Architect

Job description

Mission:
- Architect is responsible for the end to end architecture within a Managed Services Contract Governance Team and is the focal point for ensuring the technical integrity of the overall service.
- The Architect works closely with the client, the Account CTO, the global management, and the TSM on the account and appropriate delivery units/teams, to ensure a coherent and consistent technical strategy is applied. He or she provides technical direction and architectural governance on all Managed Services solutions within the account.
Please find a description of the responsibilities:
-  Defining and maintaining architectural roadmap with customer, internal teams and global teams.
-  Translating the customer’s functional requirements into service and technology (that can be delivered) by Atos.
-  Ensuring adherence to Atos Managed Services standards and policies wherever possible, raising exceptions as necessary.
-  Detailed infrastructure architecture and design governance across the full stack including infrastructure, storage, network, workplace and security.
-  Validate architecture design options and solutions.
-  Chose appropriate cost-effective end revenues-generating technology choices and the processes required to implement them.
-  Promote Atos’ wider experience/perspectives and the solutions & architectures deployed according to Atos standards.
-  Guide Atos teams in order to align them to the global standards.
-  Be aware of developments in Atos, innovation processes and standards as these evolve and apply them to the specific needs of the account/internal teams/global teams.
-  Removes obstacles within the service delivery and creation; maintains a view on the bigger picture, even in very complex situations, evaluating interim results and their effect on achieving overall goals
-  Actively participate in regular Architecture boards with customer counterparts, managers, teams.

Desired profile

-  Have diplomatic skills and be able to discuss with clients
-  Typically educated on university level (e.g. Bachelor or Master). Otherwise, may hold a relevant professional qualification.
-  Fluent in the English language.
-  Pro-active attitude
-  Team player
-  Takes ownership and shows commitment
-  Ability to support multiple business needs at once and work with little oversight
-  Capability to read and write technical documentation
-  Ability to work well in a team
-  High motivation to self-development
-  Good interpersonal skills and customer handling skills