Consultant, IT Architecture

Job Description

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Implements technical solutions and management processes to achieve overall objectives by means of implementing systems or enterprise-wide solutions, using the company's or a third-party's hardware/software products and/or processes and methodologies.
• Integrates solutions and strategies within the customer environment, based on the analysis of customer business goals, objectives, needs, and existing systems infrastructure.
• Identifies additional product/services sales opportunities in customer organization.
• Assists the sales organization and related Practice Areas as technical/industry subject matter experts.
• The role requires skills and understanding of the industry best practices and methodologies to tie dissimilar components together into an aggregate system.
• Primary expert to construct the specific solution, scope document, risk profile, and corresponding financials.
• Uses expertise to construct specific and detailed solutions that encompass process, technology, project, and staffing plans.
• Constructs risk assessments and corresponding remediation plans relative to custom solution proposals.
• Participates in the construction of financial models that align with custom solution proposals.
• Composes applicable services agreements (e.g. Statements of Work, SLA documentation, etc.) that specify processes, technology, staffing, deliverables, commitments, risk, and project management aspects of a solution.
• Supports deal negotiation and closure to include transition support to service delivery.
• Serves as a services subject matter expert to both internal and external customers.
• Follows all organizational standard operating procedures relative to cost modeling, approvals and reviews, and all other associated workflows, documentation, and deliverables.
• Participates in applicable win-loss reviews and incorporates learnings into future solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads a technical team in developing solutions to complex business problems.
• Leads the design of multiple service areas or technologies within a broader services solution; leads the overall technical implementation for large and complex engagements.
• Contributes to the sales pursuit strategy.
• Participates or leads in customer presentations at the senior leadership level or higher May participate or lead in establishing operational plans and processes for the group.
• Leads research, discovery, planning, and implementation efforts to improve business processes.
• Mentors less experienced team members.
• May be involved in international sales opportunities.
• Provides expertise on the availability and viability of third-party components and services.
• Ensures third-party components comply with established architecture Implements the information technology architecture and the total systems solutions to the enterprise-wide systems requirements of the customer.
• Participates in the Solution Architecture.
• Review for projects, applications, and infrastructure Defines standardized reference architectures for processes and technology.