Solutions Architect [ORTIGAS | FULL ONSITE]

About the role

Reporting to the Solutions Architecture Lead, the Solutions Architect (SA) is accountable for proactively and holistically leading or supporting the activities related to the development of BDO IT's Solution Architecture. The role involves creating deliverables that provide solution direction for supporting the bank's organizational and strategic portfolio of programs/projects where the solution should depict the current, transition and target state solutions. The Solutions Architect determines the most appropriate technology to resolve a business problem built around the parameters of enterprise architecture guardrails to aid the teams responsible for performing the project planning, implementation and operational support. The role includes leading and providing guidance to technical implementation teams and other stakeholders within the organization as part of the overall project delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Understand, apply and advocate BDO's Enterprise Architecture guardrails which includes architecture principles, architecture patterns, technology standards and non-functional requirements
• Create and maintain solution patterns that will serve as a reference for reusability and standard for applicable use cases
• Understand business drivers and business capabilities (current and target states) and determine the corresponding solution architecture and/or change requirements to deliver the target business outcomes
• Recommend appropriate solutions and/or related processes to improve efficiency of operations based on the analysis of gaps or critical deficiencies
• Perform continual assessment of current state solutions to identify technical debt against target state solution; or transition to new or emerging technologies
• Provide solution consultancy support to application and infrastructure owners within projects to ensure alignment with the overall solutions architecture
• Present and seek approval of solution architecture from the defined approving channels and from other key stakeholders
• Work closely with the solutions architecture lead, enterprise architects, program managers, other solutions architects, infrastructure and security architects, application and infrastructure delivery leads to ensure that the execution of architecture plans are aligned with enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap
• Ensure that the actual implementation is aligned and has no critical deviations from the defined solution architecture
• Proactively identify, escalate and manage the technical risks and issues of the solution architecture

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology, similar courses/disciplines or with relevant work experience
• At least 8 years of experience in IT software/services definition, build, and management
• At least 2 to 3 years of experience in Solution Architecture practice responsible for the development of the overall solution vision that supports business-oriented project developments or strategic projects driven by IT
• Understanding of solutions delivery lifecycle, agile methods and processes
• Proven capability to support project and delivery teams by providing guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural considerations
• Understanding of financial services, payments or insurance industry is an advantage
• Good understanding of strategic, new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating model
• Good knowledge and understanding of application development, middleware, system integration, infrastructure, database management, data governance, security and IT operations
• Excellent analytical, technical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills