Oracle Architect - Contract To Cash

TEKsystems•Baltimore, MD

20d•$100 - $120•Hybrid

About The Position

Our client's architecture team is looking to add a Domain Architect to the Program supporting Oracle Fusion. The Domain Architect (DA) is a member of a delivery team, supporting both new development/product-based efforts, and production support; and is considered the highest-level domain technology expert. The DA is responsible for the assessment of business requirements; approval of technical requirements; creation of technical specifications and solution design documents. They are also responsible for initial work item estimate sizing for business prioritization and planning purposes, presenting designs to the Enterprise Architecture team for review after initial design and prior to code development, and technology solutions that require development to be viable. This includes business applications, LOB applications, work flow systems, purchased applications, developed applications, and applications integration; subsequently guiding solution execution from design to production. The DA is responsible for the quality and integrity of a solution; and is ultimately responsible for its viability in the Production environment. They are also responsible for the creation and maintenance of reference architecture.

Requirements

Expert with Oracle Fusion capabilities with proven track record for implementing and maintaining Professional Services applications.
Expert with Oracle products such as Oracle Fusion, Oracle Integration Cloud, Fusion Analytics and Oracle Reporting tools.
Deep functional and technical knowledge of back office contracts, invoicing, and accounts receivables.
Experience with Fusion modules including: Oracle Fusion WebCenter Forms Recognition Cloud Service, Oracle Adaptive Intelligent Apps for Enterprise Resource Planning, Oracle Fusion Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud Service, Financials Cloud Service, Advanced Collections Cloud Service, Revenue Management Cloud Service, Project Contract Billing Cloud Service, Project Financials Cloud Service, Project Management Cloud Service, Automated Invoice Processing, Oracle Fusion Enterprise Resource Planning for Self Service Cloud Service, Oracle Digital Assistant for Fusion Enterprise Resource Planning Self Service Cloud Service, Fusion ERP Analytics
Understanding of Oracle Platform as a Service including VBCS, BICC, ODI, Extensions, Oracle Object Storage
Applying understanding of API capabilities of the Oracle Fusion SaaS applications working closely with Enterprise integrations
Expert level of technical knowledge and understanding of architecture, application systems design and integration
Possesses in-depth knowledge of industry’s business environment and domain
Speak the language of business - translate business problems into technical solutions and measure success using business terms.
Speak the language of architecture - frameworks, API-first architecture, microservices, patterns, maturity models, physical, logical, functional diagrams, use cases, etc.
Speak the language of technology - new technologies, trends, directions, modeling, POC’s, non-functional requirements, SLA’s, compare/contrast vendors in a technology space.
Anticipates internal and or external business challenges and/or regulatory issues; recommends process, product or service improvements
Ability to gain buy-in on proposed solutions.
Behaves in accordance with objectives and strategic plan; provides strategic or conceptual advice and updates on project milestones and achievement of objectives
Anticipates and solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; uses conceptual thinking to develop solutions
Comfortable with complex heterogeneous systems
Works well with technical groups
Strong written, presentations and verbal communications skills
Understand on boarding applications onto IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings, deployment automation, DevOps, scripting, containers and Cloud Governance
Hands-on experience architecting cloud solutions

Responsibilities

The assessment of business requirements; approval of technical requirements; creation of technical specifications and solution design documents.
Initial work item estimate sizing for business prioritization and planning purposes.
Presenting designs to the Enterprise Architecture team for review after initial design and prior to code development.
Technology solutions that require development to be viable - i.e., business applications, LOB applications, work flow systems, purchased applications, developed applications, and applications integration; subsequently guiding solution execution from design to production.
The quality and integrity of a solution; and is ultimately responsible for its viability in the Production environment.
Creation and Maintenance of reference architecture
Develops and provide inputs to necessary architectural strategies
Establish and maintain critical cross-functional relationships ensuring communication across value streams.
Establish domain specific standards, near/mid-term strategy, and roadmaps (0-18 months), in adherence to, and in support of Enterprise standards, strategy, and roadmaps.
Guide a solution from concept to delivery - envision and create solutions that meet requirements; model the pieces of an infrastructure and their points of integration; prove the feasibility of a design; and can ultimately be implemented and supported in the Production environment.
Provide hands-on, expert-level technical assistance to technical leads
Adhere to Enterprise Architecture (EA) standards and may also assist in the creation of EA standards, methodologies, and frameworks.
Collaborates with management to establish protocols and processes for the discipline
Ensure that new technology solutions are designed for optimal access and usefulness; and to leverage existing technologies, as appropriate.
Assist in creating the vision for future state technologies and architecture and participate in setting Enterprise standards and mid/long-term strategy / roadmaps (18-60 months), acting as domain specific subject matter experts.
Apply architectural and engineering concepts to design a solution that meets operational requirements, such as scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, extensibility, flexibility, availability, and manageability.
Translate business strategy and requirements into well-architected solutions
Participate and lead research and development efforts (proof of concept, prototypes), as subject matter experts, when introducing new technologies, in conjunction with team and Product Owners
Provide technical expertise to propose level of effort estimates (LOE), work breakdown structures, and technical resource planning for proposed and current work to support the work intake process.
Lead and define solution architecture to support delivering high impact products in a fast-paced environment
Create and maintain logical and reference architecture documentation
Assist managers with developing the service level agreements (SLAs) and deployment of key performance measures.
Responsible for defining and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision for an Agile Release Train
Participate in various phases of the SDLC to perform QA/architectural review functions, and to ensure adherence to Enterprise Architecture (EA) technology standards and project specific solutions architecture. (i.e., design reviews).
Participate in Agile Release Trains
Keep current and informed of domain related technologies and best practices.
Serve as technical owner and point of contact for domain specific solutions.
Provide coaching and mentoring to team members in the areas of technical skills and competency.
Recommends solutions aligned with Global Technology and business unit strategies
Architect integrations for Cloud and On-premise Applications and play a major role in redesigning applications
Analyze existing on-premise application landscapes to implement refactoring or rebuilding major application initiatives in the Cloud
Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and exploration of solution alternatives
Enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline through appropriate design guidelines and investment advocacy
Actively participate in the Continuous Exploration process as part of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning and Pre- and Post- PI Planning, System and Solution Demos, and Inspect and Adapt(I&A) events
Plan and develop the Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities