Software Architect needed

[b:2oj9afmh]Software Architect [/b:2oj9afmh]

Role Definition

The Software Architect is responsible for the design, architecture and evaluation of all software and systems developed by the company. Their responsibilities encompass the complete life cycle of any new or modified software applications with a focus on ensuring scalability, maintainability, and reliability of all systems. Software Architects are expected to utilize company specific design guidelines and acceptable enterprise standards when designing software applications. They will employ a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to their work with a focus on the future. Software Architects are also people managers and are expected to lead a team, or teams, of engineers at all level. They will act as mentors and tutors to more junior engineers.

Responsibilities

Each employee is responsible for doing whatever is needed to ensure the success of the company and protecting its systems and information. In addition, this role also has these other specific responsibilities:
— Define, document, and communicate enterprise quality software applications.
— Ensure everyone is using defined coding standards and architectural designs, and using it correctly.
— Maintain the steady production of software applications across development teams so that the applications meet their deadlines and business requirements.
— make sure the software and system architectures are in synchronization
— act as the emissary of the architecture
— make sure management understands it (to the detail necessary)
— make sure the right modeling is being done, to know that qualities like performance are going to be met
— give input as needed to issues like tool and environment selection
— identify and interact with stakeholders to make sure their needs are being met
— make sure that the architecture is not only the right one for operations, but also for deployment and sustainment
— resolve disputes and make tradeoffs
— resolve technical problems
— maintain morale, both within the architecture group, and externally as well. The latter is done by providing a sound design, when needed, and providing good presentations and materials to let everyone know the organization is on the right track.
— understand and plan for evolutionary paths
— plan for new technology insertion
— manage risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture.

Please send your enquiry and CV to : sergeserg (ат) yandex dot ru
Do not forget to mention the position name.