Enterprise Technical Solution Architect

The enterprise and technical role candidate will collaborate with team members in guiding digital transformation through advanced cloud and data platform service offerings. The successful candidate will work with a large enterprise organization to transform and optimize key service offering initiatives.

Serving as an enterprise/technical solution architect, your day-to-day role will include leveraging advanced cloud based solutions and collaborating with stakeholders to develop strategies and capabilities that drive growth, reduce costs and improve sustainability.

Location: Albany/Hybrid:

- May need to attend onsite meetings at the client site as required.

- Onsite presence of 25% - 50% may be required.

- Remote work is permitted when onsite presence is not necessary.

- Full remote may be possible based on candidate skills and client needs.

Travel:

Resource will be required to pick up/return client provided laptop at client site. There will be no reimbursement for any related expenses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with business leaders to develop and execute strategies that respond to industry trends and support business objectives.
• Translate business strategies into actionable plans and technology solutions.
• Engage and build lasting relationships with business and IT stakeholders.
• Adapt and respond effectively to changing business and operating models.
• Analyze trends and disruptions, assessing their impact on targeted business outcomes.
• Visualize future states and initiate long-term planning through storytelling.
• Support and advocate for both project-centric and product-centric operating models.
• Communicate the value and services of enterprise architecture effectively.
• Drive the evolution of the team s services and operating model.
• Mentor and coach solution architects, product owners/managers, and business stakeholders, fostering a culture of architectural thinking.
• Experience in system integration, including integration design and execution.
• Skilled in creating contextual diagrams and technical documentation for cloud based environments.
• Design high-level technical architecture for cloud-based solutions.
• Create contextual architecture diagrams and documentation for proposed solutions.
• Coordinate and collaborate with client stakeholders, vendors, and internal teams.
• Attend onsite meetings with clients and stakeholders as required.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience in designing and implementation of solutions in one or more of the following areas:
  • Enterprise architecture and solution architecture leadership
  • Technical leadership with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform
  • Technical leadership leveraging IAM technologies and solutions including but not limited to OAuth, Okta, SAML, OpenID Connect, NIST 800-63 based passkey implementations, and Entra.
  • Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) data lake tech stack-based solutions.
  • Quality assurance and load testing of cloud native data solutions
    • Use of load testing tools such as JMeter, BlazeMeter, or similar.
  • Technical architecture expertise in cloud-based and SaaS solutions such a Salesforce.
• TOGAF certification or equivalent in enterprise/solution architecture.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical architecture skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a hybrid onsite/remote setting.

Additional Details:

• This is a 12-month, full-time (37.5 hours/week) engagement.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree.
• A minimum of 10 years of related experience.
• An equivalent combination of advanced education, training, and experience will be considered.