Technical Leader

The Technical Leader is a seasoned technologist with knowledge and skills that are both broad and deep. This person will have complete ownership of the "solution" for a project; this includes defining and documenting the logical architecture/design for all components across the architectural landscape. This person will apply subject matter expertise to identify and translate business and system requirements into software architecture and design artifacts and documents; ensuring that the proposed solution addresses all the requirements and aligns with the future-state, enterprise-level architecture. This person will serve as an advisor to the project teams throughout the SDLC. This person will act as a leader within the Application Development practice as well as the broader IT organization. This person is a key driver for the project or release and provides a vital link between the business and IT.

A Technical Leader is a strong listener, able to ensure collated business and technology strategies are reflected in an architectural vision and design approach that guide software development teams and serve immediate and future business needs. This individual is technically as well as organizationally aware.

This individual will also be responsible in partnering with leaders across the engineering organization in defining strategic roadmaps for products, lines of business, applications and use of technology - and participating in workshops to document and revise these roadmaps. This individual will help to define and enforce architectural mandates, guiding principles, rationalization opportunities for applications, systems, and platforms. This person will need to develop a good understanding of the solutions landscape of all systems and applications globally (with some deep knowledge in specific areas) enough to provide consulting and recommendations to strategic and innovation product owners and leaders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrates knowledge of one or more primary ABG business models, key drivers, systems, technologies and/or support systems

• Is comfortable with planning and leading workshops and Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions and collaborates with both technical subject matter experts as well as business analysts and stakeholders

• Determines the "right" solution approach and use of technology for projects based on the business requirements, goals, and financial objectives that aligns with business and IT strategic visions

• Builds models including conceptual, logical, and physical - for platforms, systems, services, components, integrations and data

• Provides consulting for projects, programs and initiatives in ABG in reference to architectural direction, compliance and strategy

• Helps manage, direct and coordinate long-term strategic planning of application architectures

• Determines and makes recommendations to IT leadership regarding initiation of architectural programs and projects and other strategic ideas

• Consistently leads and influences broad, cross-functional teams, including IT and non-IT teams

• Helps lead the definition of roadmaps and rationalization efforts for global applications, services, legacy systems and databases.

Qualifications (may vary by level)

Required Experience

• Significant IT experience

• Reasonable experience of designing, developing, and implementing multi-tiered and/or cloud solutions as a developer, tech lead or analyst (discipline may vary)

• Experience serving as a senior or principal engineer or project, lead, or application architect on some large scale, enterprise-wide projects

• Considerable experience leading and working with multi-site and/or offshore development teams

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of and enthusiasm for Cloud platforms and technologies such as AWS or Azure

• Expertise in building container applications using Docker, Kubernetes

• Depth and breadth of experience across multiple technologies and programming languages including Java/J2EE, Go, Python, Angular, NodeJS, SQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS

• Some appreciation for database platforms such as MongoDB, Couchbase, Redis, Redshift, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, EDB, Neo4J, Oracle, IMS, DB2 and Cassandra

• Excellent knowledge of building and testing technologies and CI/CD concepts and implementations

• Excellent working knowledge of: Microsoft Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and SharePoint

• Great analytical, logical reasoning and problem-solving skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Exemplary teamwork skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills

• Consistently uses time effectively and efficiently

• Intellectually sharp, capable, and agile

• Self-starter: able to initiate, prioritize, and complete assignments with little to no supervision

• Eagerness and ability to learn and adapt technologies, industry practices, tools, and trends

• Regularly makes commitments and leads teams in consistently meeting targets

• Knowledge of Waterfall and Agile/Scrum SDLC methodologies

• Serving as a widely trusted individual; able to present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner to colleagues and senior staff

• Leading with integrity and able to motivate others, manage conflict, and maintain composure in high pressure situations

• Regularly finds common ground and bonds with others; easily evokes trust and credibility

• Expertise in software architecture and technology, including some of the items below: