Application Architect

Role Purpose The purpose of the role is to create exceptional and detailedarchitectural application design and provide thought leadership andenable delivery teams to provide exceptional client engagement and satisfaction. Develop architectural application for the new deals/ majorchange requests in existing deals Creates an enterprise-wide architecture that ensures systems arescalable, reliable, and manageable. Manages application assets and directs the development effortswithin an enterprise to improve solution delivery and agility Guides how to construct and assemble application components andservices to support solution architecture and application development Maintains the frameworks and artefacts used in theimplementation of an application, with reference to the systematicarchitecture of the overall application portfolio Responsible for application architecture paradigms such asservice-oriented architecture (SOA) and, more specifically,microservices, ensuring business achieve agility and scalability for afaster time to market Provide solution of RFP’s received from clients and ensureoverall design assurance Develop a direction to manage the portfolio of to-be-solutionsincluding systems, shared infrastructure services, applications in orderto better match business outcome objectives Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, clientrequirements to set a collaboration design framework/ architecture Depending on the client’s need with particular standards andtechnology stacks create complete RFPs Provide technical leadership to the design, development andimplementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of moderntechnology Define and understand current state solutions and identifyimprovements, options & tradeoffs to define target state solutions Clearly articulate and sell architectural targets, recommendationsand reusable patterns and accordingly propose investment roadmaps Provides technical and strategic inputs during the projectplanning phase in the form of technical architectural designs andrecommendations Account mining to find opportunities in the existing clients Collaborates with all relevant parties in order to review theobjectives and constraints of solutions and determine conformance withthe Enterprise Architecture. Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts. Create new revenue streams within applications as APIs that canbe leveraged by clients Bring knowledge of automation in application by embracing Agile and dev-ops principles. Behavioral Competencies Strategic perspective Stakeholder Management Technology Acumen Innovation Managing Complexity Client centricity Execution excellence Self-Learning Domain Experience Change agility Passion for results Nurturing people Executive presence Deliver No. Performance Parameter Measure 1. Support sales team to create wins % of proposals with Quality Index >7, timely support of theproposals, identifying opportunities/ leads to sell services within/outside account (lead generation), no. of proposals led 2. Delivery support CSAT, delivery as per cost, quality and timelines, Identify anddevelop resuable components, utilization %, Recommend tools for reuse,automation for improved productivity and reduced cycle times,
ofreusable components 3. Capability development % trainings and certifications completed, increase in ACEcertifications, thought leadership content developed (white papers,Wipro PoVs) 4. Practice Building Identifying opportunities for architects in the account and outsidethrough known contacts, Contribute towards domain and technologyaccelerator kits, Mentoring junior architects 5. Team Management Team attrition %, Employee satisfaction score At least 5+ years of experience in Retail Technologies (for example, Payments, Back Office Systems, Point of Sale, Pricing) Interface with business stakeholders to understand the business drive and requirements for the requested features. Collaborate with teams (like Payments, Mobile, Loyalty) within the organization to understand impact and timing of dependent systems. Document and review requirements with the business and vendors. Deep knowledge of the Credit Card Payments Industry and PCI Provide requirement clarification as necessary Update and maintain the Functional Requirements Guideline that is share with vendors. Assist with defect analysis