Solution Architect

Job Title: Associate Director or Assistant Director Solution Architect (General)

Enterprise Technology provides reliable, secure and resilient technology services and solutions to support our 400,000 EY people. As part of Enterprise Technology, you'll be at the forefront of enabling innovative technologies including emerging collaboration tools and top-tier technology infrastructure.Our aim is to create a superior customer experience with clear investment in innovation, alongside operational excellence that delivers efficient, quality services and solutions. You will work with technologists and business experts to meet the increasing pace of our business. That means more growth for you, exciting learning opportunities, career choices and the chance to make a real impact.

The opportunity

We are seeking a Solution Architect that is a highly skilled senior role with industry leading architecture and design expertise to support one or more programs. He/she has a deep end to end understanding of architecture standards and platform solution development expertise.

In this role you will be responsible for bringing strategy to fruition through the creation and delivery of architectural solution artifacts, and so candidates should be proficient on Microsoft Azure, M365 services, Network and On-prem Infrastructure technology solutions.Candidate must be a self-starter with Agile framework experience and provide RISK/Constraints to product leaders. Ideal candidate must be able to drive the delivery of solutions which align with the strategy.

This role will report to the Associate Director of Solution Architecture and Cross Functional Governance.

Your key responsibilities

Core

• Drive the successful delivery of Cloud, Network and Platform technology investment efforts.
• Provides guidance on complex production designs, applications or system problems
• Solution design will include the creation of reusable, repeatable IP and artifacts.
• Work closely with security, networking, and operations teams to design integrated and compliant solutions.
• Manage stakeholders, sponsors, engineering, and operations teams across EY Technology to drive development of IT products, services, and solutions.
• Manages the technical dependencies across the different products and services
• Work with Enterprise Architects to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and targets, while providing input into strategic direction as needed.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements and formulation of solutions, while identifying gaps, strategic impacts, financial impacts and the risk profile in the technical solution or offering.
• Drive proof-of-concept, prototype design and implementation activities from an architectural perspective.
• Develop and maintain solution architecture documents and other artifacts to guide design creation and implementations.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and new technology offerings, perform in-depth research analysis and maintain collaborative partnership with internal IT teams and business customers along with external technology vendors and service providers to ensure robust outcomes.
• Present subject matter to program / project teams, governance forums and other audiences as needed.

Skills and attributes for success

We are interested in people with a deep and broad networking background, who bring in experience working in large enterprise environments, performing senior architecture or solution design role. A successful candidate will have technical and all-round experience in being part of a fast-paced team that is enabling the realization of strategic intent by solutioning and building modern network landscapes. These experiences include:

• History of working credibly with senior stakeholders
• Strong verbal and written skills including strong cross-cultural communication and the ability to draft effective communications
• Ability to work with people in a variety of cultures, countries and time zones
• Demonstrate excellent technical & architecture skills in the context of cloud-based platform/product design, service management and product lifecycle management
• Demonstrate ability to rapidly learn new and emerging technologies and developing a vision of their suitability and role as a new product within a platform & product landscape
• Design and develop scalable, secure, and resilient M365 solutions, including Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Security & Compliance features.
• Architect hybrid and cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure cloud services, including networking, compute, storage, and security.
• Design security frameworks leveraging Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Intune, and Conditional Access policies.
• Experience with AI-powered IT operations (AIOps) for proactive issue detection, automated troubleshooting, and anomaly detection.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture, policies and supporting network and security technologies.
• Strong ability to document processes, procedures and network designs clearly and accurately for distribution to internal teams and customers.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Creative and self-starter mindset with strong analytical and quantitative skills to operate without direct supervision on multiple complex projects and tasks, and their shifting priorities in parallel.
• Effective listening skills and display openness to other people's ideas and thoughts.
• Ability to deal efficiently with escalations, conflicts and difficult situations/people under pressure.
• Strong influencing skills to collaborate effectively and efficiently across the firm.
• English language skills - excellent written and verbal communication.
• Flexibility to work out of regular office hours to cater to the global organization needs.

Ideally, you'll also have

• Prior experience working for a large organization with a complex environment

Education:

• Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, or a closely related field

Experience:

• 15+ years of experience in IT architecture, with a focus on Microsoft 365, data centers, and Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Possession of a current (non-expired) professional, industry recognized certification.
• Experience with enterprise IT governance, compliance, and risk management frameworks.
• Familiarity/experience with TOGAF methodology.