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Sr. Solutions ArchitectVolkswagen Financial Services | U.S. • Washington, DC, United States
Sr. Solutions Architect

Sr. Solutions Architect

Volkswagen Financial Services | U.S. • Washington, DC, United States
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Role Summary

The Sr. Solutions Architect is a key SME role in transforming and redefining technology strategy leveraging modern and cutting-edge technology solutions. This role will d evelop, communicate, and implement Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Solution Architecture (SA) principles, policies, standards, guidelines and procedures. EA will also be accountable for creating and promoting the Enterprise Architecture process, outcomes and results. They will work closely with App Dev, Infrastructure, Business, Info Sec technologists, architects, tech leads and product owners to deliver architectural design across the software development lifecycle. They will articulate and lead design discussions in alignment with NAR’s IT strategy in delivering a robust technology roadmap. The role must have experience in developing and leading technology strategy through the lens of architecture and must have demonstrated expertise in developing executive / senior management presentations. Must have strong written and oral communication skills with native proficiency in the English language.

Role Summary

The Sr. Solutions Architect is a key SME role in transforming and redefining technology strategy leveraging modern and cutting-edge technology solutions. This role will d evelop, communicate, and implement Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Solution Architecture (SA) principles, policies, standards, guidelines and procedures. EA will also be accountable for creating and promoting the Enterprise Architecture process, outcomes and results. They will work closely with App Dev, Infrastructure, Business, Info Sec technologists, architects, tech leads and product owners to deliver architectural design across the software development lifecycle. They will articulate and lead design discussions in alignment with NAR’s IT strategy in delivering a robust technology roadmap. The role must have experience in developing and leading technology strategy through the lens of architecture and must have demonstrated expertise in developing executive / senior management presentations. Must have strong written and oral communication skills with native proficiency in the English language.

Role Responsibilities

Main responsibility – Technology architecture – design, review, develop design

  • Design, define and publish solutions architecture for IT initiatives.
  • Review every project, RFI and strategic initiative for architectural impact, define current state, interim state and future state functional architecture.
  • Actively collaborate with a wide range of Technology teams to on-board them to architectural vision, develop end-state technical, functional and logical architecture.
  • Develop Conceptual Architecture, Solution segmentation and Design, Interface specifications, business context diagrams and lead joint architectural design sessions.
  • Lead and participate Architectural review board processes.
  • Serve as an architectural advocate for modern technology and develop “art-of-the-possible” for strategic initiatives.

Strategic planning

  • Understanding, advocating and supporting the IT strategy
  • Work with each BU IT team to analyze their footprint, future fitness assessment, and present approaches to reduce technical debt, improve application health
  • Partner with Domain architects to define solution architecture and technical context diagrams in alignment to business / technology strategy, specific initiative functional and nonfunctional requirements.
  • Develop multi-year roadmaps, provide the vision and work with individual architects to translate this into tactical engineering blueprints.
  • Create architectural modeling for consumption by technical & non-technical teams.

    • Governance process and standards

  • Establish, lead, promote and communicate EA standard, guidelines and expected outcomes and results across all BU’s and IT teams.
  • Work with Domain Architects from each BU to monitor adherence to EA standards, tooling and compliance.
  • Establish Architectural review boards and EA design sessions across all BU’s.
  • Establish a working relationship with global Enterprise Architecture teams, enable local team to be part of decision-making process for EA practices and process.
  • Establish IPaaS tooling, API governance & strategy across all BU’s.
  • Define and implement micro-services and integration strategy
  • Establish a detail plan and timelines to transform existing application stacks towards future architecture.
  • Guide and mentor teams on developing REST APIs including tooling for documentation (swagger, REST-docs, openapi spec), versioning, service discovery / registration, testing and management.
  • Establish a standard guidelines and approaches for cloud development and deployments - AWS / GCP cloud environments using industry standard tooling for containerization and orchestration.
  • Work with Infrastructure and domain architects on Infrastructure capacity planning, growth projections, standardizing environments and for real-time monitoring.

