Solutions Architect bei None

This position is not eligible for employer visa sponsorship.

Hours:

40

Schedule:

This position is hybrid and remote eligible for up to 40% of the time. The office location for this position is at ESL Corporate Headquarters in Rochester, NY. Hours are Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Must be flexible to meet current and future business needs. 

Comprehensive Benefits:

ESL offers a competitive benefits package which focuses on providing a work life balance for all employees. Our benefits include robust options such as our wellness program, family assistance plan, 401k with match, paid volunteer time and Learning & Development training among many others.

Pay and Incentive Plan:

Purpose of Position:

The Solutions Architect is responsible for designing solutions that will deliver on the strategic initiatives in a way that is scalable, secure and aligns with our enterprise architecture. This role delivers solutions that enable key capabilities across the organization. It plays a critical role in enabling capability delivery while maintaining architectural integrity and business alignment. 

Principle Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

Solution Design & Delivery Alignment

• Design end-to-end solutions delivering business needs while maintaining our enterprise architecture standards and approved patterns. 
• Collaborate with product owners, delivery teams, developers, data architects and infrastructure to ensure solution feasibility.
• Ensure use of modularity and reuse of APIs, integrations and services. 
• Decompose business problems into logical architecture components and capabilities. 
• Create solution architecture documents, diagrams and integration specifications. 

Business Collaboration & Capability Alignment

• Ensure technology solutions align with business capabilities and value streams in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Map solutions to the business capability model 
• Assist in developing the domain architecture components
• Collaborate with business systems analysts and process team for requirements 
• Participate in discovery workshops, capability planning and vendor evaluations.
• Support domain owners and product teams in capability centered design discussions. 

Architecture Standards and Governance

• Promote consistency and compliance with architecture standards and guidelines. 
• Present solutions for review and participate in architecture review.
• Contribute to reference architecture definitions and reusable design patterns.
• Evaluate technical debt risk and recommend modernization options.
• Mentor IT staff in best practices and architectural thinking. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree required 
• Minimum of 5 years experience designing solutions in IT
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks
• Deep understanding of API design and integration patterns
• Familiarity with cloud platforms
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven leadership and the ability to collaborate with all levels of the organization
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates alignment with ESL’s Core Values, mission, vision, and Purpose to help our community thrive and prosper

We’re committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe we are a stronger, more successful organization because of this commitment. We strive to ensure a robust talent pool of qualified candidates with a variety of skillsets and capabilities for all our openings. We hire great people and welcome all new hires to our award-winning work environment, which has been recognized by the Great Place to Work Institute since 2010.

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