Solution Architect, Cloud Development

• Work with business, IT users, and stakeholders to refine user stories and business requirements.

• Work with business users and stakeholders to make sure the designs and implementation meet business needs.
• Ask for necessary details to provide clarity and completeness of the functional requirements.

• Design and propose efficient and cost-effective Azure infrastructure necessary to support implementations.

• Propose necessary Azure deployment for the application being developed.
• Make sure the proposed deployment architecture is adequate and will meet the needs for cost-effectiveness, high-availability, and security.

• Resolve and assist with resolution of production issues within established SLAs.

• Given in-depth knowledge, assist with resolution of production issues and service interruptions.
• Own the resolution on the technical side and involve necessary human resource to restore the service.
• Focus on minimizing impact for the business.

• Manage cloud cost and proactively monitor usage to ensure environment performs within previously established budget; develop estimates based on existing requirements; and forecast future cost based on new demand.

• Make sure the proposed Azure architecture performs within expected standards.
• Make sure the proposed Azure architecture is cost-effective and properly sized.

• Utilize JIRA Agile Scrum methodology.

• Use Jira and source control for project management tasks.
• Participate in all scrum activities and ceremonies.
• Provide technical leadership within the scrum team.

• Oversee and manage external consultants related to development and collaborate with off-site support teams.

• Drive development teams comprised of external contractors.
• Mentor and oversee work of the development team.
• Guarantee the team performs and delivers on time, budget, and scope.
• Guarantee quality of the solution and adherence to best practices. Conduct regular code reviews.

• Act as the point of contact between TaylorMade headquarters, IT teams in our core markets, and business teams.

• Participate in meetings with regions and business users to provide architectural guidance.
• Gather technical requirements and make sure solution is global-ready.

• Identify applicable new technologies through research, collaboration with peers, and participation in standards organizations, industry groups, and panels.

• Stay abreast with new technologies and apply to solve real-life demand.
• Create prototypes to prove concepts and illustrate the solution to business users.
• Design and propose architectures, including data model and software architectures, in the initial phases of a project.
• Make sure we use the right tool for the right job.

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Salary: $172,804 (min) - $200,900 (max) per year