Manulife
Financial Services
SeniorSolutionArchitect
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“Senior Solution Architect at Manulife. Skills: Solution architecture, IT architecture, Architecture decisions. Own Manulife Myanmar IT architecture. Guide architecture towards target state”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot architectures; Correct architectures; Solution provider
Fluency in English, Fluency in Burmese
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
University study in computer science or engineering, 3 – 5 years of solid solution architect experience, Top-notch competencies in tech/digital
Nice to Have
TOGAF certification is a plus, coding skills/experience is a plus, Experience with both in-source and outsource projects to architect, Able to achieve tasks using own judgement with limited supervision
What You'll Do.
Own Manulife Myanmar IT architecture
Guide architecture towards target state
Ensure architecture decisions align with business strategy
Ensure architecture decisions align with architecture principles
Apply industry best practices to create scalable solutions
Apply industry best practices to create secure solutions
Apply industry best practices to create superior technical
Consider product architectural design
Consider product architectural issues
Consider product architectural solutions
Troubleshoot mis-specified component architectures
Rapidly correct architectures
Understand impact of architecture choices
Record architecture decisions
Record technical debt
Record improvement plans
Coach outcomes of development initiatives
Control outcomes of development initiatives
Work with regional architects on regional initiatives
Comply with regional standards
Act as project architect
Act as product architect
Support project lifecycles
Support product lifecycles
Act as first line of solution provider
Be SME for business stakeholders
Create fit for purpose solutions
Tailor solutions to business needs
Be cautious on efficiency
Coach to produce better quality codes
Experiment with emerging technologies
Understand impact of emerging technologies
Understand fit of emerging technologies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
IT leadership; Local scrum teams; Regional scrum teams; Dev team; Regional architects; Project managers; Product managers; Business stakeholders
Communication Scope
Requirement feasibility
Process & Methodology
Product roadmap, Deployment planning, Release planning
Full Job Description
**The Opportunity** * Own Manulife Myanmar IT architecture and guide towards target state. * Making sure architecture decisions are aligned with business strategy and architecture principles. * Part of IT leadership to guide local/regional scrum teams. **Position Responsibilities:** * Responsible for architectural design, issues and solutions considerations; apply industry best practices to create scalable and secure solutions that have superior technical performance. * Responsible for product architectural design, issues and solutions considerations for value streams. * Troubleshoots mis-specified component architectures and rapidly corrects them. * Understands nature of the impact of architecture choices and record the architecture decisions including technical debt or improvement plans if any. * Works with dev team to coach/control outcomes of development initiatives. * Works with regional architects on regional initiatives or guardrails to comply with regional standards. * Works with project/product managers as project/product architect and support them with project/product lifecycles such as product roadmap, deployment, release planning, etc. * Acts as first line of solution provider and be SME for business stakeholders on requirement feasibility. * Create fit for purpose solutions, tailored to business needs while cautious on cost and efficiency. * Be part of dev team and act as tech lead, when necessary, perform code review of the team, coach to produce better quality codes. * Experiments with emerging technologies and understanding how they will impact what comes next and how they will fit into the overall IT landscape. **Required Qualifications:** * University study in computer science or engineering * TOGAF certification is a plus * 3 – 5 years of solid solution architect experience (mid – large scale IT landscape) * Prefers experience with insource/outsource and group/regional model * Top-notch competencies in tech/digital **Preferred Qualifications:** *
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