Senior Solutions Architect

Job Summary :

Our client is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join their team! This position is located in Katy, Texas.

Duties :

• Directs the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership
• Develops and executes solutions which further reduce the percentage of time spent on reactive work
• Works with business and technology subject matter experts to derive end-to-end solutions that provide value to the enterprise and these solutions comply with standards and guidelines
• Interacts with business leadership to establish a solid working relationship between IT and operations
• Must be able to model solutions from conceptual, logical and physical perspectives
• Creates artifacts that define the N+1 views of the end-to-end solution
• Facilitates the requirements refinement process; with special focus on service-level requirements
• Collaborates with other parts of IT to ensure a thorough understanding of the proposed architecture; must be willing to accept and factor-in feedback
• Participates in design reviews to ensure traceability of the design to the proposed solution architecture
• Contributes to enterprise guidelines, standards and principles as precedents are discovered and adopted
• Articulates architecture decisions behind the solution architecture
• Takes initiative in working with business stakeholders to ensure their requirements will be addressed by IT
• Develops a thorough understanding of policies, procedures and safety rules

Desired Skills / Experience :

Benefits :

$122,500 - $175,000 (est. annual rate)