The Architect develops and maintains the high-level design plan for the overall applications, data, and infrastructure architectures. Provides technical leadership across the organization, from top-line decision making down to the project planning level. Gains commitment for high-level infrastructure plans, initiates, and participates in projects to evaluate technologies and methods of implementation. The scope for Architect (Niche) refers to niche technologies such as ecommerce systems and Specialty Development in Delta's terminology refers to Mobility and TPF.
- Assesses business requirements and technology alternatives.
- Builds multi-platform technology consensus across business units.
- Implements new technologies in small and medium scale environments.
- Designs application's technical infrastructure, such as specific databases, programming languages, utilities, and testing approaches.
- Uses tools and methodologies to create representations for functions and user interface of desired product.
- Oversees progress of development team to ensure consistency with initial design.
- Provides technical guidance and coaching to developers and engineers.
- Evaluates and/or pilots new technologies.
- Contributes to the development of business cases.
- Constructs program flow charts to describe the processing of data and development of precise steps and processing logic across all platforms.
- Determines functional and non-functional requirements for new software or applications.
- Ensures software meets all requirements of quality, security, modifiability, extensibility, etc.
- Approves final product before launch.
Qualifications:
- Background in Mobile development (iOS, Android, etc.).
- Excellent Communication skills.