Solutions Architect

About the role

The Solutions Architect serves as a trusted and preferred technology consultant to all Unitherians. This dynamic, problem-solving role maintains high-level knowledge of the inner workings of UT business technology systems across the enterprise and is focused on ensuring technology efficacy while reducing operational overhead and risk.

Responsibilities

• Maintains high-level knowledge of the inner workings of UT business technology systems across the enterprise
• Maintain technical oversight to IT operations teams by serving as a technical reviewer within the established IT Change Management process
• Serves as a technical reviewer within the established IT Change Management process, ensuring that technology changes are well planned and properly executed
• Provides technical oversight to IT operations teams by serving as a technical reviewer within the established IT Change Management process
• Engages with IT and functional stakeholders to conceptually define business processes, align them to appropriate technology solutions, and represent UT’s technology interests on projects with significant technology impact
• Translates functional and technical requirements into solution architecture and provides build and deployment guidance to software developers and infrastructure engineers
• Facilitates the design of scalable, supportable systems through selective implementation of technology stacks that can readily be supported by a wide ecosystem of service providers, as well as technically skilled UT staff
• Reviews contracts, statements of work, and other binding agreements that commit UTC to the acquisition, procurement and/or utilization of technology or technology service providers
• Affords UT business units with identifying and evaluating technology partners and actively maintains relationships with strategic vendors to remain informed of evolving capabilities and risks
• Maintains a keen awareness of leading and emerging technologies and evaluates their fit within UT’s financial, security, and operational requirements
• Contributes to the creation and maintenance of the enterprise technology inventory and monitors the utilization, versioning, and overall health of systems across the portfolio
• Creates and maintains technology system and process documentation, including business requirements, reference architectures, and system design specifications
• Ensures that new technologies released to production are well understood, appropriately documented, and effectively socialized to support related business processes
• Serves as a subject matter authority on UT-owned technology systems and their functional capabilities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in computer information systems, business administration, computer science, or a related field or 5+ years of experience in an information technology engineering role with a Bachelor's degree or 3+ years of experience in an information technology engineering role with a Master's degree and 2+ years of experience with information security concepts and related technologies and 2+ years of experience with designing, deploying, managing, and maintaining Cloud-based technologies and services
• Demonstrated experience designing end-to-end technology solutions, including defining architecture patterns, integration points, and non-functional requirements (e.g., scalability, reliability, security, performance)
• Experience architecting / designing solutions for at least one Hyperscale public cloud platform: Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.
• Experience using automation and scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python) to design or implement repeatable, automated solutions and reduce manual operational effort
• Demonstrated experience evaluating, selecting, and recommending technology solutions based on business requirements, architectural trade offs, and risk considerations
• Experience creating and maintaining architecture documentation and visual artifacts (e.g., solution diagrams, design documents, standards) to support technical and business stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical business stakeholders, engineers, vendors, and leadership to drive alignment, influence technical decisions, and balance competing priorities
• Strong attention to detail when reviewing technical documentation, solution designs, vendor proposals, contracts, and statements of work

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2+ years of experience with information security concepts and related technologies
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience with designing, deploying, managing, and maintaining Cloud-based technologies and services
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience with designing end-to-end technology solutions, including defining architecture patterns, integration points, and non-functional requirements (e.g., scalability, reliability, security, performance)
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience with designing solutions for at least one Hyperscale public cloud platform: Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience using automation and scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python) to design or implement repeatable, automated solutions and reduce manual operational effort
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience evaluating, selecting, and recommending technology solutions based on business requirements, architectural trade offs, and risk considerations
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience creating and maintaining architecture documentation and visual artifacts (e.g., solution diagrams, design documents, standards) to support technical and business stakeholders
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience collaborating with both technical and non-technical business stakeholders, engineers, vendors, and leadership to drive alignment, influence technical decisions, and balance competing priorities
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience reviewing technical documentation, solution designs, vendor proposals, contracts, and statements of work

Skills

• Experience architecting / designing solutions for Microsoft Azure
• Experience integrating technologies into in a Microsoft 365 (M365 / O365) Enterprise cloud environment and related core services including: Entra, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online
• Familiarity with common web hosting platforms and web server technologies (e.g., IIS, Apache) and their role in enterprise solution architectures
• Experience designing and evaluating system integrations using common enterprise patterns (e.g., APIs, event-driven architectures, data exchange, middleware)
• Experience with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and low-code/no-code automation platforms (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform)

Benefits

Eligible employees may participate in the Company’s comprehensive benefits suite of programs, including medical / dental / vision / prescription coverage, employee wellness resources, savings plans (401k and ESPP), paid time off & paid parental leave benefits, disability benefits, and more. For additional information on Company benefits, please visit https://www.unither.com/careers/benefits-and-amenities.

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