Information Technology Solutions Architect (Duluth)

About the Role

The Solutions Architect works with the business stakeholders and the IT team to develop deep understanding of business operations, processes and capabilities to determine the best methods to overcome business problems. Their job is to work with business stakeholders to determine current concerns for the company and identify opportunities where technology solutions, process optimization and a connected strategy can help solve problems. They are also responsible for identifying future business needs and proactively working with the IT team to build the strategy and roadmaps to drive a connected ecosystem through future integrations and necessary changes. The Solutions Architect provides the necessary leadership, analysis and design tasks related to support the development of technology solutions to ensure that solutions meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards.

Responsibilities

• Understand business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determine corresponding enterprise solution designs and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes.
• Lead evaluation, design and analysis for the implementation of the solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, value-streams, business requirements and enterprise standards.
• Understand emerging technology trends and disruptions and their practical application to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
• Monitor the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements and work with IT to provide a 3-5 yr strategy with a roadmap to create the connected ecosystem.
• Able to effectively communicate the operational needs, challenges and recommendations to achieve the connected ecosystem and how it will be approached across different audiences including technical, managerial, executives and vendors.
• Generate technical requirements and communicate a matching solution architecture.
• Collaborate with other architects on the principles, guidelines, standards and solution patterns that ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision.
• Ensure that application processes (including those of external service providers) are conducted in line with corporate architecture standards, company and technical policies and applicable standards and legislation.

Qualifications

Cirrus provides a range of exciting benefits, including :

Equal Opportunity Statement

Cirrus is dedicated to a drug free work environment promoting equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, national origin, color, age, disability, religion, pregnancy, veteran status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, receipt of public assistance, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.