Solution Architect_ta144

1. Derive future state technology architecture
Works with EA peers (e.g., enterprise, business, information, solutions and security architects) to analyze enterprise business context (business strategy and trends), as well as change requirements in other enterprise architecture viewpoints (such as business, information and solution) to derive the future state technology architecture. This includes defining the requirements, principles and models that guide technology decisions for the enterprise.
Leads the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement. In addition, leads the analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise as well as on the enterprise technology architecture.
Coaches, mentors and collaborates with technical subject matter experts and EA peers to develop technology architecture that enables and drives new business capabilities and operating models.
Drives digital innovation by leveraging innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and transform the existing core technology base and IT estate.
Defines high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the future and current state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes.
2. Define future Cloud state
Works with relate stakeholders to derive the future state of Cloud usage in the bank. This includes defining the requirements, principles and operating models that allow Cloud usage in the bank
3. Analyze and Evaluate Technology
Understands technology trends and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
Guides technology investment decisions based on analysis and evaluation to drive targeted business outcomes.
Helps the enterprise architect define metrics to measure and demonstrate enterprise technology value.
Assists with designing the governance, assurance and standards activities associated with ensuring enterprise technology architecture compliance of projects and products.
Oversees and facilitates the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations.
Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures and culture) and financial impact of the enterprise technology architecture.
Understands, advocates, and augments the business and IT strategies - and, more specifically, EA development and service delivery. Prepared to "sell" the EA process (overall, not just for enterprise technology architecture), its outcome and ongoing results, and to lead the communication or marketing activities needed to ensure enterprise success and use.
Lead and Collaborate to Deliver Business Outcomes
Oversees, or consults on, technology implementation and modification activities (for example, projects and products), particularly for new or shared infrastructure solutions.
Consults on application or infrastructure development projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure with the enterprise technology architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise technical architecture (ETA) to accommodate immediate or future project needs.
Creates and delivers working, production-ready reference implementations that can be leveraged easily by agile teams
Works closely with the product managers, product owners and EA peers (e.g., enterprise, business, information, security and solutions architects) to enable infrastructure agility, scalability and resilience to support required product needs throughout product lifecycle.
Collaborates with business constituents, other EA team members, project teams and staff in various IT functional areas as needed to fulfill the responsibilities described above.
Documents necessary enterprise technology architecture design and analysis work, possibly including project postmortem documentation and metric collection.