Technology Architect

Qualification:

BE/ B Tech / Product certifications especially for Cloud products

Responsibility:

Design ? Understand various functional and non functional requirements. ? Break down the requirements into smaller modules. ? Apply knowledge of product provided frameworks for effective design. ? Provide inputs for categorizing critical and noncritical requirements. ? Develop proof of concept. ? Implement key integration patterns using relevant integration technology. ? Understand implications of performance and security in solutions. ? Provide inputs in designing end to end solution from a technical perspective. ? Review and approve system architecture design. ? Expert knowledge of development lifecycles such as Agile methodologies. ? Present the architecture to customers and seek signoff. ? Work on specific test cases for technology intensive modules such as multicloud integrations, cloud security. Coding. ? Analyze allocated task and understand BRD, low level and high level design. ? Allocate modules to developers for coding. ? Provide guidance to developers and set standards. ? Understand and educate the team on the database concepts. ? Write efficient queries and understand logical and physical data models ? Review pseudo codes written by developers and provide a go ahead for code development. ? Prepare for incremental code creation and unit testing. ? Oversee development process and update Project Manager on development progress. ? Identify future product version releases and implications on code. ? Use internal reusable components or vendor specified accelerators for coding. ? Review final codes written by developers on adherence to standards/functionality and approve for testing. follow up with Developers to ensure integration of components (input / output). ? Troubleshoot critical technical issues. ? Address and resolve escalations related to critical technical issues. ? Prepare weekly/monthly reports on the project and share with client/Project Manager. Ensure all system builds are prepared on time. Testing. ? Review test cases written by team Provide support for development of integration test cases as required. ? Participate in defect triage meetings with the team and identify actions to reduce defects. ? Include positive and negative test cases to check functionality. ? Check if peer review is completed at each step of test execution. ? Review, analyze and validate results. ? Follow up with team assigned for rework on code defects and close the same. align technical component testing with sprint methodologies of testing. ? Attend QA audits as and when required. ? Monitor system builds Signoff on test cases created by team. ? Discuss results / actions from NFR testing and signoff on the same for system testing / NFR. ? Collaborate with Cloud Success Managers on signoff of cloud custom components (as needed). ? Suggest and leverage automated testing tools for performance validation. Deployment Support and Closure. ? Create strategy for roll back. ? Conduct dry run on pilots. ? Monitor the processes are being followed. ? Document changes in the system. ? Resolve issues that arise during project deployment/ closure. ? Check that all action items mentioned in the deployment checklist have been completed. ? Post final acceptance, conduct all closure schedules. ? Provide support in creation of a final project report. ? Conduct handover to AVM team. ? Monitor all system/security administration activities and ensure all audit requirements are met. Service Support and Maintenance Release Management. ? Review incident/problem/change management plan created by team. ? Track issue/problem resolution. ? Conduct RCA. ? Define communication and issue resolution matrix. ? Drive and implement best practices for resolution of issues. ? Liaise with business users/SMEs to resolve issues if required. ? Review patch fixes created to prevent recurrence of complex problems ? Track adherence to SLAs. ? Guide team members in the course of incident/ problem management. ? Conduct change impact assessment. Collate change records. ? Share change records with relevant stakeholders. Knowledge Management. ? Create and update knowledge articles in the knowledge management repository. ? Provide guidance to team members to maintain all documentation related to project. ? Conduct KT sessions. ? Create knowledge articles on the problem, workaround solutions. Monitor and report the usage of knowledge articles. Maintain knowledge management database. Training and Recruitment / People Management. ? Provide assistance in selection of representative employee groups for training. ? Conduct training. Mentor team members in project teams with respect to product and domain skills on projects. ? Conduct technical, face to face interviews with candidates and support recruitment process. ? Set goals for team members and monitor performance. ? Coordinate with the project/program manager in understanding how the employee can better contribute to the project, seek feedback and address concerns. ? Conduct performance appraisal for team members. ? Organize team initiatives on a periodic basis. Project Planning and Set up. ? Understand resource plan. ? Plan for knowledge enrichment, change management and quality management. ? Conduct estimation of time utilization of different resources and activities ? Identify appropriate processes based on project landscape. ? Identify gaps and advise on improvements if required. ? Share inputs in creation of project plan with Project Manager. ? Review hardware/software requirement plan. ? Validate system build. Understand the test strategy, evaluate the design and identify gaps in the test plans, if any. ? Define KT plan. ? Customize project management system. ? Define standards and set Cognizant 20. ? Provide all support required during presales activities. Requirement Gathering and Analysis. ? Understand the requirements from clients/ functional consultants. ? Participate in client calls and seek clarifications. ? Relay information gathered to the team. ? Create a requirements traceability matrix. ? Provide inputs during creation of operational concepts and scenarios. ? Perform requirements feasibility with regards to testing and implementation. ? Identify interface touch points, interfaces, and services requirements. ? Analyze NFRs. Solution Conceptualization. ? Participate / collaborate with Technology specialists in building solution POCs for identified minor components. ? Document solution design sections assigned Ensure accelerators / reusables are leveraged in the solutions built. Solution Definition and Design. ? Provide support to specialists during requirement gathering (technical and infrastructure perspective during downstream assessment) to other teams. ? Interact with client to understand their requirements. ? Interact with domain/ product architects and provide requirements to design solution. ? Collaborate with delivery team to develop HLD/ functional design. ? Create infrastructure architecture for project based on the requirements. ? Collaborate with product infrastructure teams to raise timely requests for instances / infra availability. Project Support. ? Conduct technical reviews and audits for checklists and work packages ? Report weekly status and walkthrough to the Project Manager / Client. ? Followup with customer POC to resolve team issues and any other dependencies. ? Work with cloud infra providers to address issues relating to performance, scalability. ? Raise concerns regarding changes in timelines with Client and facilitate resolution. ? Measure and report the actual effort against the estimated effort and ensure task progress reporting in C20. ? Technical lead will also lead conversations with cloud product vendors on roadmap / architecture discussions as needed by clients. Asset Development and Governance. ? Share ideas with Technical specialist on opportunity areas for asset / reusable / tools development. ? Provide inputs into challenges faced during development.

Must Have Skills

Salesforce CPQSalesforce CommunitiesCOTS Products(LS Meddevices)