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Purpose:
• Responsible for the specification of systems architecture and identification of components. Researches, analyzes, designs, proposes, and delivers IT architecture solutions that are optimal for the business and IT strategies. Provides integrated systems analysis and recommends appropriate hardware, software, and communication links required to support IT goals and strategy. Ensures architectures, strategies, policies, standards and practices for existing and planned systems remain compatible within IT infrastructure.
• The role holder is responsible for ensuring the architectural design of an IT system solution that support the architecture strategy, positions for future functional requirements, standards and roadmaps, meets the short term business functional requirements, and fits with the current architecture.
• This includes defining the platform supporting the initial delivery and charting a clear course for extending that initial solution to meet evolving business needs over time; and assembling and documenting the architectural requirements for the strategic solution.
• Works with the lines of business, support staff, and technology areas, to design and document a technical structure based on the existing standards and processes, that meets the strategic needs of the business and integrates with other business and IT Processes.
• The role holder supports the effort to provide integrated systems analysis and may recommend to more senior role holders, appropriate hardware, software, and communication links required to support IT goals and strategy. This may include coordinating activities of the project team and assisting in the monitoring of project schedules and costs.
• The role holder is responsible for maintaining awareness of appropriate industry trends, and being familiar with enterprise standards, methodology and in the platform(s) being utilized (Oracle, SAP). The role will also have familiarity with the enterprise infrastructure and applications, and will specialize in a particular domain.
• Domains:
• The role holder should have an understanding of all the architectural domains that follow, and should specialize in one or more of the domains.
• Technical/Infrastructure: Plan and improve infrastructure architecture; Establish technology standards and manage adherence and ensure leveragability across the enterprise.
• Application: Manage the evolution of the application portfolio; Establish strategic direction for application selection and development approaches; Establish application design guidelines and patterns
• Data: Promote understanding of how data is created and used in the enterprise; Promote sharing /adoption; Establish data management strategies and standards; expertise in one or more key data areas (Product, Customer)
Scope:
Specific:
• Autonomy:
• Works under broad direction.
• Full accountability for own technical work or project/supervisory responsibilities.
• Receives assignments in the form of objectives.
• Establishes own milestones, team objectives and delegates assignments.
• Work is often self-initiated.
• Influence:
• Influences organization, customers, suppliers and peers within industry on contribution of specialization.
• Some responsibility for the work of others and for the allocation of resources.
• Decisions impact success of assigned projects i.e. results, deadlines and budget.
• Develops business relationships with customers.
• Complexity:
• Challenging range – variety of complex technical or professional work activities.
• Work requires application of fundamental principles in a wide and often unpredictable range of contexts.
• Understands relationship between detailed and wider customer/organizational requirements.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Specifies and designs small and/or moderately complex systems. Selects appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensures that they are applied effectively. Reviews others’ system design to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology.
• Evaluates and undertakes impact analysis on small to medium complexity design options. Ensures that the system architecture balances functional, service quality and systems management requirements.
• Produces detailed component specifications and translates these into detailed designs for implementation using selected products.
• Within a business change program, assists in the preparation of technical plans and cooperates with business assurance and project staff to ensure that appropriate technical resources are made available. Provides advice on technical aspects of system development and integration (including requests for changes, deviations from specifications, etc.) and ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices are applied correctly.
• Ensures that the system architecture supports the integrated solutions design and the Enterprise architecture.
• Uses appropriate tools, including logical models of components and interfaces, to contribute to the development of systems architectures.
• In own areas of expertise provide advice and guidance influencing the effectiveness of the organization’s business processes.
• Adheres to and influences standards, strategies and procedures across the development lifecycle in the areas of systems integration and testing and ensures that practitioners adhere to them.
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of specific technical specialisms and provides expert advice regarding their application. The specialism can be any aspect of information or communication technology, technique, method, and product or application area.
Candidate Education:
Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.
Preferred Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.
Candidate Background:
Minimum Typically has experience in multiple IT areas and relevant architecture experience. Requires advanced level knowledge and understanding of architecture, applications, infrastructure, systems design and integration.
Minimum A thorough knowledge of at least one specific technology area and a broad understanding across a wide field is required. A record of applying such knowledge successfully in a variety of situations is preferred.
Minimum Is familiar with the principles and practices involved in development and maintenance of software solutions and architectures and in service delivery.
Minimum Has thorough knowledge of the system components and interfaces being designed or integrated, testing procedures, configuration issues and challenges.
Minimum Has strong technical background and remains evergreen with technology and industry developments.
Minimum Possesses a general understanding of the systems and applications that enable business processes.
Minimum Demonstrates a rational and organized approach to the tasks undertaken and an awareness of the need to achieve quality.
Minimum Demonstrates high standards of professional behavior in dealings with clients, colleagues and staff.
Minimum Demonstrates the ability to take responsibility and shows skill in the management of change and can handle contacts of most types and at most levels.
Minimum Is able to work collaboratively with others on significant issues and in making decisions.
Minimum Is effective and persuasive in both written and oral communication.
Minimum Has a practical understanding of business process and supporting data. Role Specific Competencies are available at: thehub.xerox.com/sites/it/en/Resources/Pages/XIM BOT.aspx
Minimum Has an understanding of project and program management techniques.
Additional Role Requirements:
Business (strategy, business roadmap, business process, business services, people/organization) addresses the needs of the business community and describes the flows of business information between people and business processes.
Data/Information addresses the needs of the database designers and application architects responsible for developing and integrating the data components.
Application / Integration addresses the needs of the application architects and application designers responsible for designing, developing (or procuring) and integrating the application components.
Technology / Infrastructure addresses the needs of the application architecture, processing center and infrastructure (DBMS, middleware, security, client, etc.) disaster recovery.
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Title:Analyst II, IM Architecture
Location:Philippines-National Capital Region-Pasay City
Requisition ID:18005013
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