    • Experience

  • 15+ years of Technology solutioning experience across various disciplines of Enterprise Architecture including Solution Architecture, Data and Information Architecture, Infrastructure and Information Security Architecture. Experience providing hands on design on large and complex enterprise applications, with demonstrated leadership experience in establishing and streamlining EA processes across the organization. Ability to lead cross-functional group of Tech Leads, domain architects, DevOps engineers across the SDLC lifecycle.
  • 10+ years industry experience in software, middleware, data and security architecture, design and implementation.
  • 10+ years of Experience with cloud computing services and infrastructure application development platforms and contemporary programming languages work, systems, or design
  • 10+ years of work experience in a leadership role with demonstrated ability in delivering executive presentations and successful track record in partnering with senior management.

    • Education Required

  • Bachelors in Computer Science / Engineering or similar

    • Desired Education

  • Masters in Computer Science / Engineering or Technology
  • Masters in Business Administration from top B school

    • Skills

  • Technical thought leader, with ability to bridge business & technical requirements to provide a cohesive, seamless solution to scale and perform, work to define outcomes, evaluate alternative approaches, and understand key constraints
  • Support Conceptual and Logical Data Modeling efforts for strategic initiatives with a focus on architecture tooling and Middleware. Mentor junior architects and team members.
  • Routinely work on multiple highly complex assignments concurrently.

    • Required Specialized Skills

  • Deep experience with on-prem, Cloud platforms and hybrid solutions, along cloud frameworks offered from AWS, Azure, Openstack, VMWare, Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
  • Microsoft .Net development platform : C#, Visual Studio, and VSTS
  • Node JS, Rest based API’s, Lamda services, Kubernetes and Docker containers
  • REST, AJAX XML / XSL / XSLT / XSD, SOAP, WSDL, HTTP development
  • API Governance / management, IPaas Design / Implementation, BPM integration. Enterprise Architectural tooling- BizzDesign / LeanIX
  • Demonstrated experience on architecting systems for AWS, Azure and Hybrid Cloud platforms
  • Demonstrated experience with advanced SQL queries for databases including Oracle, Microsoft SqlServer, mySQL, Percona, and Postgress databases
  • Security of distributed web applications
  • General issues related to performance, reliability, scalability, and disaster recovery of enterprise applications
  • Experience maintaining technical and business landscape in an Enterprise Architecture Repository

    • Desired Specialized Skills

  • Automated deployment of distributed applications via Concourse or SysAdmiral
  • Analytics platforms such as SAS and SAP Business Objects 4.x including WEBI and Tableau
  • Data warehouse concepts and data modeling
  • Knowledge in Open SSO, oAuth, SAML, SFTP, PGP
  • Understanding of CFPB, GLBA, and consumer privacy laws such as CAPCA, GDP
  • Experience in a large financial services environment designing complex solutions where understanding of compliance, risk are paramount.

    • Work Flexibility

  • Standard, EST business hours
  • Occasional travel (less than 5%)

    • Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage

    applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national

    origin, religion, color, gender identity / expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected

    by applicable laws.

    Salary range is dependent on factors such as geographical differentials, industry-based experience, skills, training, credentials, and other qualifications.

  • In the state of California, the salary range is $114,500 - $194,800.
  • In the state of Colorado, the salary range is $104,100 - $177,100.
  • In the state of Washington, the salary range is $ 114,500 - $194,800 .
  • In New York City, New York, the salary range is $124,900 - $212,400.
  • In Westchester County, New York, the salary range is $ 124,900 - $212,400 .

    • Benefits For This Position Include

  • Eligibility for annual performance bonus
  • Healthcare benefits
  • 401(k), with company match
  • Defined contribution retirement program
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Company lease car program
  • Paid time off

    • Fully Remote

    Primary Location

    United States-VCI Home Based Position

    Seniority level

    Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level

    Employment type

    Employment type

    Temporary

    Job function

    Job function

    Engineering and Information Technology

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