Solutions Architect

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HCL Technologies is a global transformational enterprise with significant presence in Australia and New Zealand. Our offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland and Wellington offers an integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO by leveraging its extensive global offshore infrastructure that impact and redefine the core of our clients’ business. For more information, please visit us at www.hcltech.com 

Solutions Architect:

The Solution Architect is a Cards specialist in finance domain and supports the business units by translating Business Requirements into Solution Concepts and Designs by:

• Providing technical guidance throughout the complete Solution Delivery Lifecycle
• Developing solution architectures aligned with enterprise-wide standards to ensure successful implementation of technology solutions
• Ensuring solutions developed enable the required business functionality / capabilities, comply with customer standards and policies, re-use existing functionality and address operational stability requirements
• Undertaking the definition and maintenance of technology designs, and ensure IT&T investment is aligned to strategic technology direction

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop solutions that are aligned to domain architectures, have buy in from key stakeholders, maximise the re-use/leverage of enterprise assets and actively reduce the areas of operational risk
• Apply the customer architecture processes utilising the internal methodology SDLC/PMLC templates
• Demonstrate and continue to improve knowledge of relevant business domains to make better decisions when formulating strategic solutions
• Advise and influence project sponsors and stakeholders on appropriate solution architecture
• Develop Solution Architectures and associated documents (TCP, TCD, HLSD) for a project. Architecture should respond to the functional and non-functional requirements and extend or leverage strategic assets where relevant
• Participate in concept and planning stages. Lead workshops and engage stakeholders as required
• Provide an architectural governance function for the design and build deliverables to ensure traceability of the built solution to the architectural principles and business objectives
• Work with the Architecture and Planning teams to manage the alignment of the program’s architecture to the Group’s Architecture Standards
• Co-ordinate inputs from ES partners including ES Security,  IT Delivery Services & the other Architecture and Planning teams
• Articulate and evaluate key options independent of technology, for a given solution
• Able to lead the technical design process co-ordinating the various stakeholders from business and ES towards an agreed solution
• Identification and engagement of stakeholders, including architecture disciplines, asset owners, delivery owner, business stakeholders and SMEs to ensure the solution is optimal, and has the greatest chance of success

Essential:

• Experience in modelling and communicating models as a means of articulating concepts in Architecture
• Significant design experience, or experience in guiding design
• Ability to deliver convincing presentations that provide significant insight and generate consensus and buy-in
• Understanding of Card Scheme (MC, VISA, AMEX, Union Pay, EFTPOS) messaging, clearing, settlement and reconciliation
• Experience with POS Terminal transaction acquiring

Desirable:

• Sound level of proficiency in key capabilities – IT SDLC processes, written documentation/specification skills, understanding of good design and architecture principles
• Development of conceptual and applied architectures, including assessment of new technologies and alignment to business strategies           
• Experience with the following:
  • FIS Connex
  • FIS Data Navigator
  • MasterCard MPGS
  • FIS Base Global or DXC Card Processing and Issuing applications

We are looking for passionate, assertive, self empowered, self motivated individuals that are looking to work and build a career in an organization that will give them the creativity, flexibility and autonomy they desire to excel in their position. To be an entrepreneur in their own right accountable and responsible and recognized for their output within a global delivery organization

HCL has been voted an employer of choice in many countries in the world. They are a market leader in developing and supporting pathways for personal growth where you can build on your professional, technical/functional expertise thru ongoing training and self-learning programs.