GCI · 8 hours ago
Senior Solutions Architect
WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expGCI is a company focused on providing critical services to Alaskans, and they are seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to define and communicate a shared technical and architectural vision. The role involves engaging with business owners and project teams to resolve complex organizational, technical, and business problems related to solution selection and implementation while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
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Responsibilities
Elicit business drivers and business capabilities as solution context and identify the organizational and financial impact of solution options
Understand how all parts of the business model work together including people, processes, and technology
Describe the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of solution options, and recommend the best fit-for-purpose solution to stakeholders
Understand business and technical limitations and constraints, and support business owners in making the necessary decisions to reconcile these restrictions with solution goals
Engage with business owners and project team to resolve complex organizational, technical, and business problems related to solution selection and implementation
Provide consulting support to technical architects and engineers to ensure that solutions are aligned with the overall enterprise architecture
Work closely with program management, project management, and release train engineers to ensure execution of plans corresponds with solution intent
Ensure overall solution and solution roadmap address compliance concerns, technical debt mitigation, risk reduction and continuous improvement
Provide specifications according to which the solution is defined, managed, and delivered
Aggregate and reconcile technical requirements and constraints across multiple disciplines and departments as part of solution architecture development
Analyze non-functional requirements and ensure solution selected and designed will meet standards and fit the existing enterprise environment
Review solution and define or call out dependencies that will drive implementation coordination
Document all solution architecture design and analysis work; update solution architecture repository as needed
Support solution retrospectives and help define post-launch operational support, including support models and KPIs
Oversee or consult on technical architecture design, modification, or execution activities, particularly for complex and/or shared technology solutions
Implement architectural guidance and governance tools, frameworks and processes
Define the principles, guidelines, standards and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise architecture vision
Understand and apply industry frameworks to solution architecture, including TMForum and TOGAF
Engage in GCI’s overall solution and enterprise architecture community
Takes initiative in communication and collaboration among remote and onsite teams
Ability to accurately read, write, and respond to routine business correspondence such as emails, chat messages, policies, procedures, reports
Ability to accurately communicate information virtually and in-person in a clear and concise manner to a range of audiences
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to all audiences
Knowledgeable in the areas of solutions strategy and development
Excellent organizational and technical problem-solving skills and resources
Relentlessly persistent and positive in pursuit of good architectural decisions and direction
Strong knowledge of current architecture methodologies and systems technologies and standards
Ability to translate desired business capabilities and requirements into solution architecture
Excellent at timely and thorough architecture documentation and modeling
Technology neutral and results-oriented, unbiased toward any specific technology choice
Ability to research and gain deep understanding of various technologies quickly and thoroughly
Basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting and able to estimate the financial impact of technical architecture alternatives
Experience in architecture modeling techniques and tools (Archimate modeling language highly desired)
Application and engagement of Lean/Agile frameworks and practices
Business process design and technology modeling, tools, and techniques (e.g. Archi, Signavio)
Must have broad domain experience across multiple telecommunications disciplines, which could include: Data and/or information architecture, Contemporary software development practices, Principles of continuous integration and continuous delivery and DevOps, Automation and orchestration tools and disciplines, Knowledge of telecommunication core and access technologies, Virtualized and cloud compute platforms, Integration strategies and principles, Infrastructure and network architecture, Governance, security and compliance principles and best practices
Qualification
Required
A combination of relevant work experience and/or education sufficient to perform the duties of the job may substitute to meet the total years required on a year-for-year basis
High School diploma or equivalent
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Analysis, Engineering, or a relevant field
Minimum of ten (10) years of combined experience in solutions architecture and other disciplines in a telecommunications and/or IT environment, including technical architecture, network design, application development, integration, cloud services, data architecture, security/compliance, and operational support
Preferred
CCAr, TOGAF, CEA, Certified SOA Architect, CITA, EACOE, Open CA, FEAC certifications
Cloud certifications: Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud
Agile team leadership or project management experience
Telecommunications experience
Other relevant telecom industry or job specific certifications
Company
GCI
GCI is a brand strategy agency providing media, audiovisual content, and social networking services.
11-50 employees
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