Senior Application & Product Architect Job in Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd.

Basic Function

We are looking for a Solutions Architect. In this role, you will be a proactive, self-starter with strong experience in working with business and software engineering departments to deliver top-class products that reuse common assets and patterns globally. You are responsible for the delivery of technical solutions to address business problems. The role requires both broad and deep technology knowledge and the ability to architect solutions by mapping common customer business problems to reusable end-to-end technology solutions.

You will be capable of assessing customer requirements and developing an integrated (technical, business, and service) solution, while supporting the development of cost estimates for the solution in the field. The Solution Architect is responsible for the development of the overall vision that underlies the projected solution and transforms that vision through execution into the solution.

As our Solution Architect you will become involved with international projects (in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific) at the time of inception and remains involved in some capacity throughout the balance of the project. Our product development projects follow principles of Lean Product Design and Agile Software Development. During the early phases of the engagement, you need to gather (technical) requirements and work with the project manager, business analyst and engagement team to put together a solution proposal. During the execution phase of the project, you will review ongoing implementation governance and architecture compliance.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Solution Architect is a member of the Architecture team but also becomes a member of the Development team and has a mixed role, as bridge between concept and implementation. In this role, you must be able to:

• Become familiar with the legal, tax, regulatory, health and compliance information domains by interviewing domain experts, studying industry documentation and reviewing competitive products.

• Work with project delivery teams and business unit stakeholders to define the detailed architecture solution that will support the business requirement for a project.

• Engage with Wolters Kluwer global business units to understand business needs (expressed and latent) and map those needs to GPO assets in technical solution delivery.

• Provide consultation and support to project teams throughout the project delivery cycle.

• Formulate architecture strategies and transition architectures that will illustrate how the proposed architecture will evolve to satisfy the needs and concerns of stakeholders (eg delivery teams, business sponsors, infrastructure & security partners)

• Lead the development team through the process of architectural and design reviews

• Provide consultation and guidance to delivery team on choice of appropriate technologies, standards adherence and process to obtain approval for deviations

• Coordinate with other technology areas (as needed) to formulate high-level solution architectures to support conceptual and preliminary estimates.

• Produce architectural artifacts / documentation

• Formulate and develop recurring architecture patterns in commonly re-useable assets

• Participate in reviews of the project solution architecture by identifying opportunities and recommendations to optimize or enhance product delivery offerings.

Assist with detailed implementation planning, project planning and project coordination in conjunction with the project manager, and delivery manager, developing positive customer relationships (executive level and end user), creating a high level of customer satisfaction, and effective team management

Required Qualifications

BE / B Tech. or Masters in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience

5+ years of overall IT experience Proven track record of working with external customers to understand their needs and translate into technical solutions. Knowledge of infrastructure components, middleware and service architectures Knowledge of and experience working with either AWS and or Azure cloud computing environments Experience analyzing, designing and building end-user applications and/or backend systems. Experience working in a cross-functional, team-based globally distributed environment; experience working in an international environment desired. Ability to properly scope requirements, identify tasks, and determine level of effort. Ability to effectively communicate technical decisions and their rationales to business unit stakeholders and development teams. Passionate about latest trends in the IT industry with a strong desire for innovation. Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical, written, problem solving skills. Self-motivated and self-managing and able to work independently.

Preferred qualifications

TOGAF or other (MS Azure or AWS) certifications is a bonus Experience in providing cloud based solution Experience in On Premise and cloud solutions in one or more topologies like

• Enterprise SSO

• Multi-tenant system

• System Security

• Access Management

• Database Sharding

Understanding of Database Architectures Experience in the publishing domain is a bonus

Travel Requirements

Position requires some international travel, on a regular basis, comprising no more than 10% of total days worked.

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