Job Description

Overview: Role Purpose The purpose of the role is to create exceptional architecturalsolution design and thought leadership and enable delivery teams toprovide exceptional client engagement and satisfaction.
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  Develop architectural solutions for the new deals/ majorchange requests in existing deals
  • Creates an enterprise-wide architecture that ensures systems arescalable, reliable, and manageable.
  • Provide solutioning of RFP\xe2\x80\x99s received from clients and ensure overall design assurance
    • Develop a direction to manage the portfolio of to-be-solutionsincluding systems, shared infrastructure services, applications in orderto better match business outcome objectives
    • Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, clientrequirements to set a collaboration solution design framework/architecture

• Provide technical leadership to the design, development andimplementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of moderntechnology

• Define and understand current state solutions and identifyimprovements, options & tradeoffs to define target state solutions
• Clearly articulate, document and sell architectural targets,recommendations and reusable patterns and accordingly propose investmentroadmaps
• Evaluate and recommend solutions to integrate with overalltechnology ecosystem

• Works closely with various IT groups to transition tasks, ensureperformance and manage issues through to resolution
• Perform detailed documentation (App view, multiple sections &views) of the architectural design and solution mentioning all theartefacts in detail

• Validate the solution/ prototype from technology, cost structure andcustomer differentiation point of view
• Identify problem areas and perform root cause analysis ofarchitectural design and solutions and provide relevant solutions to theproblem
• Collaborating with sales, program/project, consulting teams toreconcile solutions to architecture

• Tracks industry and application trends and relates these to planningcurrent and future IT needs

• Provides technical and strategic input during the projectplanning phase in the form of technical architectural designs andrecommendations
• Collaborates with all relevant parties in order to review theobjectives and constraints of solutions and determine conformance withthe Enterprise Architecture.
• Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts.

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  Enable Delivery Teams by providing optimal deliverysolutions/ frameworks
  • Build and maintain relationships with executives, technicalleaders, product owners, peer architects and other stakeholders tobecome a trusted advisor
  • Develops and establishes relevant technical, business processand overall support metrics (KPI/SLA) to drive results
  • Manages multiple projects and accurately reports the status ofall major assignments while adhering to all project management standards
  • Identify technical, process, structural risks and prepare a riskmitigation plan for all the projects
  • Ensure quality assurance of all the architecture or designdecisions and provides technical mitigation support to the deliveryteams
  • Recommend tools for reuse, automation for improved productivityand reduced cycle times
  • Leads the development and maintenance of enterprise frameworkand related artefacts
  • Develops trust and builds effective working relationshipsthrough respectful, collaborative engagement across individual productteams
  • Ensures architecture principles and standards are consistentlyapplied to all the projects
  • Ensure optimal Client Engagement
    • Support pre-sales team while presenting the entire solution designand its principles to the client
    • Negotiate, manage and coordinate with the client teams to ensure allrequirements are met and create an impact of solution proposed

• Demonstrate thought leadership with strong technical capability infront of the client to win the confidence and act as a trusted advisor

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  Competency Building and Branding
  • Ensure completion of necessary trainings and certifications
  • Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs),case studies, demos etc. fornew growth areas based on market and customer research
  • Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on solution designand architect by writing white papers, blogs etc.
  • Attain market referencability and recognition through highestanalyst rankings, client testimonials and partner credits
  • Be the voice of Wipro\xe2\x80\x99s Thought Leadership by speaking inforums (internal and external)
  • Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects in theproject for their further career development and enhancement
  • Contribute to the architecture practice by conducting selectioninterviews etc
• Team Management
  • Resourcing
    • Anticipating new talent requirements as per the market/ industrytrends or client requirements
    • Hire adequate and right resources for the team
  • Talent Management
    • Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members toenhance capability & effectiveness
    • Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progressionwithin the organization

• Manage team attrition

• Drive diversity in leadership positions

• Performance Management
  • Set goals for the team, conduct timely performance reviews andprovide constructive feedback to own direct reports
  • Ensure that the Performance Nxt is followed for the entire team
• Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
  • Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
  • Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to buildengagement within the team