architectural designs andrecommendations_
- _ Collaborates with all relevant parties in order to review theobjectives and constraints of solutions and determine conformance withthe Enterprise Architecture._
- _ Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts._
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Enable Delivery Teams by providing optimal deliverysolutions/ frameworks**
- _ Build and maintain relationships with technical leaders, productowners, peer architects and other stakeholders to become a trustedadvisor_
- _ Develops and establishes relevant integration metrics (KPI/SLA)to drive results_
- _ Identify risks related to integration and prepares a riskmitigation plan _
- _Ensure quality assurance of the integration architecture ordesign decisions and provides technical mitigation support to thedelivery teams_
- _ Leads the development and maintenance of integration frameworkand related artefacts_
- _ Develops trust and builds effective working relationshipsthrough respectful, collaborative engagement across individual productteams_
- _ Ensures integration architecture principles, patterns andstandards are consistently applied to all the projects_
- _ Ensure optimal Client Engagement_
- Support pre-sales team while presenting the entire solution designand its principles to the client
- Coordinate with the client teams to ensure all requirements are metand create an effective integration solution
- Demonstrate thought leadership with strong technical capability infront of the client to win the confidence and act as a trusted advisor
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Competency Building and Branding_**
- _ Ensure completion of necessary trainings and certifications onintegration middleware_
- _ Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs),case studies, demos etc. fornew growth areas and solve new customer problems based on market andcustomer research _
- _Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on digitalintegration by writing white papers, blogs etc. _
- _Help in attaining market recognition through analyst rankings,client testimonials and partner credits _
- _Be the voice of Wipro’s Thought Leadership by speaking inforums (internal and external) _
- _Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects in theproject for their further career development and enhancement_
- _ Contribute to the integration practice by conducting selectioninterviews etc._
- ** Team Management**
- _Resourcing_
- Anticipating new talent requirements as per the market/ industrytrends or client _requirements_
- Support in hiring adequate and right resources for the team throughconducting interviews
- _ Talent Management_
- Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members toenhance capability & effectiveness
- _ Performance Management_
- Provide inputs to project manager in setting appraisal objectivesfor the team, conduct timely performance reviews and provideconstructive feedback to own direct reports (if present)

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Stakeholder Interaction_**

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Stakeholder Identification_**

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Purpose of Interaction_**

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Internal_**
- Delivery teams_
- Define integration architecture and review integration artefacts,issue res