Overview

Reporting to the head of Application Development, the Solution Architect (SA) provides the primary technical leadership on projects from design through implementation. The SA is responsible for creating and documenting the application architecture. The architect must balance the business requirements, FNFG’s technology strategy and overall organizational preparedness. The SA will follow the project through completion to ensure a proper implementation of the design.

The Solution Architect will also analyze and recommend technology strategies where gaps exist including performing proofs-of-concept as needed and building a business case.

The SA will also assist in documenting FNFG’s overall application reference architecture.

Minimum Qualifications

·         BS degree in Computer Science or in a similar discipline with proven IT experience

·         7 years experience in information technology

·         5 years experience in solution architecture and technology leadership

·         Ability to document a solution architecture

·         Working knowledge of Design Patterns

·         Substantial integration experience with real-time (sync and async), batch and intra-day service levels

·         Familiarity with infrastructure design

·         Demonstrated depth in .Net or Java development

·         Proven ability to build concensus in a matrixed, collaborative environment

·         Strong oral and written communications

·         Financial services experience a plus

Key Responsibilities

·         Create and document the project architecture

·         Collaborate with business analysts to apply and refine business requirements to drive the architecture

·         Work closely with developers to create and document the detailed design

·         Performs code and design reviews as needed

·         Collaborate with other developers and architects to create integration strategies between FNFG systems

·         Work with the infrastructure teams to ensure the software is effectively mapped to a hardware implementation

·         Collaborate with IT Information Security to ensure solutions comply with Corporate Risk Management policies

·         Performs proofs-of-concept as needed to determine technology solutions

·         Builds business cases for new technology enhancements

·         Identify and champion reuse opportunities

·         Ensure consistent practices across enterprise initiatives

·         Assist with support incidents as needed