Solutions Architect

Role: Solutions Architect

Duration: 8+ Months

Location: Buffalo, NY

Job Description:

• Working with the PM, they will shepherd the technical part of the project through the SSDLC through some of these high level steps:
• Defining a project by:
• • Reviewing the PIF to ensure the suggested solution is still valid, altering where necessary.
  • JADing with the BA and other IT Teams to define the efforts surrounding the project. This is a high level definition of the project and its various phases.
  • JADing with the development teams to get their efforts further defined, estimates clarified and have this definition entered into TFS.
  • Working with QA and ITIL to define the promotion steps to move the solution from environment to environment
  • Working with the PM to define the technical aspects of the project.
  • Defining the turn over to prod support to ensure they’re aware of what is coming into the production environment.

• They will be the technical lead for Enterprise projects going through our SSDLC and work with:
• Development teams within IT
  • Integration team (SOA)
  • ECM Team (Correspondence)
  • .Net team (Siebel, .Net)
  • EDI Team
• Delivery Teams within IT
  • Enterprise QA
  • Business Analysts
  • Project Management
• Development teams outside of IT
  • ETL
  • EDW
• Operational Teams within IT
  • Networking
  • DBA team
  • System Administration
  • IT Ops
  • ITIL
  • EA (Enterprise Architecture)
• Business teams
  • ECSO
  • Business Owners
  • Subject Matter Experts
• Provide technical leadership and consulting across the organization, from strategic decision making through to the project planning level.
• Provide technical direction by developing/recommending alternatives and creative solutions that are both effective and efficient in cost and process.
• Develop collaborative working relationships with Independent Health business unit leaders and system users to understand business requirements, service expectations and priorities/ preferences for the organization’s systems.
• Bring forth an enterprise perspective in all work activities.
• Collaborate with other Architects and other resources to create, refine and implement organizational design and development standards.
• Develop and maintain high level design plans for the logical and technical structure for IT systems and processes.
• Gain approval and organizational commitment for systems, infrastructure and software plans from appropriate IT and business unit leaders.
• Facilitate Requests for Information/Requests for Proposal to make strategic technology choices based on business requirements and information systems strategy, principles and structure.