Job Description

Job Description

Overall Purpose: This career step requires expert level experience. Hands-on function that ultimately results in the delivery of an application or service. Responsible for translating the core architecture for business requirements into the final technical solution (consisting of platform, network, software, cloud, etc.) through functional, performance, and reliability analysis using engineering models and techniques, primarily through software development throughout the vertical stack. Defines designs; Provides technical enablement for application components and subsystems for an Application(s). Drives important design decisions for development team working in a fast paced environment using Scaled Agile Methodologies.

Key Roles and Responsibilities: Elaborate the design and interfaces for specific components including: Define subsystems and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities to subsystems, understand solution deployment, and communicate requirements for interactions with solution context; Align development teams to a shared technical direction and partners with those teams in elaborating the Solution and its interfaces; Validate technology assumptions, evaluate implementation alternatives; Establish critical NFRs at the solution level, participate in the definition of others. Create and enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline including: Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the system solution and explore alternatives; Develop the Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities; Work with portfolio stakeholders, Solution and Enterprise Architects, to develop, analyze, split, and realize the implementation of enablers; Participate in project planning, system and solution demos, retrospective workshops; Understand technical characteristics of and assist with architectural integration of external components, systems, and platforms.

Qualifications:

* Expert level technical professional - typically requires 8-10 years experience
* Preferred Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Science, Electrical Engineering, or Math; Developer nanodegree; or equivalent experience
* Expert knowledge of Azure cloud, Solution architect Certification is a plus
* Expertise knowledge of AT&T SAFe and DevOps methodology, certification is a plus
* Experience with modern service hosting, security, and risk management concerns such as IAM, access control, monitoring, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, and containers
* Strong knowledge of Azure database cloud concepts database as service, Postgres, Oracle SQL/No SQL
* Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Git, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet

Additional Qualfications:

* Familiarity with test automation strategies and tools test driven development and test automation
* Ability to understand features/functions of a complex application and how they integrate to deliver the end to end solution for business
* Technical leadership in the development of system standards and procedures
* Experience in system engineering work in a cloud environment with development/scripting responsibilities (infrastructure as code)
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to relay technical information to a non-technical audience and effectively interact with all stakeholders including senior leadership
* Experience working with Lease Creation, Management, PaymentsAbility to understand complex Financial and Accounting Principles and calculations

Supervisory: No.