Southwest Airlines Employment – Solutions Architect

Job Description:

Domain area-focused Architect responsible for defining solutions that align to Enterprise strategies and standards. Collaborates closely with IT Teams to ensure designs reflect the intended solutions. Bridges Stakeholder expectations with IT execution in order to meet desired outcomes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Owns getting buy in and consensus from Infrastructure and software teams on approach/concept diagrams
• Ability to negotiate approach/scope of projects and vendor contracts
• Ensures use of repositories for deliverables, methodologies and business development documentation
• Consulted on Business Area roadmap and responsible for aligning application/technology roadmap to address business needs
• Responsible for portfolio high level designs and architecture including designing architecture back to the Enterprise Reference Architecture
• Responsible for developing and executing against solution strategies and business plans that support business expansion
• Focuses on integrating various parts of a solution into one cohesive network that solves a larger technical problem
• Oversees complex technical lifecycles from inception, requirements analysis, design, to fluid implementation phases
• Coordinates task and objectives with internal and external resources
• Accountable for detailed solution designs developed by Tech Leads

Job Requirements:

• Must possess outstanding business acumen, and a sound understanding of industry rules/standards
• Must be highly organized, motivated, and capable or working with minimum supervision
• Outstanding leadership skills including partnering, consensus building and influencing
• Advanced knowledge of project management methodology and principles
• Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
• Outstanding verbal, written and presentation skills (ability to address large and small audiences)
• Outstanding understanding of business process and business rules for a domain/area
• Ability to articulate (verbally/visually) ideas, approach, concepts, options, risk, impact, and recommendations to technical, non-technical and Leadership audiences (facilitate meetings to medium/large audience of peers)
• Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to mentor/coach Tech Leads, Senior Developers and Peers in a domain or technical area
• Ability to provide expert technical and thought leadership in a domain area/app suite

Job Details:

Company: Southwest Airlines

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Tucson, AZ, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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