Lead Solution Architect (Expert Architecte Solution)

Join HPE as a Lead Solution Architect, where you'll be responsible for delivering business value to customers by architecting effective information systems solutions. You'll collaborate with internal and external experts, project managers, and the account team to ensure successful project delivery and customer satisfaction. This role requires advanced subject matter knowledge, the ability to lead architectural design and development, and strong communication and relationship-building skills. Enjoy a hybrid work model, competitive benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

• Architecting effective information systems solutions that address customer business problems and needs.
• Establishing and maintaining professional relationships with customers, understanding their business context and unique situations.
• Collaborating with project managers and account teams to ensure effective development, delivery, and support of information systems solutions.
• Industry experience - 5 years to 10 years Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Ability to lead a team of two or more consultants in the completion of one or more architecture, requirements, operational, or implementation deliverables
• Understands and applies information system or operational solution related modeling methods and tools
• Ability to lead the architectural design, development, deployment, and technical quality of medium to large business unit level IT based solutions (typically within multiple technology or specialty areas)
• Can validate/evaluate if an information systems or operational architecture meets technical requirements and specifications
• Applies appropriate methodologies and SME knowledge to resolve complex business issues
• Be able to provide architectural direction for multiple medium sized projects concurrently. For larger engagements, a single active project is reasonable
• Familiar with multiple architectural, development and operational methodologies (e.g., Zachman, TOGAF, ITSM, ...)
• Ability to understand the customer's business problem, need, or opportunity and to design an IS solution that appropriately addresses the business problem, need, or opportunity
• Develops Architecture Specification deliverables that map customer business requirements into specific technology or operational recommendations
• Ability to apply knowledge of how the industry uses IT to address business challenges using, for example, technical standards and infrastructure, cross-industry trends that impact IT investment, industry-specific roadmaps, and IT enablers
• Ability to apply business management and financial concepts, capital investment, financial modeling, and general aspects of business contracts. Use this knowledge to analyze business needs and develop meaningful system or operational recommendations
• Identifies risks and challenges the customer should expect to encounter with the solution based on similar efforts done with other customers
• Deep IT industry knowledge in specific areas
• Expert or Master level of knowledge of specific technologies, IT operations, or IT disciplines
• Able to design planning for accessibility, scalability, and availability
• Understands future technology or operational trends as they relate to and support customer business requirements ("trusted advisor" role)
• Deep knowledge of IT and business standards and best practices in specific areas and how to apply them appropriately in solutions
• Ability to apply program/project management methods and processes to define, plan, cost, resource, track and ensure the accomplishment of targeted goals for medium to large business unit level projects
• Ability to write Statements of Work for medium to large business unit level solutions that span multiple technologies or operational areas
• Successfully works on project teams (individual success defined by how the organization works as a team, including resource and skill sharing across the organization)
• Able to play a leadership role in business development activities for medium to large opportunities
• Position the company offering against the competition
• Lead in identifying, qualifying, and closing medium to large opportunities
• Build rapport and trust with client
• Be able to provide the company with voice of the account
• Manage internal reviews and contribute to Solution Opportunity Approval and Review (SOAR) process for medium to large opportunities
• Demonstrates excellent consultative, solution selling skills
• Play key role in preparing proposals and bids for medium to large opportunities
• Collaborates effectively with the project manager to manage regional medium to large projects as necessary. For architectures of project scope may include the technical management of customer staff assigned to implementation team
• Assists in development and delivery of training
• Can contribute in the development of new company services and modifications to the methodology
• Participates in defining the company unit's processes, standards, and policies
• Make formal recommendations to customers to improve the level of job satisfaction for other company employees working on the project
• Coaches and mentors Specialist level architects
• Plays a leading role in the Architect profession at the local level
• Makes consistent and ongoing contributions (at least 2 per year) to the company knowledge systems
• Ability to prepare clear, concise, and persuasive communications for multiple audiences, including demonstrating effective writing and presentation skills, listening actively, and projecting a trustable image
• Good customer influence and negotiation skills
• Ability to articulate technical or operational problems or issues into understandable business terms
• Build and manage long term strategic relationships at Business Unit leader and CIO, CTO level
• Ability to tactically consider all sides of an issue within the contexts of time, breadth, and range of options
• Ability to systematically gather, assess and apply organizational, technical, operational, and sales/marketing information for business decisions
• Excellent speaking and writing skills
• Able to design and present high-impact messages to customer's senior level management
• Ability to use prepared and create complete original materials to communicate with the customer. Communicates a mix of Strategic information and Tactical information
• Able to use a wide variety of presentation tools to persuasively communicate complex messages to multiple audience levels, including senior level management
• Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Business Growth, Change Management, Client Expectations Management, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Centric Solutions, Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity, Process Improvements, Product Services, Relationship Building {+ 5 more}