Client Technology - Engineering - Architecture

Client Technology - Engineering - Architecture

Location: Wrocław / Katowice - 2 days in office / 3 days remote

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The opportunity

We are looking for a candidate who will be part of the Architecture team within the EY Client Technology’s Technology Strategy and Architecture (TS&A) function. The candidate will be responsible for defining and delivering architectures and designs for business-critical global products and platforms, hosted in a variety of infrastructure/environments considering reusability, scalability and reliability in alignment with EY’s mission and strategy!

Your key responsibilities

• Build relationships across the business to understand their requirements, strategy and help them build product/platform roadmaps, demonstrate architecture leadership to translate business requirements into architecture blueprints, as well as innovative and practical design (both high and low level).
• Own the overall technology, architecture and design landscape of the product/platform from solutioning to delivery to adoption and sale phases.
• Potentially lead a team of architects in a portfolio or large product, set the overall technology and architecture direction and own its end-to-end delivery in a lead architect’s capacity, along with providing constant architecture governance and guidance.
• Solve complex problems in realms where solutions may not currently exist, necessitating the ideation and incubation of the new solutions/ways of working/technologies, technical feasibility and buy/build analysis, vendor product evaluations, proof of concepts (with hands-on) and presenting various options to the business with appropriate recommendations.
• Work very closely with multi-disciplinary teams (e.g. engineering, platform, infosec) to deliver the envisioned architectures and design using optimized delivery approaches, in compliance to enterprise standards, practices, policies and guidelines.

• Provide leadership in product delivery to build and consume reusable functional and technical assets. Identify, define and implement the reusable assets and standards.

• Provide support to product and project managers in building the plans, forecast, estimations and costs for new as well as existing products/platforms, to build the appropriate balance between costs, risks and quality.

• Provides coaching, mentoring and support to development teams during the delivery phase across the eco-system, frameworks and platforms. Ensure that the developed artifacts comply to envisioned architecture and design, expected quality, recommended standards/practices with code reviews and various levels of architecture, design and quality reviews.
• Contribute to architecture and development standards/guidelines to promote optimization and consistency.
• Have the ability to work across multiple projects with varied stakeholders. An architect sets architectural direction, builds consensus, mediates conflicts providing technical leadership and advisory services to the business. He/she anticipates needs and potential objections and helps to create an environment which solicits positive contributions from all participants.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal communication and organizational skills that are required to operate as a leading member of global, distributed teams that deliver quality services and solutions.
• Cultivate lasting relationships across business, IT and vendors / industry analysts to maintain insight into the broader enterprise as well as industry trends. Understand new trends and emerging technologies, and how they apply to EY. Evangelize and encourage the importance of technical quality, emerging technologies, sharing & experimentation across the org through mentoring, hackathons, communities etc.

Skills and attributes for success

• Led and governed a global team of solution architects and technical architects, driving the technology and architecture landscape of large and complex portfolio of products/solutions/projects, achieving success in its implementation and adoption.
• Architecture leadership skills, advanced understanding and practical experience of architecture role with proven track record in a complex, large-scale (team size in hundreds), global product/platform (user base in hundreds, thousands and more) ecosystem across the entire lifecycle from planning to delivery to support/operations and adoption. Proven ability to work with business as well as perform hands-on technology delivery work in architect’s capacity using various architecture and design tools.
• Hands-on deep experience of one or more specialization of solution and technical architecture role e.g. application, infrastructure/cloud, integration, data and security architectures and successful delivery of functional as well as non-functional aspects of a product/platform, using native cloud, full-stack application, data, security, AI technologies, following Agile, DevSecOps and automation practices.
• Expert-level skills in defining, designing and developing distributed and scalable products and platforms, using reusable domain-specific composable (micro) services running on containers on multi-platform/hybrid clouds (Microsoft Azure preferred) using the respective cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS services.
• Expert-level skills in multiple application programming and scripting languages (JavaScript, .NET, Java, Python, C++, etc.), SQL and noSQL databases, Bigdata and its processing, Data analytics and Machine Learning, Industry’s recommended authentication/authorization technologies. Microsoft and Azure based technology skills are preferred.
• Ability to adopt and relate new technologies to the set of problems we face at EY while adhering to security and other EY standards.
• Understanding of business and organizational strategy and ability to communicate solutions, ideas, suggestions to business partners effectively and comprehensibly.

• In-depth knowledge of various design patterns, and architectural styles (e.g., traditional application based as well as microservices and containers, event-driven, data streaming, data transformations and analytics)
• Strong collaboration, analytical, interpersonal and communication abilities.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics, Economics.
• 15+ years overall IT industry experience, with 5+ years in a solution or technical architect role using service and hosting solutions such as private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS platforms.
• Achieved one or more of the typical solution and technical architecture certifications e.g. Microsoft, MS Azure Certification, TOGAF, AWS Cloud Certified, Pivotal, CISSIP, Zachman, ITIL, Cisco, (ISC)2, CEH, SAFe, PMI, and SAP etc.
• Thought leadership - presenting ideas, products, concept papers to varied audiences, building point of views and presenting them in industry forums/event.
• Experience in designing and implementation of business use-cases using low-code/no-code, Generative AI, data reporting, data management and governance technologies, mobile applications, deep cloud security concepts.

What we look for

We want people who are self-starters, who can take initiative and get things done. If you can think critically and creatively to solve problems, you will excel. You should be comfortable working with culturally diverse outsourced on/offshore team members which means you may need to work outside of the normal working hours in your time zone to partner with other Client Technology staff globally. Some travel may also be required, both domestic and international.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across nine locations –  Argentina, Hungary, India, the Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

About EY

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