SAP BODS Data Migration

Principal Architect

Qualification:

Bachelor's in engineering or equivalent

Responsibility:

Solution Conceptualization:

• Study industry trends to remain aware of technology trends.

• Understand internal/external requirements.

• Analyze the need for POC based on the strategic roadmap laid out by the enterprise architect.

• Provide guidance to architects in evaluate various products/ technologies suited for the solution.

• Review the solution prepared by other architects.

• Ensure that the solution fits holistically in the overall Enterprise Architecture design and does not violate architecture principles.

• Conduct economic analysis of architecture.

• Provide support to other teams for building case for PoC to senior management in terms of current organizational need and potential benefits.

Solution Definition:

• Provide support during requirement gathering and analysis (technical perspective during downstream assessment) to other teams.

• Provide guidance to solution architect around usage of patterns/anti patterns in the solution.

• Rephrase the solution if required to minimize the risk of solution.

• Ensure CTS architecture principles and QOA(Quality of Architecture) are maintained.

• Analyze tradeoffs and provide recommendations, if any, on the solution architecture.

Solution Design:

• Understand business processes, cases and functions.

• Understand business problem and impact.

• Analyze existing enterprise architecture and evaluate other technology/ frameworks.

• Understand requirement, analyze feasibility and provide recommendation.

• Provide support in creation of functional design, logical database design, test design and design overview document.

Project Support:

• Conduct planned and unplanned audits for complex projects.

• Perform architecture design review.

• Identify opportunities for optimization of cost / time / asset utilization in complex projects and advise relevant teams accordingly where possible.

• Manage stakeholder perception.

• Provide advice to teams facing complex technical issues in the course of project delivery.

Asset Development and Governance:

• Track implementation of assets.

• Assist in conducting audits.

• In case of deviations, apprise relevant project managers of the same to drive effective implementation.

• In case of any implementation challenges.

• Identify the underlying cause and support technology teams in customization of asset to meet current needs of the organization.

• Assist in analyzing metrics and feedback from project teams adopting designed assets.

• Monitor asset effectiveness during realtime implementation.

• Identify areas for improvement / customization and redesign asset based on analysis.

• Share identified areas with Enterprise Architect for review.

Business Development Support:

• Scan the market and identify new technology areas which can be adopted in Cognizant.

• Identify new clients or new needs in the existing clients and share suggestions with Enterprise / Solution Architects.

• Develop collaterals for proposals.

• Participate in discussion for client proposals.

• Provide support for developing RFPs.

• Participate in industry seminars/ conference, if required, to share knowledge and build Cognizant brand.

Knowledge Management:

• Keep abreast of the technology trends, industry best practices etc.

• Publish white papers.

• Develop a repository of technical solutions, technical best practices and design/coding guidelines/standards.

• Conduct and facilitate knowledge sharing and learning sessions across the team.

• Build awareness of the knowledge repository among reporting teams.

• Track contribution to knowledge management portal.

• Update best practices, white papers, artifacts etc to the database on a regular basis.

People Management:

• Participate in senior level talent selection.

• Set clear and objective goals for team.

• Conduct appraisals.

• Identify, priorities and deploy action items for competency development.

• Review progress on employee engagement activities in the architecture track.

• Direct and guide other managers/team leaders on resolving employee complaints.

• Identify, groom, reward and develop high performers and future leaders.

• Mentor all architects in the EAS function.