Technology Architect

Location: Hyderabad

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Project Role : Technology Architect
Project Role Description : Design and deliver technology architecture for a platform, product, or engagement. Define solutions to meet performance, capability, and scalability needs.
Must have skills : Enterprise Architecture Framework
Good to have skills : Python (Programming Language)
Minimum 12 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Summary:
This position is responsible for guiding Business, Product, and Development leaders and teams to make good technology decisions that are innovative, fiscally responsible, and aligned with the overall Technology Strategy, evolving our offerings toward a cloud-native, SaaS-centric Platform. Work closely with Agile development teams offering guidance, proof of concepts, and technical solutions. Utilize extensive expertise in defining technical solutions, assumptions, constraints, and a quality plan for each opportunity or body of work being proposed (features/initiatives) for a given line of business. Accountable for assigned portions of the architecture output by the development teams and helping the teams to adhere to standards and product vision.

Roles and responsibilities:

Understand and anticipate the technological needs of the products and customers both in the present and in the mid- to long-term

Remain well versed in new technologies and architecture patterns so as to provide them as potential solutions to business opportunities

Communicate with executives, directors and product managers to understand business opportunities, associated value propositions and provide technical consultation

Translate business opportunities and unknowns into clearly defined architecture solutions that development teams can implement

Work consultatively with development teams to help them take ownership of a solution while serving as a resource for guidance and mentoring

Lead in managing a landscape of perspectives, positions, skills, and personalities in order to lead/mentor people toward optimal solutions

Provide in-depth documentation, instructions and learning materials of all works being rolled out to the larger organization or teams - i.e. software/architecture designs and patterns that can be absorbed by development teams

Promote acceptance of and conformance to technology strategy solutions should utilize a common services platform-centric approach whenever possible

Promote a culture of innovation and mutual advancement within the development community

Continuously improve the software development process

Participate in other projects or duties.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

N/A

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Self-motivated / Creative / Innovative

Strong software engineering skills

object-oriented analysis and design

functional programming analysis and design

strong development ability in a well-known stack (functional or OO) such as Java, .NET, or Node

database design and S/W - D/B interfacing

requirements verification and quality assurance

Strong understanding of distributed systems design and patterns

an understanding of performance consideration in a distributed architecture

an understanding of infrastructure as code - CICD, etc.

Strong understanding of Cloud services and how to leverage them

Experience with containers and orchestration is a plus

Familiarity with the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and ability to visually communicate complex architectures

Strong customer focus and ability to interact with and create relationships with partners and customers in order to understand the needs being defined and proposed by the Business and Product.

Ability to deliver technical expertise, excellence and guidance through a consultative approach.

Ability to learn, implement, code against, and evaluate new technologies and approaches at an extremely fast pace.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Quickly assimilate, analyze, abstract, synthesize and act on large amounts of information

Ability to provide guidance toward fast-paced, incrementally delivered, quality software

Education qualifications:

Bachelor s degree in computer science or equivalent experience is required.

Master s degree preferred but not mandatory.

Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering

Strong experience developing architectures which are understandable, robust, extensible, and scalable by utilizing:

hierarchical partitioning (to manage system complexity)

modular / component-based designs (to increase reuse and speed development)

middleware (to promote platform independence)

documented design patterns (to utilize best practices)

Experience implementing n-tiered, distributed systems across different HW/OS platforms

Experience with iterative, incremental software development processes

Preferred qualifications: AI/ML experience, Python, & AWS within Agile/SAFe environment

Or equivalent combination of education and/or experience

Additional Information:
The Winning Way behaviors that all employees need in order to meet the expectations of each other, our customers, and our partners.

Communicate with Clarity - Be clear, concise and actionable. Be relentlessly constructive. Seek and provide meaningful feedback.

Act with Urgency - Adopt an agile mentality - frequent iterations, improved speed, resilience. 80/20 rule - better is the enemy of done. Don t spend hours when minutes are enough.

Work with Purpose - Exhibit a We Can mindset. Results outweigh effort. Everyone understands how their role contributes. Set aside personal objectives for team results.

Drive to Decision - Cut the swirl with defined deadlines and decision points. Be clear on individual accountability and decision authority. Guided by a commitment to and accountability for customer outcomes.

Own the Outcome - Defined milestones, commitments and intended results. Assess your work in context, if you re unsure, ask. Demonstrate unwavering support for decisions.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals in this position. Other functions may be assigned, and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time.

You will be working with a Trusted Tax Technology Leader, committed to delivering reliable and innovative solutions

15 years full time education

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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