The Associate Cross Technology Technical Architect is an entry level subject matter expert, responsible for working with colleagues and under close supervision to learn how to design solutions based on their technical knowledge across more than one technology domain.
The individual in this role works under the guidance of more senior colleagues to complete the overall technical design and build of the less complex elements of the solution to meet a client’s business requirements.

What you’ll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Learns how to select and apply appropriate design standards, methods and tools, consistent with the agreed enterprise and solution architectures.
• Works under close supervision to implement less complex or small-scale system solutions.
• Learns how to develop solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.
• Learns how to define and scope requirements and prioritization activities for small-scale changes.
• Under close supervision will assist with the design of components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.
• Ensure technical solutions accomplish the client’s objectives.
• Assists Solutions Architects (SAs) and learns how to produce a technical specification for the solution’s development and systems integration requirements.
• Learns how to develop the technical design document to match the solution design specifications.

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Some or basic product knowledge integrated with technology understanding.
• Basic understanding of the vendor’s products, business and technology positioning.
• Good communication skills both verbal and written.
• Develops the ability to establish and create client relationships.
• Continuously maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains.
• Basic knowledge of the problem domain that their systems are to provide solutions for.
• Basic understanding of key vendor subscription models such as Cisco EA 3.0.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in information technology, computer science or information systems or a related field.
• Certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (for example. TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.).
• Relevant vendor and industry certifications, for example, Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle.
• Software and programming languages, for example, C++.
• SAFe Scaled Agile certification advantageous.