Technology Architect

Infosys is a global leader in technology services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to create and execute strategies for their digital transformation. From engineering to application development, knowledge management and business process management, we help our clients find the right problems to solve, and to solve these effectively. Our team of 190,000+ innovators, across the globe, is differentiated by the imagination, knowledge and experience, across industries and technologies that we bring to every project we undertake.

In the role of Solution Architect, you will be a technology professional adding value to a gamut of Software Development lifecycle stages. You will create detailed design artifacts like program specifications, detailed enterprise Architecture; and independently develop and review code, test plans and contribute to the go-live plan. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the best talent in the industry to create innovative high quality and defect-free solutions to meet our clients' business needs. You will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.

Location for this position is TORONTO, CA. This position may require 10% travel.

Qualifications Basic

1. Bachelor's/master's degree in information technology/Computer Science, Engineering (or equivalent).
2. Overall experience 12 -20 years.
3. Minimum 5 years of experience as a solution architect.
4. Candidates authorized to work for any employer in Canada without employer based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.

Experience

1. Experience of having worked in diverse roles and domains such as infrastructure architecture, cloud architecture, software architecture, business analysis, DevOps, pre-sales and product/portfolio management.
2. Experience of executing digital transformation projects, which has significantly influenced the value creation for business.
3. Experience in creating a flexible technology strategy and a roadmap, to cater to the business strategy.
4. Experience in applying the methods, standards, and approaches for describing, analyzing, and documenting an organization's information technology (IT) architecture.
5. Experience in architecting and solutioning for public, private and hybrid cloud environments.
6. Experience in selecting the optimum technology stack for solution development.

Mandatory Skills

1. Should possess business level understanding of enterprise systems to drive innovations and transformations.
2. Ability to analyze the technical aspects, risks, challenges, cost, quality, resources, scope and value proposition of the proposed solutions.
3. Should have the confidence, credibility, and expertise to advise and guide the solution evolution in the right path.
4. Should have architected solutions based on popular public cloud services. (Preference for experience in Microsoft Azure.)
5. Sound working knowledge of DevOps, IT infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, operating systems, build automation, containerization and container orchestration.
6. Ability to balance business and technology prerogatives, including the capability to articulate high-level technical solutions to business problems.
7. Ability to create microservices and service-oriented solution architectures.
8. Ability to address security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability attributes of solutions being proposed.
9. Ability to contribute to and guide technology vendor selection processes.
10. Understanding of costing models of different cloud services and technology choices.
11. Ability to act as a consultant and mentor for cloud solution developers, application developers, product managers and business analysts.
12. Ability to obtain and maintain an in-depth understanding of application/infrastructure landscape, underlying software architectures and constraints to support the digitalization journey.

Preferred Interpersonal Skills

1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
2. Influencing and negotiation skills.
3. Project and resource management skills.
4. Customer orientation, service attitude, team worker and a commitment to quality.
5. Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills, including ability to produce clear observations, analysis and conclusions based on interviews and data.

The job entails sitting as well as working at a computer for extended periods of time. Should be able to communicate by telephone, email or face to face. Travel may be required as per the job requirements.

About Us

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Infosys provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.