Sr Solutions Architect

University of Rochester • City of Rochester, NY

18h

About The Position

As a community, the University of Rochester is defined by a deep commitment to Meliora - Ever Better. Embedded in that ideal are the values we share: equity, leadership, integrity, openness, respect, and accountability. Together, we will set the highest standards for how we treat each other to ensure our community is welcoming to all and is a place where all can thrive. Responsibilities: Leads and supports enterprise architecture activities that guide the development and management of a portfolio of solutions, including projects, products, systems, shared infrastructure services and shared application services. Provides leadership, analysis and design tasks related to supporting the development of technology solutions to ensure that solutions meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards. Receives general guidance and has latitude for considerable judgment and initiative when working with subject matter experts and user communities to develop standards and solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Sciences or equivalent and 5 years of relevant experience required
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Deep and broad technical skills for service design and delivery, including infrastructure and application components required
• Ability to communicate clearly and facilitate discussions required
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills required
• Ability to design and implement a project schedule and knowledge of project management required
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously required

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree preferred
• Experience in system development life cycle, business analysis, project management, systems integration, software development and/or the administration of service platforms, public/private cloud platforms, databases and networks preferred
• Ability to recognize strategic business opportunities preferred

Responsibilities

• Leads evaluation, design and analysis for the implementation of a solutions architecture across specific business applications or technologies.
• Facilitates the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations.
• Identifies organizational impact and financial impact of the solutions architecture. Takes action as needed based on outcome(s).
• Works closely with project/program management to ensure execution of plans correspond to specifications and requirements outlined throughout the project or product lifecycle.
• Provides deliverables such as standard definitions, reference models and architecture designs to assess the impact of new and ongoing technology investment.
• Leads and participates in the prototyping of new tools and techniques for the development and operation of solutions.
• Defines principles, guidelines, standards and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision.
• Maintains published repository of technical architectures.
• Recognizes opportunities and supports other architects in the development of specific technical, information and business standards.
• Monitors current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application or misalignment with business requirements.
• Maintains current knowledge of the University’s architecture roadmaps, technology status of peer institutions and technology market landscape.
• Supports a community of practice, guiding and helping agile teams, product owners and application architects to align with the overall enterprise architecture governance and assurance.
• Recognizes emerging opportunities to be explored through research or discussion.
• Meets with key stakeholders and conducts research to understand business drivers and business capabilities, both future and current state, and determines corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements.
• Acts as a consultant on a broad range of technologies, platforms and vendor offerings to drive targeted business outcomes.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees