Integrations and Automation Solution Designer

Solutions Architect, a key contributor within Professional Services & Consulting team, is to deliver the value of the whole firm to our customers by providing specialized technical consulting activities, understand requirements, create detailed solution designs & architecture, and provide continuity of technical expertise to the development teams and the customer during the delivery phase.

The role is entrusted to ensure that we deliver a superior solution that meets the customer requirements, technical capabilities, right technologies, and industry best practices.

5-point summary

You have solid understanding of cloud-based solutions for data analysis, including the cloud development, cloud service models, and cloud deployment architectures. You are a talented architect with a passion for designing solutions that relates to ELT and ETL solutions, Boomi, Matillion and Integration platforms and data integration You have an impeccable track record of coding in Python, Java Your primary focus will be to act as an interface with clients regarding delivery of following activities - Solutions design, development, systems integration, testing support, training, and documentation You will provide technical inputs in complex pre-sales proposals, undertake customer requirements gathering, design of solutions architectures, high level project plan and estimation of professional services effort required for delivery.

Essential Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
Pre-sales responsibilities
- Being clear about what the customer requirements are and what can and cannot be delivered within the envelope of the defined proposition AND escalating potential requirements that should be considered by the Refinitiv business
- Focusing on Solution Designing and pre-sales discussion with clients
- Being responsible for the technical design of any proposed technical solution based on the above accountabilities working with the broader Implementation group, and the Customer
- Accountable for signing off the proposed scope of deliverables, technical design, delivery timelines, efforts, and professional services deal commercial before it is presented for signature to the customer, with the power of vetoing proposals and escalating to resolution when that happens. Lead Solutions Governance process of the opportunity as deemed applicable
- Documenting and delivering prototypes for large Solutions

Project Implementations - Key responsibility is to implement LSEG Solutions
- Accountable for the delivery of the technical design
- Approving any variations to the design that may arise during the build
- Accountable for the integration of the solution into the customer environment
- Accountable for the post build internal sanity testing against the agreed functional specification
- Accountable for the creation of support run book for hand over into the service organization
- Be on hand to support testing and answer questions and resolve issues using the implementation and operational teams, to gain customer confidence in the delivered solution
- Deliver capabilities such as Consultancy, software implementation, configuration, integration
- Preparing and planning of complex technical requirements for the implementation environment, integration details, testing details - UAT, SIT, Unit Testing, etc.
- Contribute to data engineering or content integration activities where necessary to provide end to end solution completeness
- Provide technical support during UAT phase and transition for Go-live of the solution being delivered
- Support Project/Program management team ensuring project plan activities are delivered on time, on budget and in line with customer expectations

Post Implementation
- Provide functional and/or technical training to customers based on the scope to be delivered
- Develop detailed technical documentation of the solution that is needed for maintenance and supports teams including customers’ teams

**Required Skills**:

- Professional experience in the Integrations
- Experience in architecting solutions
- Ability to communicate effectively with senior level stakeholders in the business and bring strong strategic leadership to these interactions.
- Must be able to discuss & develop documents such as requirements docs (BRD), specification docs (FSD), Technical Architecture diagrams, configuration documents, operational procedures, workflow diagrams, etc.
- Techno Functional skills and a track record of successfully delivering large, multi-streamed projects through the full project cycle within specified timescales and budget is an advantage
- Must be a proactive self-starter and possess the ability to solve problems and address issues with creativity and innovation
- Enterprise-wide thinking, able to give end to end solutions
- Knowledge of financial markets and understanding of business requirements, ability to work in a demanding environment to meet customer deadlines

Technical Knowledge
- Practical experience on Cloud techno