The Software Architect plays a pivotal role in shaping, guiding, and executing technical vision and strategy. This position will lead architectural planning, delivery execution, and innovation through hands-on prototyping and deep collaboration with cross-functional teams. The Architect ensures that systems are scalable, reliable, secure, and aligned with enterprise goals and technical standards.

This role requires a strong balance of strategic foresight and delivery execution serving as both a business-minded technologist and a practitioner. The ideal candidate will contribute across three core areas: Leading Product Architecture, Hands-on Prototyping, and Defining Architectural Vision and Strategy. The successful candidate will foster a collaborative, high-performance culture and promote the “Beyond the Best” service standards.

Essential Functions:

1. Lead Your Product (Planning & Delivery) Guideline: ~40% | Goal: 20%
Key Activities & Responsibilities:

• Guide Product Owners (POs), Data Stewards/Business Systems Analysts (DS/BSA),

  Scrum Masters, and Software Engineers through architecture-aligned decision-making.

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions via actionable Solution Designs

  (SDs).

• Create and maintain Tech Briefs and documentation for technical alignment.

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• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, grooming, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements (NFRs), including scalability, security, and performance.
• Deliver tailored architectural views:

o Executive: Conceptual architecture and strategy.
o Project-Level: Logical component and system relationships.
o Technical Teams: Detailed, implementation-ready specifications.

2. Practitioner

Guideline: ~20% | Goal: 5%
Key Activities & Responsibilities:

• Build and validate Prototypes and Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to test new technologies or

  validate architectural approaches.

• Assess feasibility and mitigate implementation risks early.
• Communicate PoC findings to inform technical direction and architecture decisions.
• Use exploratory work to inform long-term design and minimize rework.

3. Architectural Vision & Strategy

Guideline: ~40% | Goal: 75% Key Activities & Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and long-term roadmaps.
• Deliver multi-layered architecture views:

o Conceptual: Business-aligned architecture vision.
o Logical: System components, data flows, integration points. o Technical: Tech stack, infrastructure, deployment models.

• Produce key architecture artifacts:
o Statements of Direction (SODs), blueprints, and modeling tools. o APIs, data models, observability plans, and CI/CD standards.

• Drive architecture alignment with enterprise objectives to ensure resiliency, scalability, and innovation.
• Educate and influence engineering teams via documentation, architecture decision records (ADRs), and enablement sessions.