Application Architect

Application Architect

Contract Role

Zurich, Switzerland

Client Standard Rate

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

Mandatory Skills -

Vue.JS

Job type: Contract Division: Darwin Rhodes Switzerland Reference: 22-05104