Solutions Design IT Specialist

Solutions Design IT Specialist

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate
• Graduate degree, preferred
• 7+ years relevant experience
• Understanding of payment ecosystem
• Technical skills includes Java/J2EE, Microservices, Rest API, Apache Kafka, Message queues
• Database: Mongo DB, NoSQL, Azure Cosmos DB
• Through understanding/hands on experience preferred – platform observability tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog etc.)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and documenting detailed solution design within SDS and act as an application SME through the design and development lifecycle ensuring alignment with Architecture
• May also be accountable for complex applications/systems development, Integration
• Lead the creation of solution options and ultimately a comprehensive end-to-end solution and coordinate relevant stakeholders, as required to support development initiatives
• Provide and coordinate estimates for new projects and initiatives for the development / design component of the overall plan working with relevant team members / stakeholders
• Develop functional, technical and user interface designs for an application / system that meets the defined requirements (business, enterprise architecture direction, system performance and development standards)
• Consult on development of the System Requirements Specification (SRS) and apply functional knowledge of business functions to design optimal software / systems
• Review technical deliverables throughout detailed design and development phase to ensure quality adherence and identify gaps or redesign requirements as needed
• Work with the Technology Project Manager, Business Analysts / Systems Analysts, and other team members to define metrics and performance goals for the application
• Comply with well-defined enterprise technology delivery practices and standards and project management disciplines, business technology architecture, and risk and production capacity – including development of project documentation of system requirements, estimates of scope and cost, etc.
• Deliver effective and efficient solutions by meeting key project milestones and ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget, and adhere to the corporate quality and security standards
• Assist in the identification of opportunities to minimize cost, provide recommendations and/or deliver corresponding strategic solutions to support cost effectiveness and to enhance stakeholder experience
• Conduct code/design reviews to ensure adherence to quality, standards compliance, reusability and ease of maintenance, Operational Readiness Reviews, and supporting gating and review sign-offs for solution design
• Support knowledge management processes for LOB / portfolio and ensure knowledge is codified, monitored, tracked and managed
• Ensure design leverages existing reusable components and has traceability to business requirements and ensure new modules are designed with reusability as a key requirement
• Identify and address application and data issues and cross-capability and cross-release issues that affect application integrity
• Provide technical support for escalated incidents / outages to ensure that they are resolved efficiently with minimal impact to stakeholders
• Continuously enhance knowledge / expertise in own area and keep current with leading-edge technologies, emerging trends / developments and grow expertise of the business, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools and techniques
• Prioritize and manage own workload in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines
• Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency of the business unit and/or team
• Establish effective relationships across multiple business and technology partners, program and project managers
• Participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business units
• Provides technical expertise and guidance to others in a lead capacity and works autonomously
• Expert knowledge of the business, the broader organization, technical environment, processes, procedures, tools and other relevant technology areas (e.g. Architecture, Infrastructure, Security etc.) from a design / support / solutions perspective
• Primary subject matter expert in multiple areas and consults with clients/or project teams with respect to all aspects of research, analysis, design, hardware / software support and/or development of technical solutions and/or testing
• Works autonomously and leads on a diverse range of activities (e.g. design, support of technical business solutions) and is relied upon to coach / educate and monitor the work of others
• Acts as an internal expert resource in the exchange of technical information for project teams, and provides technical insight and recommendations to the business and/or outside vendors
• Typically reports to a Senior Manager or above

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree, preferred
• Through understanding/hands on experience preferred – platform observability tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog etc.)