Lead Architect

Cox Communications • Atlanta, GA

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Solution Architect is responsible for architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet functional requirements in support of a given initiative. The Solution Architect plays a role in establishing architectural vision and direction, architects solutions, provides advice and guidance, monitors emerging technologies, and assists in software and service procurements.

Architecture Vision and Direction
Contributes to the technology strategy by identifying, assessing and recommending external trends in technology, technology solutions and methodologies. Exercises solution design leadership on initiatives, driving alignment to target architecture and design standards. Facilitates architecture reviews, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, and consistency across organizational and design boundaries.

Architecture Development
Creates solution options and solution architecture, adhering to architectural standards and the technology roadmap, and minimizing technical debt. Designs solutions that involve complex, multi-system integration, possibly across BUs or domains. Drives alignment between Enterprise Architecture, Technical Architecture and business needs. Participates in application rationalization and the development of application architecture roadmaps. Identifies applications and platforms impacted by the solution, the need for new platforms, and drives platform selection. Contributes to backlog of development team. Facilitates large groups of diverse stakeholders to obtain consensus on target solution.

Advice & Guidance
Provides guidance and oversight, ensures the viability of proposed solutions and provides direction on the appropriate approach to the solution throughout the project. Communicates solution architecture to stakeholders and other technologists. Performs due diligence during potential mergers and acquisitions.

Emerging Technology Monitoring
Evaluates emerging technologies and the evolution of current technologies to define a future vision roadmap for optimal application of technology to meet business needs. Conducts Proof of Concept for feasibility studies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar discipline and 6 years’ experience in a related field.
• Master’s degree and 4 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 18 years’ experience in a related field.
• Experience with vendor selection processes and management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Minimum 6 years of working experience designing, developing, and delivering web application solutions
• Working experience architecting complex, multi-system solutions
• Working experience developing architecture principles and standards
• Experience with cloud resiliency concepts
• Experience with building cloud applications (Born in the cloud preferred)
• Experience with continuous improvement/deployment and DevOps
• Familiarity with Spec Driven Development and Agentic driven SDLC

Nice To Haves

• AWS Solution Architect Certification
• Experience with use of APIs and other modern technologies to help build integrated distributed apps
• Familiarity with OAuth / single sign-on
• Experience with the use, deployment and ongoing maintenance of an Enterprise Architecture model using commercial modeling products
• Experience with Java SpringBoot platforms and architecture patterns
• Experience with Single Page Application frameworks and models
• Consulting experience
• Background in SAFE

Responsibilities

• Architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet functional requirements in support of a given initiative.
• Establishing architectural vision and direction.
• Architecting solutions.
• Providing advice and guidance.
• Monitoring emerging technologies.
• Assisting in software and service procurements.
• Contributing to the technology strategy by identifying, assessing and recommending external trends in technology, technology solutions and methodologies.
• Exercising solution design leadership on initiatives, driving alignment to target architecture and design standards.
• Facilitating architecture reviews, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, and consistency across organizational and design boundaries.
• Creating solution options and solution architecture, adhering to architectural standards and the technology roadmap, and minimizing technical debt.
• Designing solutions that involve complex, multi-system integration, possibly across BUs or domains.
• Driving alignment between Enterprise Architecture, Technical Architecture and business needs.
• Participating in application rationalization and the development of application architecture roadmaps.
• Identifying applications and platforms impacted by the solution, the need for new platforms, and driving platform selection.
• Contributing to backlog of development team.
• Facilitating large groups of diverse stakeholders to obtain consensus on target solution.
• Providing guidance and oversight, ensuring the viability of proposed solutions and providing direction on the appropriate approach to the solution throughout the project.
• Communicating solution architecture to stakeholders and other technologists.
• Performing due diligence during potential mergers and acquisitions.
• Evaluating emerging technologies and the evolution of current technologies to define a future vision roadmap for optimal application of technology to meet business needs.
• Conducting Proof of Concept for feasibility studies.

Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations
• seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
• additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
• health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• retirement planning (401(k))
• paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager