- The Senior Solutions Architect develops innovative solutions and owns the E2E solution design strategy across teams.
- They make recommendations for new procedures and overall architectural approach, partnering with senior level Architects.
- They work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situation or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
- They exercise judgement in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- They create networks to coordinate changes and oversee successful implementation of solutions across teams.
Technology and Systems
- Owns technical solution on cross domain-Owns E2E solution design strategy across teams.
Authors the following artifacts:
- Concept Architecture, Top 25 System Impacts and E2E Solution Architecture document - Support the definition and adoption of common software development processes.
- Prepares and maintains design deliverables that include architecture diagrams, data models, and API/ micro-service architecture.
- Enforces design process standards on assigned initiatives.
- Writes advanced documentation, architecture, capabilities, limitations, and advantages for technologies.
- Produces advanced documentation and literature for multiple disciplines.
- Clearly describes architecture, design strategies, standards, technical specifications, business benefits, opportunities and threats.
- Routinely creates and presents executive and external materials, including white papers.
- Actively contributes to industry publications and professional forums.
Relationship, People & Project Management
- Interacts with Senior management to shape and align solutions against desired minimum viable product scope.
- Participates in formal internal training programs.
- Applies a broad understanding of the products, systems and technologies across the business portfolio and deep technical ability on integration of these components to deliver a cohesive E2E solution architecture for a given initiative.
- Translates business requirements into technical requirements that the system analysts and other technical team members drive into the project design and delivery
Innovation and Leadership
- Lead the overall technical design and end-to end solution design for assigned initiatives.
- Ensures quality, consistency and alignment of designs to TMUS standards and digital strategy.
- Leads large cross domain initiatives that are supported by E2E Design, E2E Arch applies digital standards to project Solution Architecture, drives Technical Strategy and architectural tradeoff discussions.
- Leads the technical design process for applicable cross domain initiatives. (Capable of leading Sr. Architects on initiatives that are divided into multiple work streams.)
- Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; explores opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
- Balances constraints in IT, business, delivery to deliver optimal architecture for an initiative.
- Leads design orchestration on large-sized initiatives or work streams.
- Provides input into the definition of Digital Architecture standards as they are created.
Strategy -
- Owns solution design for multiple cross domain initiatives and works across domains to ensure cohesive solution.
- Reviews and identifies the gaps in the architecture and solution designs, assesses and defines remediation efforts or mitigation options.
- Drives to practical solutions considering all teams, initiatives and long-term outlook.
- Makes and implements complex decisions aimed at improving the quality, effectiveness or ability to achieve revenue, profitability and strategic goals for the organization.