Role Purpose
The purpose of the role is to define and develop Enterprise Data Structure along with Data Warehouse, Master Data, Integration and transaction processing with maintaining and strengthening the modelling standards and business information
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Define and Develop Data Architecture that aids organization and clients in new/ existing deals
Partnering with business leadership (adopting the rationalization of the data value chain) to provide strategic, information-based recommendations to maximize the value of data and information assets, and protect the organization from disruptions while also embracing innovation
Assess the benefits and risks of data by using tools such as business capability models to create an data-centric view to quickly visualize what data matters most to the organization, based on the defined business strategy
Create data strategy and road maps for the Reference Data Architecture as required by the clients
Engage all the stakeholders to implement data governance models and ensure that the implementation is done based on every change request
Ensure that the data storage and database technologies are supported by the data management and infrastructure of the enterprise
Develop, communicate, support and monitor compliance with Data Modelling standards
Oversee and monitor all frameworks to manage data across organization
Provide insights for database storage and platform for ease of use and least manual work
Collaborate with vendors to ensure integrity, objectives and system configuration
Collaborate with functional & technical teams and clients to understand the implications of data architecture and maximize the value of information across the organization
Presenting data repository, objects, source systems along with data scenarios for the front end and back end usage
Define high-level data migration plans to transition the data from source to target system/ application addressing the gaps between the current and future state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes
Knowledge of all the Data service provider platforms and ensure end to end view.
Oversight all the data standards/ reference/ papers for proper governance
Promote, guard and guide the organization towards common semantics and the proper use of metadata
Collecting, aggregating, matching, consolidating, quality- assuring, persisting and distributing such data throughout an organization to ensure a common understanding, consistency, accuracy and control
Provide solution of RFP’s received from clients and ensure overall implementation assurance
Develop a direction to manage the portfolio of all the databases including systems, shared infrastructure services in order to better match business outcome objectives
Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, client requirements to set a collaboration solution for the big/small data
Provide technical leadership to the implementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of modern technology
Define and understand current issues and problems and identify improvements
Evaluate and recommend solutions to integrate with overall technology ecosystem keeping consistency throughout
Understand the root cause problem in integrating business and product units
Validate the solution/ prototype from technology, cost structure and customer differentiation point of view
Collaborating with sales and delivery leadership teams to identify future needs and requirements
Tracks industry and application trends and relates these to planning current and future IT needs
Building enterprise technology environment for data architecture management
Develop, maintain and implement standard patterns for data layers, data stores, data hub & lake and data management processes
Evaluate all the implemented systems to determine their viability in terms of cost effectiveness
Collect all the structural and non-structural data from different places integrate all the data in one database form
Work through every stage of data processing: analysing, creating, physical data model designs, solutions and reports
Build the enterprise conceptual and logical data models for analytics, operational and data mart structures in accordance with industry best practices
Implement the best security practices across all the data bases based on the accessibility and technology
Strong understanding of activities within primary discipline such as Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management and Data Governance (DG)
Demonstrate strong experience in Conceptual, Logical and physical database architectures, design patterns, best practices and programming techniques around relational data modelling and data integration
Enable Delivery Teams by providing optimal delivery solutions/ frameworks
Build and maintain relationships with delivery and practice leadership teams and other key stakeholders to become a trusted advisor
Define database physical structure, functional capabilities, security, back-up and recovery specifications
Develops and establishes relevant technical, business process and overall support metrics (KPI/SLA) to drive results
Monitor system capabilities and performance by performing tests and configurations
Integrate new solutions and troubleshoot previously occurred errors
Manages multiple projects and accurately reports the status of all major assignments while adhering to all project management standards
Identify technical, process, structural risks and prepare a risk mitigation plan for all the projects
Ensure quality assurance of all the architecture or design decisions and provides technical mitigation support to the delivery teams
Recommend tools for reuse, automation for improved productivity and reduced cycle times
Help the support and integration team for better efficiency and client experience for ease of use by using AI methods.
