Portfolio Solution Architect - Director
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
WHAT YOU'LL DO In your role you will bridge enterprise architecture and engineering and will own the design and integration of multiple (Bespoke and SaaS) products and solutions within the Consulting Productivity Portfolio. You will optimize against many requirements such as functional needs, quality attributes (e.g., security, cost, scalability, performance, usability), cost, and enterprise-wide goals (e.g., cloud and API enablement). You document architecture views and deliver architecture artifacts required by the delivery process and enable teams to maximize the automation in the deployment pipeline. You will be a hands-on participant in architecture proof of concepts, innovation initiatives, and performance tuning activities. Researching/analyzing emerging technologies, as well as designing and advocating new technologies, architectures, and products in collaboration with system and service owners is part of your profile. Same is true for identifying risks within proposed solution architectures and developing mitigation plans, ensuring that solution architectures are scalable and sustainable for operations. You propose architectural epics and stories to implement the architectural runway and clear technical debt, document quality attributes in epics & stories, and define acceptance criteria. Among your responsibilities, you will: Own and influence architecture decisions across the Portfolio, ensuring it is in alignment with BCG standards, and design principles. Create reference architecture focused on design principles, detailed APIs, and major systems dependencies between business and IT. Define the principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision. Analyze the business-IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy, and technical debt and recommend solutions for improvement. Author the strategic architecture for the Portfolio to state the architecture needed to meet the business requirements. Stay up to date with emerging technology trends within the industry to innovate and champion new technologies/frameworks/tools where appropriate. Share and champion learnings from real world GenAI implementations across the larger BCG Architectural community YOU'RE GOOD AT To be successful, you should bring sound development and architecture experience leveraging AI technologies to drive technical governance, innovation, integration of cloud-oriented strategies. You thrive in an environment that requires strong problem solving, analytical and decision-making skills, and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for collaboration and open communication. Thought leadership in innovation and transformation, specifically in the GenAI domain. Partnering with the Portfolio Lead, Technical Area Lead, AI Center of Expertise, Security & Enterprise Architects to envision and deliver on the architectural roadmap and priorities for the Portfolio. Translating business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documenting all solution architecture design and analysis work. Leading evaluation, analysis, and design for the implementation of a solution architecture Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and lead cross-functional groups; and to prioritize regular workload, special tasks, and concurrent projects, allocating time and resources to ensure that work is completed effectively within an established time frame. Valuing simplicity and being unafraid to challenge technical constraints and procedures to achieve an agile, high-performing team. Adept at partnering with Product Owners and providing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in the day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs Passionate about building enterprise-grade, scalable solutions, that add long-term value to the firm. Building relationships as a reliable team player, displaying consideration, inclusiveness and respect for others Interpreting rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and aligning with BCG’s values and culture. Attention to detail, self-motivated, well organized, and able to set priorities and take decisions. Being flexible to be available outside of normal business hours for international calls as needed YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS) Bachelor's degree in information science, data management, computer science or related field. 12+ years of relevant experience in IT architecture with strong technical background, preferably in large international organizations Experience with scalable architectures, loosely couple architectures, cloud native technologies, and SaaS low code platform-tools/technologies Embracing impact over perfection while identifying technical debt and championing iterative improvement over time Strong experience in the build (custom development) versus buy (SaaS) decision process. Demonstrated experience communicating complex system architecture technologies, patterns, artifacts, and roadmaps to senior business leadership. Knowledge of Agile Methodologies and ways of working (Scrum, XP, DevOps…), understanding and applying a “servant leader” mindset Nice to have - IT Architect certification: Open Group certification (e.g., TOGAF Certified, Certified Architect Master) Functional/Technical Skills Experience with GenAI models across training, inference, MLOPs, developing GenAI applications and emerging AI Ops best practices. Strong in emerging AI technologies, machine learning, and related tools and frameworks Strong experience as an IT architect in complex and heterogeneous environment Solid experience of designing end-to-end architecture and design of applications using one or more platforms Expertise in integrating Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions in highly complex environment. High level of expertise in understanding data architecture and supporting technologies Experience in collaborating with agile development teams in reviewing application architecture, design and implementation against quality standards. Strong experience in loosely coupled microservice based architecture. Strong experience in cloud native infrastructures (AWS & Azure), and DevOps best practice implementations Proven advanced experience with systems integration, IT industry standards, architecture principles design, and service level agreement definition. Strong focus on promoting component re-use in architecture designs. Strong software design & development principles, with a focus on system stability, reusability and performance optimized for a global audience. Strong understanding of application testing, diagnostics and performance tuning
