Solution Architect

Mumbai, India
- Tech Hiring
- 3081999

**Job Description**:
**Role Purpose**
- The purpose of the role is to create exceptional architectural solution design and thought leadership and enable delivery teams to provide exceptional client engagement and satisfaction._

**Do**
- **Develop architectural solutions for the new deals/ major change requests in existing deals**
- _Creates an enterprise-wide architecture that ensures systems are scalable, reliable, and manageable._
- _Provide solutioning of RFP’s received from clients and ensure overall design assurance_
- Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, client requirements to set a collaboration solution design framework/ architecture
- Provide technical leadership to the design, development and implementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of modern technology
- Define and understand current state solutions and identify improvements, options & tradeoffs to define target state solutions
- Clearly articulate, document and sell architectural targets, recommendations and reusable patterns and accordingly propose investment roadmaps
- Evaluate and recommend solutions to integrate with overall technology ecosystem
- Works closely with various IT groups to transition tasks, ensure performance and manage issues through to resolution
- Perform detailed documentation (App view, multiple sections & views) of the architectural design and solution mentioning all the artefacts in detail
- Validate the solution/ prototype from technology, cost structure and customer differentiation point of view
- Identify problem areas and perform root cause analysis of architectural design and solutions and provide relevant solutions to the problem
- Collaborating with sales, program/project, consulting teams to reconcile solutions to architecture
- _Provides technical and strategic input during the project planning phase in the form of technical architectural designs and recommendations_
- _Collaborates with all relevant parties in order to review the objectives and constraints of solutions and determine conformance with the Enterprise Architecture._
- _Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts._
- **Enable Delivery Teams by providing optimal delivery solutions/ frameworks**
- _Build and maintain relationships with executives, technical leaders, product owners, peer architects and other stakeholders to become a trusted advisor_
- _Develops and establishes relevant technical, business process and overall support metrics (KPI/SLA) to drive results_
- _Manages multiple projects and accurately reports the status of all major assignments while adhering to all project management standards _
- _Identify technical, process, structural risks and prepare a risk mitigation plan for all the projects_
- _Ensure quality assurance of all the architecture or design decisions and provides technical mitigation support to the delivery teams_
- _Recommend tools for reuse, automation for improved productivity and reduced cycle times_
- _Leads the development and maintenance of enterprise framework and related artefacts_
- _Develops trust and builds effective working relationships through respectful, collaborative engagement across individual product teams_
- _Ensures architecture principles and standards are consistently applied to all the projects_
- _Ensure optimal Client Engagement_
- Support pre-sales team while presenting the entire solution design and its principles to the client
- Negotiate, manage and coordinate with the client teams to ensure all requirements are met and create an impact of solution proposed
- Demonstrate thought leadership with strong technical capability in front of the client to win the confidence and act as a trusted advisor
- **_Competency Building and Branding_**
- _Ensure completion of necessary trainings and certifications_
- _Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs),case studies, demos etc. for new growth areas based on market and customer research _
- _Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on solution design and architect by writing white papers, blogs etc. _
- _Attain market referencability and recognition through highest analyst rankings, client testimonials and partner credits _
- _Be the voice of Wipro’s Thought Leadership by speaking in forums (internal and external) _
- _Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects in the project for their further career development and enhancement_
- _Contribute to the architecture practice by conducting selection interviews etc_
- **Team Management**
- _Resourcing_
- Anticipating new talent requirements as per the market/ industry trends or client _requirements_
- Hire adequate and right resources for the team
- _Talent Management_
- Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
- Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progression within the organization
- Manage team attrition
- Drive diversity in leadership positio