Job description 

In one sentence

In charge of the architectural roadmap, provides architecture solutions during the software development lifecycle and performs sophisticated software engineering tasks.

What will your job look like?

• Amdocs Software Architect's have full autonomy to deliver agreed technical objectives. Make decisions requiring extensive analysis and interpretation, including a number of intangible factors. Provides technical expertise in terms of software usage, and functional and non-functional aspects
• Work with software engineers and other architects to define and refine the product structure to align with the business, development, deployment, and maintenance needs.
• Work with customers and product line management to identify, refine, and translate customer needs into concrete technical requirements.
• Support and lead architectural decisions and tasks within a product line or across multiple product lines (cross-portfolio).
• Lead projects, review technical designs, and provide guidance to software engineers on technical and architectural design decisions
• Research, evaluate, and prototype new methodologies, technologies, and products, you will propose and follow through with improvements in processes and tools.
• Acquire an in depth understanding of the customer context while making technical decisions and choices

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Key responsibilities
1. Analyzing and designing effective and clear technical solutions for infrastructure and enterprise applications, providing high-level and/or detailed designs per need, responsible for solution updates according to project evolution and changes
2.    Able to analyze  performance and architecture issues in the data processing framework components ( eg Application , Infra structure , network , compute …)
3.    Interacting with a variety of internal and external stakeholders: presale leads, customer IT & business managers, Amdocs customer-facing managers, project managers R&D managers, procurement, IT , 3rd party Software support teams
4.    Performance tuning of Cloudera/Horton work big data platforms.
5.    Effectively engage third party software support teams for production non functional issues due to 3rd Party.
6.    Performing capacity (including trending) and implementation design planning for all Data Center technical components (e.g. servers, storage, network)
7.    Responsible to work as a point of contact for architecture governance  with internal/external stakeholders.
8.    Responsible to establish build, design and operate model for   HA , DR  , Security , scalability for all data pipelines and solutions.
9.    Constantly reviewing new technologies in Data /CI/CD Domain and bring new practices to project.
10.    Works with software engineers and other architects to define and refine the product structure to align with the business, development, deployment, and maintenance needs. Works with customers and product line management to identify, refine, and translate customer needs into concrete technical requirements. Understands and plans for architecture evolution including integration of new software technologies. Takes accountability for product and application architecture. Supports and leads architectural decisions and tasks within a product line or across multiple product lines (cross-portfolio).
11.    Works with the software engineering teams to establish best practice guidelines and reusable and production-ready solutions. Reviews technical designs, and provides guidance to software engineers on technical and architectural design decisions. Is an ambassador for the architecture, ensuring that it is being implemented correctly. Gives feedback and inputs to the product management team to consider and improve the product line. Leadership is focused on the technical aspects of the job, rather than the people management aspects.
12.    Standards and Best Practices - Researches, evaluates, and prototypes new methodologies, technologies, and products. Provides leadership in the use of processes and tools. Proposes and follows through with improvements in processes and tools. Ensures effective application of corporate standards and procedures. Proposes improvements, and tracks and provides updates about pertinent technology trends.
13.    Customer Engagement - Obtains a good understanding of the customer context while making technical decisions and choices. Interacts effectively with customers as required. Provides the development or support team with inputs and requirements related to the technical aspects of the solution/product.