Solutions Architect

Key Roles and Responsibilities:Contributes to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability.Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.Supports a change programme or project through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards.Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution.Monitors the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies.Creates reports and technology roadmaps and shares knowledge and insights with others.Designs components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of the different stakeholders of the architecture and to handle both functional and non-functional requirements, including proof of concept (POC).Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications.Contribute to the development of new go to market services and contributes knowledge on relevant verticals.Operate across both the technical levels within the enterprise architecture and the value chain in order to develop holistic and integrated solutions.Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:Solid knowledge of multi-vendor service integrations and cross-functional software, OS’s and infrastructure designsExcellent communication skills both verbal and writtenKnowledgeable on how specific infrastructures and application software are deployed in line with relevant methodologies and frameworksAbility to develop and leverage their knowledge of reference architecturesAbility to maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domainsAcademic Qualifications and Certifications:Qualification in Information Technology or Information SystemsCertification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.)SAFe Scaled Agile certification advantageousRequired Experience:Seasoned professional technical, IT or Operations experience within a large scale (preferably multi- national) technology services environment on the following areas: Software Development, Application Support and Infrastructure SupportSeasoned Project or Program Management experience would be preferred but not essentialSeasoned client engagement and consulting experience coupled with solid experience in client needs assessment and change managementSeasoned experience in integrating the solution for the particular project with the business domain, enterprise concerns, industry standards, established patterns and best practicesExperience working in an agile development environmentSkills SummaryFunctional Requirements, Software Development, Solution ArchitectureWhat will make you a good fit for the role? Workplace type: Hybrid WorkingEqual Opportunity EmployerNTT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, veteran status, or other protected category