.The opportunity We are looking for a Lead Solution Architect within the EY Client Technology's Technology Strategy and Architecture (TS&A) function to deliver solution designs and architectures for key global initiatives hosted in a variety of environments while considering re-use, scalability, reliability and alignment with EY's mission and strategy. Lead successful design and implementation of solution and technical architectures of EY products/platform by managing expectations and risks, ensuring appropriate organizational structures, principles, tools and responsibilities. Act as a bridge between technical and business audiences during solution planning, development and deployment. Potentially lead the team of solution and technical architects in large products/platforms, set the overall technology and architecture direction and own its end to end delivery in an architect's capacity. Create reliable solution plans that include cost estimates and optimized delivery approaches by working with the business and multi-disciplinary teams. Your key responsibilities Own the overall technology and architecture landscape of the product/platform from solutioning to the delivery phases. Play an architect's role from defining the overall solution and technical architecture to working closely with engineering team to deliver it successfully. Provide architecture leadership and technical domain expertise to client engagements focusing on complex yet innovative products and reusable assets Develop solution plans, prior to kicking off a project as part of a product life cycle, intended to support business investment decisions which means they must hold the appropriate balance between costs, risks and quality of the product Create innovative and practical architecture blueprints as well as high level and detailed technical design that account for the end-to-end technical solution of the products/platforms, in line with the business strategy and objectives and within the context of EY's technology environment. Perform technology evaluations, buy/build analysis and drive the technology strategy for the products/platforms. Work closely and continuously with the business/client with focus on meeting business/client requirements and incorporating broader aspects such as overall product costs/revenue, data privacy & sovereignty, business continuity, information security, integration with other systems, etc. Work with the vendors to assess vendor products, understand vendor's delivery models and assist in implementing them at EY. Provides coaching, mentoring and support to development teams during the delivery phase across the eco-system, frameworks and platforms. Architecture, design and code reviews and develops due diligence to confirm the developed solution complies aligns with architectural design. Contributes to development standards to promote optimization and consistency (including code modularization and reuse)
