Solutions Architect
$109,000–$109,000 year
RemoteUnited States or Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Job Summary
Analyze business processes and operational challenges to translate them into technical solution requirements, including system functionality, integrations, and data flows. Accountable for technical solution design and architectural decision making, defining how business requirements are translated into scalable, secure, and feasible technical solutions. Lead solution discovery and scoping activities by engaging project sponsors and stakeholders to understand requirements, constraints, and architectural implications. Develop and maintain solution scope documentation, including cost estimates, risks, dependencies, and high-level implementation timelines. Create and maintain deployment plans to support reliable, secure, and supportable implementations. Collaborate with architecture, development, and infrastructure teams to ensure solutions are implemented according to design and aligned timelines. Design, review, and optimize SQL Server solutions, including database schemas, queries, performance tuning, and integration patterns. Provide production support and troubleshooting, including participation in root cause analysis for system or integration issues. Contribute to annual application budget planning for assigned systems. Engage in meetings, design sessions, testing, and implementation planning with third-party software providers.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in science, mathematics, software engineering, or related field
- 4 or more years' work experience (in lieu of a bachelor's degree)
- Minimum one (1) year experience managing a team for IT projects
- Minimum five (5) years' experience as an IT Application Software Developer, Solutions Architect, Technical Project Manager, or Team Leadership within the IT field
- Strong, hands‐on experience with Azure services (e.g., App Services, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Storage, networking, identity, and monitoring)
- Strong working knowledge of SQL Server, including query development, performance tuning, and data integration
- Ability to functionally and technically review complex applications programs developed by internal programmers or vendors to determine their efficiency in meeting needs of business departments
- Ability to manage and/or collaborate with individuals within a team environment
- Ability to communicate required data effectively (processing needs, and programs needed) - orally and written
- Ability to clearly articulate and document what the system, process, or product/service must do to fulfill the business requirements
- Ability to provide regular technical reports both verbal and statistical showing status of ongoing projects
- Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Specific close vision abilities
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