Solutions Architect

Position : Solution Architect (Analytics)

Purpose of the Position :

Purpose of this role is to drive growth of Analytics and Business Intelligence business at Infocepts as a Solution Architect. Major responsibilities under this role would be to engage with clients in advisory & consulting, advance solutions, support presales as a solution architect, build capabilities, drive research & experimentation and nurture talent in analytics. 

InfoCepts provides end-to-end data & analytics solutions to commercial and public sector customers in various markets across the globe with a concentration in the US, EMEA, and the APAC regions. InfoCepts invests in four core competencies? Cloud and Data Engineering (CDE), Analytics and Data Management (ADM), Business Consulting (BC) and Service Management (SM)?to enable continued access to global markets and unmet needs.

Location: India

Travel: Up to 20% respecting public health guidelines in effect

Type of Employment: Full time

Key Result Areas and Activities:

• Engage with clients, delivery & market ? Engage with new and existing clients to provide advisory consulting and address unmet needs in analytics. Proactively track D&A trends and influence client?s data strategy and choices through thought leadership. Identify white spaces and mine opportunities for growth.

• Architect solutions & coordinate their implementation ? Architect and design modern, high-performance D&A solutions incorporating people, process, and technology levers in analytics. Coordinate with delivery for adoption with focus on greater reuse, AI infusion for accelerated and risk-mitigated implementation.

• Lead & support opportunities - Support pre-sales activities including conducting discovery workshops, developing point of views/solutions/scoping, writing proposals, and supporting sales and marketing enablement for analytics platforms and technologies.

• Guide research & experiments to address unmet needs - Proactively drive research and experimentation through the CoEs to ensure that Infocepts stays ahead of the curve in emerging areas of analytics. Identify specific opportunities for innovation to create differentiation and address unmet needs.

• Build & reuse knowledge & expertise ? Build foundation components in the form of reusable assets in analytics platforms which can be leveraged across projects and client accounts. Advance Infocepts solutions through effective use of one or more foundation components. Influence D&A space by creating thought leadership content and participating in external events and forums. Anchor and leverage Community of Practitioners (CoPs) for knowledge sharing and mobilizing support for innovation at scale.

• Nurture & grow talent ? Develop differentiated D&A talent pool in through recruitment and learning & development in analytics competencies. Mentor associates to help them advance their careers in D&A using the Infocept?s Career Architecture Framework.

Roles and Responsibilities

Essential Skills:

• Experience in D&A domain specifically in analytics, business intelligence and data visualization
• Experience in solution design, architecture and implementation of modern analytics solutions
• Diverse experiences including green field analytics development, augmented analytics, full stack data products, conversational BI, and analytics platform migrations

• Proficiency in at least two leading analytics platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, MicroStrategy (now Strategy), ThoughtSpot, Quicksight and Looker

• Experience of designing and implementing end-to-end solutions from semantic layer design, data modeling, data visualization and conversational BI

• Demonstrable thought leadership through blogs, white papers and presentations in D&A events
• Demonstrable presales and solutioning experience in conducting workshops, building proposals
• Demonstrable advisory and consulting experiences for strategic D&A initiatives

Desirable Skills

• Conversant with cloud data technologies such as Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks in relation to analytics development

• Well versed with DevSecOps considerations for analytics solutions

• Sound understanding of analytics platform administration, usage analytics

• Sound business appreciation to understand business and functional requirements for solution architecture considerations
• Working knowledge of frameworks like TOGAF, DAMA

Qualifications:

• Bachelor?s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (Master?s degree is a plus)
• Demonstrated continued learning through one or more technical certifications or related methods
• At least 14+ years of experience in data analytics with focus on analytics and business intelligence

Qualities:

• Self-motivated and focused on delivering outcomes for a fast growing team and firm
• Able to communicate persuasively through speaking, writing, and client presentations
• Able to consult, write, and present persuasively
• Able to work in a self-organized and cross-functional team
• Able to iterate based on new information, peer reviews, and feedback
• Able to work with teams and clients in different time zones
• Research focused mindset