Lead Technical Solution Engineer/Consultant - (Rules Engine/Decision Optimization)

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential!

The Opportunity

“Come join our Professional Services team in a hands-on technical expert role where you’ll be involved in the implementation of FICO’s technology platform, applications / tools and services. This role provides the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of our business and work closely with product development, product management, and sales / pre-sales team(s) to deliver significant value to our clients.” – Sr. Director, Professional Services

What You’ll Contribute

• The Lead Technical Consultant will be an integral part of the technical team responsible for implementation of FICO Solutions comprised of FICO products and customized frameworks.

• Customer – Interact with customers in an utmost professional manner, and present solutions and status with the goal of projecting FICO as a trusted advisor.

• Technical - Serve as technical expert for clients in program/project system architectures by ensuring there are no gaps or inconsistencies in the initial system architecture and that none emerge as the system is designed, built and/or enhanced over time.

• Business Domain Knowledge - Understand integration of various technical platforms, use industry scenarios to select the architecture, technology and/or products to align the priorities of IT with the business and provides the business solution across all domains. Ensures the technical integrity and quality of the custom developed solutions.

• Analysis and design - Analyze and document customer requirements and produce high-level technical designs.

• Technical Leadership - Oversee developers responsible for individual domains of change or equivalent, or subsets thereof. Ensures the technical integrity and quality of the custom developed solutions.

• Presentation - Translate and present complex technical data to non-technical personnel internally and with customers.

• Improvement Focus - Consider the effectiveness of existing processes and suggest improvements. Collaborate with peers to 'productize' solutions, enabling a 'mass customization’ operational approach to future opportunities. Reuse of solutions across multiple customers is to be of utmost consideration, and individual often makes recommendations about reusable components, or architecture changes in core product that result in improved reuse.

• Design, develop, deploy and support modules of large world-class enterprise-level solution offering.

• Evaluate new design specifications and raise quality standards, address architectural concerns.

• Work on a wide range of complex projects, assignments and issues.

• Evaluate stability, compatibility, scalability, interoperability, and performance of the solution.

• Continually learn new technologies in related areas.

• Serve as a source of technical expertise and a mentor across Professional Services teams.

• Establish client relationship(s) and collaborate with sales team in business development activities by leveraging deep functional, technical and product knowledge.

What We’re Seeking

• Bachelor’s in computer science or related disciplines, or relevant technology/domain experience in architecture, design, development and testing.

• Seasoned professional in architecture design with strong foundation of architecture models and data structures, along with experience in technically driving the delivery project(s) involving significant stakeholder interaction.

• Experience in documenting solution specifications to present them to a wider audience. Produce and maintain product demos.

• Multiple years of relevant professional experience to include technical consulting experience.

• IT solution design experience of complex, large-scale, and strategic projects.

• Experience of both technical infrastructure and software architecture, ideally working for a dynamic system integrator / value-add partner / solution provider in an external customer-focused environment

• Big 5 Consulting Experience Preferred.

• Strong industry experience in one or more industry area, including Healthcare, Financial service and Retail/Packaged Goods.

• Detailed knowledge of software architecture principles and Methodologies.

• Detailed knowledge and experience leading Agile development projects.

• History of successfully managing a team of technologist (Team size: 3 – 5).

• Competency in one or more technologies and how best to utilize them in building out a solution – Java and/or .NET.

• Practical experience in Platform services (AWS, SaaS), Java (Enterprise-EJB’s), Web Services & Servers, .NET and SOA knowledge as it pertains to architecting solutions.

• Strong experience with WebSphere and LDAP including architecting, implementing software systems utilizing WebSphere and LDAP.

• Knowledge of AppServ, Tomcat, WebLogic, and/or J-Boss.

• Understanding of Web based technologies: HTML, XML, JSP, Servlet, JSF.

• Experience with FICO Blaze Advisor, IBM ILOG, Mindbox, or other decision optimization tools.

• Competent in database technologies (MySQL or Oracle) specifically as they pertain to high throughput transactional and/or large data warehousing solutions.

Our Offer to You

• An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.

• The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.

• Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.

• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.

• The targeted base pay range for this role is: $91,000 to $143,000 with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills and experience.
   

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Why Make a Move to FICO?

At FICO, you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics.  You’ll play a part in our commitment to help businesses use data to improve every choice they make, using advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and much more.

FICO makes a real difference in the way businesses operate worldwide:

•    Credit Scoring — FICO® Scores are used by 90 of the top 100 US lenders.

•    Fraud Detection and Security — 4 billion payment cards globally are protected by FICO fraud systems.

•    Lending — 3/4 of US mortgages are approved using the FICO Score.

Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions, placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers and other firms reach a new level of success. Our success is dependent on really talented people – just like you – who thrive on the collaboration and innovation that’s nurtured by a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide the support you need, while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career.  Join FICO and help change the way business thinks!

Learn more about how you can fulfil your potential at www.fico.com/Careers

FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Research has shown that women and candidates from underrepresented communities may not apply for an opportunity if they don’t meet all stated qualifications. While our qualifications are clearly related to role success, each candidate’s profile is unique and strengths in certain skill and/or experience areas can be equally effective. If you believe you have many, but not necessarily all, of the stated qualifications we encourage you to apply.

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