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Solution Architect -Workplace Technology Collaboration Tools

New Jersey Staffing, Newark, New Jersey, us, 07175

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Solution Architect - Principal 2 - WKOPS

The Solution Architect - Principal 2 - WKOPS is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing innovative technology solutions for the workplace that align with the organization's strategic objectives. This role requires a deep understanding of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to ensure the organization's technology infrastructure is scalable, reliable, and secure. The Solution Architect - Principal 2 - WKOPS partners and collaborates with all stakeholders to understand and translate goals and objectives into architecture, roadmaps, and capability models. They reconcile different perspectives and drive toward consensus. They look across applications, infrastructure, technology components, and data to develop roadmaps and capability models that outline how technology solutions are and will be structured. They create and maintain reusable artifacts and patterns, harvest artifacts across initiatives to extend the library of reusable artifacts and patterns or to enhance the existing reusable artifacts. The Solution Architect - Principal 2 - WKOPS develops policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, and metrics that measure architectural quality and business outcomes. They engage with implementation teams to encourage and promote the use of existing models, methods, services, and other artifacts and capabilities, resulting in increased speed of technology solution delivery, making such delivery more predictable and increasing the overall reuse of technology components. They research architectural paradigms and modern architecture constructs, learn how processes such as continuous delivery or technologies such as microservices impact technology architecture. The Solution Architect - Principal 2 - WKOPS ensures compatibility with existing solutions infrastructure, services, and strategic requirements. They act as a bridge among various parties during the implementation of architecture components and their integration. They communicate the objectives and business outcomes of the technology architecture and the associated use cases in which the organization will derive the most value. They provide support and leadership to inform and aid evaluation and decision making in technology spending. They participate in the ecosystem strategy development, including environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value cases, and business innovation portfolio development. Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study with at least 8 years of relevant work experience. In lieu of a bachelor's degree, at least 10 years of relevant work experience. Experience implementing/managing enterprise architecture and technology standards programs in medium to large organizations is required. Sound expertise in product/program management and alignment with architecture deliverables (roadmaps, principles, standards, and best practices) is required. Ability to proactively communicate technical topics in a clear, succinct, and relevant way is required. Proven experience in managing program budgets and technology cost centers in large corporate environments to ensure corporate targets are met is required. Technology procurement and technology financial operations experience ensuring vendor contracts support business and corporate needs is required. Proficient in working with business areas to understand needs/requirements with an ability to provide innovative solutions is required. Technically knowledgeable with the ability to assess solutions for current and future needs across organizations is required. Proven experience with leading teams on the implementation and enhancements of energy efficiency technologies, and/or cloud technologies is required. Track record as an innovator and agent leading organizations and people through change is required. Proven experience in long-term planning including building roadmaps and program planning is required. Has digital acumen. Strong leadership and influence skills are required. Ability to present to all levels of management and executive leadership is required. Excellent teamwork, facilitation, relationship building, and negotiation skills are required. Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks is required. Deep knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) is required. Expertise in network architecture, security, and virtualization is required. Experience with data architecture and data management concepts is required. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required. Ability to work independently and as part of a team is required.