Lead Solutions Architect

Job Summary:
The Lead Architect is responsible for architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet functional requirements in support of a given initiative. The Lead Architect plays a role in establishing architectural vision and direction, architects solutions, provides advice and guidance, assists in planning, monitors emerging technologies, and assists in software and service procurements.
Responsibilities:
Architecture Vision and Direction
• Contributes to the technology strategy by identifying, assessing and recommending external trends in technology, technology solutions and methodologies.
• Exercises solution design leadership on initiatives, driving alignment to target architecture and design standards.
• Facilitates architecture reviews, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, and consistency across organizational and design boundaries.
Architecture Development
• Creates solution options and solution architecture, adhering to architectural standards and the technology roadmap, and minimizing technical debt.
• Designs solutions that involve complex, multi-system integration, possibly across BUs or domains.
• Drives alignment between Enterprise Architecture, Technical Architecture and business needs.
• Participates in application rationalization and the development of application architecture roadmaps.
• Identifies applications and platforms impacted by the solution, the need for new platforms, and drives platform selection.
• Contributes to backlog of development team.
• Facilitates large groups of diverse stakeholders to obtain consensus on target solution.
Advice & Guidance
• Provides guidance and oversight, ensures the viability of proposed solutions and provides direction on the appropriate approach to the solution throughout the project.
• Communicates solution architecture to stakeholders and other technologists.
• Performs due diligence during potential mergers and acquisitions.
• Emerging Technology Monitoring
• Evaluates emerging technologies and the evolution of current technologies to define a future vision roadmap for optimal application of technology to meet business needs.
• Conducts Proof of Concept for feasibility studies.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 6+ years of working experience designing, developing, and delivering web application solutions
• Involved in vendor selection processes and management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Working experience architecting complex, multi-system solutions
• Working experience developing architecture principles and standards
• Experience with building cloud applications (Born in the cloud preferred)
• Experience with continuous improvement/deployment and DevOps
Preferred Qualifications:
• AWS Solution Architect Certification
• Experience with use of APIs and other modern technologies to help build integrated distributed apps
• Experience with the use, deployment and ongoing maintenance of an Enterprise Architecture model using commercial modeling products
• Experience with Java SpringBoot platforms and architecture patterns
• Experience with Single Page Application frameworks and models
• Consulting experience
• Background in SAFE
To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment background check and drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently consider a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.
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