Role Purpose
The purpose of the role is to create exceptional and detailedarchitectural application design and provide thought leadership andenable delivery teams to provide exceptional client engagement andsatisfaction.
Do
Develop architectural application for the new deals/ majorchange requests in existing deals
Creates an enterprise-wide architecture that ensures systems arescalable, reliable, and manageable.
Manages application assets and directs the development effortswithin an enterprise to improve solution delivery and agility
Guides how to construct and assemble application components andservices to support solution architecture and application development
Maintains the frameworks and artefacts used in theimplementation of an application, with reference to the systematicarchitecture of the overall application portfolio
Responsible for application architecture paradigms such asservice-oriented architecture (SOA) and, more specifically,microservices, ensuring business achieve agility and scalability for afaster time to market
Provide solution of RFP’s received from clients and ensureoverall design assurance
Develop a direction to manage the portfolio of to-be-solutionsincluding systems, shared infrastructure services, applications in orderto better match business outcome objectives
Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, clientrequirements to set a collaboration design framework/ architecture
Depending on the client’s need with particular standards andtechnology stacks create complete RFPs
Provide technical leadership to the design, development andimplementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of moderntechnology
Define and understand current state solutions and identifyimprovements, options & tradeoffs to define target state solutions
Clearly articulate and sell architectural targets, recommendationsand reusable patterns and accordingly propose investment roadmaps
Evaluate and recommend solutions to integrate with overalltechnology ecosystem
Tracks industry and application trends and relates these to planningcurrent and future IT needs
Provides technical and strategic inputs during the projectplanning phase in the form of technical architectural designs andrecommendations
Account mining to find opportunities in the existing clients
Collaborates with all relevant parties in order to review theobjectives and constraints of solutions and determine conformance withthe Enterprise Architecture.
Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts.
Create new revenue streams within applications as APIs that canbe leveraged by clients
Bring knowledge of automation in application by embracing Agileand dev-ops principles to reduce manual part
Understanding application requirements and design astandardize application
Creating Intellectual Property in forms of services, patterns,models and organizational approaches
Designing patterns, best practices and reusable applicationsthat can be used for future references
Ensure system capabilities are consumed by system components andset criteria for evaluating technical and business value in terms ofTolerate, Invest, Migrate and Eliminate
Provide platform to create standardize tools, uniform design andtechniques are maintained to reduce costs of maintenance
Coordinating input on risks, costs and opportunities forconcepts
Developing customised applications for the customers alignedwith their needs
Perform design and code reviews thoroughly on regular basis,keeping in mind the security measures
Understanding design and production procedures and standards tocreate prototypes and finished products
Work closely with systems analysts, software developers, datamanagers and other team members to ensure successful production ofapplication software
Offer viable solutions for various systems and architectures todifferent types of businesses
Seamless integration of new and existing systems to eliminatepotential problems and maintain data structure and bring value in termsof development
Transforming all applications into digital form and implementand evolve around mesh app and service architecture that support newtechnologies like IOT, blockchain, machine learning, automation, BOTSetc
Cloud Transformation: (Migration)
Understanding non-functional requirements
Producing artefacts such as deployment architecture, interfacecatalogue
Identify internal and external dependency, vendor and internal ITmanagement
Support build and testing team
Cloud Transformation: (Modernization)
Understanding and Defining target architecture in Integration space
Assessing project pipeline / demand and align to target architecture
Technical support of delivery team in terms and POC and technicalguidance
Keep Up-to-date with the latest technologies in the market
Enable Delivery Teams by providing optimal deliverysolutions/ frameworks
Build and maintain relationships with executives, technicalleaders, product owners, peer architects and other stakeholders tobecome a trusted advisor
Collaborate with enterprise architect for translating businessstrategy to execution
Develops and establishes relevant technical, business processand overall support metrics (KPI/SLA) to drive results
Bring value in terms of quality in development activities byleveraging cloud based and scalable infrastructure
Manages multiple projects and accurately reports the status ofall major assignments while adhering to all project management standards
Identify technical, process, structural risks and prepare a riskmitigation plan for all the projects
Ensure quality assurance of all the architecture or designdecisions and provides technical mitigation support to the deliveryteams
Recommend tools for reuse, automation for improved productivityand reduced cycle times
Continuously review session with customers for sustainabledevelopment practices
Leads the development and maintenance of enterprise frameworkand related artefacts
Develops trust and builds effective working relationshipsthrough respectful, collaborative engagement across individual productteams
Ensures architecture principles and standards are consistentlyapplied to all the projects
Ensure optimal Client Engagement
Support pre-sales team while presenting the entire solution designand its principles to the client
Negotiate, manage and coordinate with the client teams to ensure allrequirements are met and create an impact of solution proposed
Demonstrate thought leadership with strong technical capability infront 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. fornew growth areas based on market and customer research
Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on applicationdesign and architect by writing white papers, blogs etc.
