Technical Architect

2 weeks ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Datacom Full time

Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.

Our Team

As business continues to grow, we're expanding our Auckland and Wellington based Integration capability, which is where you come in - The Integration Practice is part of our wider Digital Engineering business, creating and maintaining digital technology solutions for our clients in APAC region.

We are a relaxed and friendly, yet quite fast-paced team who are driven to deliver awesome technology You'll work primarily across our Wellington-based customers and join likeminded Integration experts, including MuleSoft Ambassadors and Microsoft MVPs, who take pride in what they do and who they do it for.

About the Role
A Technical Architect is a senior position that requires broad skills more than it requires depth.

All of the following would be useful background:

  • Significant time spent as a development technical lead
  • Time spent as, or time spent working with, Business Analysts or Project Managers
  • Some time in a consulting roles to hone client facing abilities
  • Exposure to the various layers of systems is essential i.e. UI, web, database, integration, etc
  • Involvement in infrastructure design and implementation
  • Experience with "non functionals", particularly system scalability, performance, security and availability
  • Involvement in costing projects and other financials

A typical day would involve:

  • Interacting with Subject Matter Experts to discuss business problems
  • Working with Hardware, Network and tech leads to come up with System Architecture Design
  • Working through SAD issues/concerns that impacts delivery of the solution
  • Having work peer reviewed by a Senior architect a must for projects over $100,000
  • Working with tech leads to implement a solution architecture
  • Contributing to presales efforts, including RFP responses
  • Mentoring other Datacom technical people
  • Reviewing and contributing to Project Managers' and Business Analysts' work
  • Exploring and evaluation technical solution options
  • Informing and contributing to team technology practice and strategy
People you might deal with internally

  • Account Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Business Analyst
  • Technical Leads
  • Test Manager
  • Infrastructure Personnel (Hardware/Network)

Direct client involvement:

  • Solution or Enterprise Architect at client side (if there is one)
  • Technical Leads
  • Project Manager
  • Business Analyst
  • Infrastructure Personnel (Hardware/Network)

Some useful soft skills/natural abilities for this role:

  • Problem solving skills
  • Articulate
  • Dealing with politics working at a senior level you need to be able to handle conflicting ideas
  • Being able to see the 'bigger picture'
  • Good Interpersonal skills (there are numerous roles that a SA interacts with from developers to CIOs)
  • Documentation
  • Communication/Presentation skills
  • Leadership qualities
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