Job Description
As CDSA Senior Architect you will require both broad and deep technology knowledge as well as business process knowledge. You have the ability to architect cloud solutions by mapping common customer business problems to end-to-end solutions. You should be able to demonstrate the ability to engage in senior level business and technology decision makers’ discussions related to agility, business value, and end to end information technology as a requirement. You are a key enabler for other architects, consultants and partners in our business. You need to be able to demonstrate a passion for the customer through professionalism and striving for excellence in all aspects of the customer engagement and experience. You need to be able to apply advanced analysis skills and experience in principals of architecture to define appropriate customer solutions. To be credible you should have current and deep experience with implementation of large software systems. Also, you should understand competitive technology and how to properly assess feasibility of migrating customer solutions from, and/or integrating with customer solutions hosted on, non-Microsoft platforms. Advanced domain knowledge in one or more vertical industry is also an asset.
You need to be a leader in demonstrating architecture, planning, deploying solutions including the following:
• Demonstrated excellence with consulting skills and presenting complex development topics to both business executive and technical personnel
• Proven experience selling consulting engagements which includes estimating, scoping, and writing effective statements of work that clearly set expectations and limit risk
• Consistent record of building deep relationships with senior executives and helping to build innovative cloud solutions in large or highly strategic accounts
• Consistent track record of driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with extraordinary verbal and written communication
• Demonstrated excellence when facilitating customer design and awareness sessions that are focused on complex application solution architectures
• Demonstrated capabilities in developing an understanding of the customer business value associated with the deployment of modern business productivity, system-to-system, and end-user applications
• An ability to articulate architectural differences between solution methods and the challenges and approaches to integrating solutions built on different platforms including a working knowledge of different architectural frameworks that may be used by our customers.