Architect II

The Architect II assists in creating best‑practice frameworks and is responsible for designing and effectively implementing strategies that align with IT strategy and guidelines. This role develops actionable blueprints, principles, models, designs, standards, and guidelines for assigned projects to ensure the information technology architecture remains consistent, usable, secure, and adds value to the business. The Architect II facilitates the design and implementation of flexible, scalable, and cost‑effective solutions and provides technical guidance to a subordinate group. The position is accountable for adhering to corporate architecture standards and for maintaining technology standards and best practices across the organization while contributing to the corporate architecture strategy‑setting process. It participates in preparing solution estimates and work plans, determining task sequencing, and identifying the technical skill sets required for successful delivery. The Architect II builds consensus around infrastructure‑architecture principles, interprets and clarifies those principles, and participates in evaluating, selecting, and implementing technology solutions, including detailed pros‑and‑cons and build‑versus‑buy analyses. Documentation is maintained, including procedures, task lists, and blueprints, and the role evaluates design strengths and flaws related to performance, quality, availability, simplicity, security, and total cost of ownership. It also assists in project hand‑off processes by preparing documentation, educating stakeholders, and supporting smooth transitions. Relationships with IT and business area partners are established and maintained, providing consultation to business teams and troubleshooting, recommending, and executing action plans for issue resolution. Tools that enable reuse of design components and patterns are selected and designed, allowing greater reuse across projects. Continuous learning is emphasized to enhance breadth and depth of knowledge and experience, and the role benchmarks technology strategies and architectures, monitors trends, investigates organizational objectives and needs, and prepares benchmarking reports and presentations. Finally, the Architect II develops working solutions or prototypes based on designed concepts and resolves any resulting issues.

Source: Himalayas