Attain market referencability and recognition through highestanalyst rankings, client testimonials and partner credits
Be the voice of Wipro’s Thought Leadership by speaking inforums (internal and external)
Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects in theproject for their further career development and enhancement
Contribute to the architecture practice by conducting selectioninterviews etc
Team Management
Resourcing
Anticipating new talent requirements as per the market/ industrytrends or client requirements
Hire adequate and right resources for the team
Talent Management
Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members toenhance capability & effectiveness
Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progressionwithin the organization
Manage team attrition
Drive diversity in leadership positions
Performance Management
Set goals for the team, conduct timely performance reviews andprovide 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 buildengagement within the team
Stakeholder Interaction
Stakeholder Type
Stakeholder Identification
Purpose of Interaction
Internal
Delivery teams
Review of architectural process deployment in engagements,escalation management, issue resolution, delivery assurance andexcellence
Pre-sales team
For solutioning and architectural design purpose
Quality Assurance
Periodic review of architecture
Practice teams
To understand the different solution portfolios
Holmes engineering and roll out
For automation purpose
Talent Transformation Team, Competency Group
Plan and support delivery of Technical Trainings, knowledgesharing
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 broadeconomic, demographic, technological and global trends within ownecosystem – Master
Market Intelligence – Deep specialized understanding of theecosystem practice, overall market & competition and nuances ofdelivery in that domain – Master
Systems Thinking – Understanding of the Wipro system(interrelatedness, interdependencies and boundaries) and perform problemsolving in a complex environment – Expert
Leveraging Technology – In-depth knowledge of and mastery overecosystem technology that commands expert authority respect –Master
Asset reusability – ability to re-use the assets to ensurescalability and optimization – Expert
Technical knowledge – architecture design principles,framework and documentation – Master
Competency Levels
Foundation
Knowledgeable about the competency requirements. Demonstrates (inparts) frequently with minimal support and guidance.
Competent
Consistently demonstrates the full range of the competency withoutguidance. Extends the competency to difficult and unknown situations aswell.
Expert
Applies the competency in all situations and is serves as a guide toothers as well.
Master
Coaches others and builds organizational capability in the competencyarea. Serves as a key resource for that competency and is recognisedwithin the entire organization.
Behavioral Competencies
Strategic perspective
Stakeholder Management
Technology Acumen
Innovation
Managing Complexity
Client centricity
Execution excellence
Self-Learning
Domain Experience
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 theproposals, 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 anddevelop resuable components, utilization %, Recommend tools for reuse,automation for improved productivity and reduced cycle times, # ofreusable components
3.
Capability development
% trainings and certifications completed, increase in ACEcertifications, thought leadership content developed (white papers,Wipro PoVs)
4.
Practice Building
Identifying opportunities for architects in the account and outsidethrough known contacts, Contribute towards domain and technologyaccelerator kits, Mentoring junior architects
5.
Team Management
Team attrition %, Employee satisfaction score
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