Solution Architect-hthd - Chennai, India - Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company

Verified Company

Chennai, India

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

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Description

As a Solution architect you will support for Key product lines within the Aftersales service portfolio (Ford customer service division - FCSD) and help develop supporting Strategic directions working with the Enterprise Architecture group and related management/leadership teams.

Define optimum architecture solution/s across a variety of engagements like experimentation and proof of concepts ensuring reuse and alignment to Ford standards

Provide advisory and technical consulting across Key initiatives including product evaluations, security, architecture assessments, integration considerations, etc.

You will need to have the technical acumen and high desire to work in this value stream alongside with other OCIO & Product team members to deliver a full range of architectural services.

MUST have:

Good knowledge / development experience on multiple technologies and patterns, related architecture including: cloud hosting, APIs/micro services and integration solutions
Knowledge and solutioning on GCP
Certification on GCP
The drive to follow an idea to its logical conclusion and ability to present and defend ideas to management in a clear and concise manner.
Demonstrate ability on problem analysis/resolution and productivity improvements.
Understand and closely work with PDO and business teams
Strong team player, communication and interpersonal skills.
Willingness to continuously learn, innovate and grow self and team

NICE to have:

Knowledge/Experience of After Sales service business processes & related system integration
Knowledge on Blueprints
Strong Object Oriented development background in Java/J2EE or.

Net

Knowledge on web and mobile development.
Experience of messaging middleware, Datapower, APIGEE.
Knowledge on NodeJs, ReactJs, Angular and Knowledge on Mobile apps, mobile app interaction with backend preferred.
Knowledge or development CI/CD techniques and tooling
Willingness to be flexible and seek ideas/inputs from others and collaborate
Selfresearcher, ability to research a technology and provide insight to project team.

Provide architecture support and ensure alignment with Ford global strategy and technology standards.

Some of the key activities supported by the role will be:

Provide solution architecture consultation working closely with the product teams and appropriate members within architecture team across regions and domains.
Lead architecture discussions related to the development of assigned products / platforms across all stages from ideation, design, development, deployment and maintenance.
Assess feature requirements against external partner capabilities, including API definitions & design, to document and assess technical gaps and determine development requirements considering performance efficiency and optimized cost
Develop solution options by analyzing and translating desired business capabilities into solution concepts and models and develop recommendation to deliver business value.
Guide development standards and design patterns for mobile app and microservices development.
Support product team with technical assessments of internal & external platforms & tools covering: Service interoperability and access, Infrastructure, Scalability, Security & Data Handling, Licensing, Global footprint, etc.
Establish strong working relationship with FCSD leadership, provide architectural guidance in support of new business opportunities and integration across skill teams and stakeholders (internal and external).
Develop architecture artifacts like Blueprints, Architecture working document, Technical Architecture diagram, etc to depict proposed solution & support implementation.
Collaborates with all stakeholders to develop, maintain and/or review current and future state Enterprise Architecture Standards, Guidelines, Blueprints and Roadmaps; Provide input and guidance to support architecture governance.
Leads teams in analysis and identification of issues when the architecture does not meet requirements (e.g. performance, scalability, data design, integration testing, audit compliance, information failure mode analysis); Works with project teams to assess the cost, risk and business value of architecture alternatives.