Develops trust and builds effective working relationships through respectful, collaborative engagement across individual product teams
Ensures architecture principles and standards are consistently applied to all the projects
Ensure optimal Client Engagement
Support pre-sales team while presenting the entire solution design and its principles to the client
Negotiate, manage and coordinate with the client teams to ensure all requirements are met
Demonstrate thought leadership with strong technical capability in front of the client to win the confidence and act as a trusted advisor
Competency Building and Branding
Ensure completion of necessary trainings and certifications
Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs), case studies, demos etc. for new growth areas based on market and customer research
Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on solution design and architect by writing white papers, blogs etc.
Conducting workshops for all the stakeholders, creating content, e-learning courses and ways for knowledge transfer with a platform for all the data related sources
Attain market referencability and recognition through highest analyst rankings, client testimonials and partner credits
Be the voice of Wipro’s Thought Leadership by speaking in forums (internal and external)
Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects in the project for their further career development and enhancement
Contribute to the architecture practice by conducting selection interviews etc
Team Management
Resourcing
Anticipating new talent requirements as per the market/ industry trends or client requirements
Hire adequate and right resources for the team
Talent Management
Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progression within the organization
Manage team attrition
Drive diversity in leadership positions
Performance Management
Set goals for the team, conduct timely performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to own direct reports
Ensure that the Performance Nxt is followed for the entire team
Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team
Stakeholder Interaction
Stakeholder Type
Stakeholder Identification
Purpose of Interaction
Internal
Delivery manager/ Delivery Leadership team
Review of architectural process deployment in engagements, escalation management, issue resolution
Pre-sales team
For solutioning of a proposal
Practice teams/ SL leadership
To understand the different data migration
Sales Team
For client engagement, farming activities
Holmes engineering and roll out
For automation purpose
Talent Transformation Team, Competency Group
Plan and support delivery of Technical Trainings, knowledge sharing
HRBP
For hiring and managing resources
External
Vendors/ Partners
For strategic alignment and partnerships, training
Industry forums
Best practices, market intelligence, knowledge sharing
Display
Lists the competencies required to perform this role effectively:
Functional Competencies/ Skill
Domain/Industry Knowledge – Awareness and knowledge of broad economic, demographic, technological and global trends within own ecosystem – Expert
Market Intelligence – Deep specialized understanding of the ecosystem practice, overall market & competition and nuances of delivery in that domain – Master
Systems Thinking – Understanding of the Wipro system (interrelatedness, interdependencies and boundaries) and perform problem solving in a complex environment – Expert
Leveraging Technology – In-depth knowledge of and mastery over ecosystem technology that commands expert authority respect – Master
Asset reusability – ability to re-use the assets to ensure scalability and optimization – Expert
Technical knowledge – architecture design principles, framework and documentation – Expert
Competency Levels
Foundation
Knowledgeable about the competency requirements. Demonstrates (in parts) frequently with minimal support and guidance.
Competent
Consistently demonstrates the full range of the competency without guidance. Extends the competency to difficult and unknown situations as well.
Expert
Applies the competency in all situations and is serves as a guide to others as well.
Master
Coaches others and builds organizational capability in the competency area. Serves as a key resource for that competency and is recognised within the entire organization.
Behavioral Competencies
Strategic perspective
Technology Acumen
Innovation
Managing Complexity
Client centricity
Execution excellence
Change agility
Passion for results
Nurturing people
Executive presence
Deliver
No.
Performance Parameter
Measure
1.
Support sales team to create wins
% of proposals with Quality Index >7, timely support of the proposals, identifying opportunities/ leads to sell services within/ outside account (lead generation), no. of proposals led
2.
Delivery support
CSAT, delivery as per cost, quality and timelines, Identify and develop resuable components, utilization %, Recommend tools for reuse, automation for improved productivity and reduced cycle times, # of reusable components
3.
Capability development
% trainings and certifications completed, increase in ACE certifications, thought leadership content developed (white papers, Wipro PoVs)
4.
Practice Building
Identifying opportunities for architects in the account and outside through known contacts, Contribute towards domain and technology accelerator kits, Mentoring junior architects
5.
Team Management
Team attrition %, Employee satisfaction score
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