Application Architect at Oracle

Detailed Description and Job Requirements 

Responsible for leading business-focused, enterprise-level, architecture initiatives; engaged with business/IT customer stakeholders, partners, and Oracle sales and consulting teams; developing a customer’s architecture vision, future state architectures, and implementable architecture roadmaps in the context of solutions Oracle can offer; using Oracle’s EA framework, processes and portfolio; calculating and expressing the value of those solutions to the customer; able to align a customer’s business strategy and objectives with an enabling Oracle based IT architecture and infrastructure. 

Facilitates collaborative architecture development sessions with customer, IT and/or LOB executives. Analyzes and crafts architecture models based on continuous feedback loop with key customer personnel. Implements and guides customer architecture teams in using EA frameworks, governance and architecture process. Leverages existing industry and Oracle reference architectures and applies speciality architecture knowledge. Influences and recommends architecture solutions and roadmaps to customer IT and/or LOB executives. Understand IT challenges and current state, influence IT strategy, suggest suitable Oracle products and services, collaborate on architecture development and future state of roadmap, collaborate with implementers on a transition plan. Influence customers towards a recommended business/IT architecture anchored by Oracle solutions articulating its value to the customer. 

Relevant Architect certification such as TOGAF, FEAF, DODAF, Oracle Enterprise Architect or Oracle Business Architect. Certification must be acquired within the first 12 months of entering the role if new hire. Strong analytical, facilitation and interpersonal skills (informal, formal, written, verbal and graphical). Experience applying Enterprise and Business architecture and IT frameworks such as TOGAF, FEA/DODAF, MIT-Sloan, Zachman, Gartner, ITIL and COBIT. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Education level/Qualifications: University degree in relevant field.
• At least 15+ years of professional experience working with customers at an enterprise level in IT.
• Enterprise and/or Business architecture credentials are highly valued.
• At least 5-8 years professional experience as a Functional/Solution Architect.
• Strong knowledge in Oracle Application implementation & architecture.
• Able to apply professional mastery and industry-wide understanding of technology, tools and methodologies to develop solutions in groundbreaking or critical situations.
• Authority in ERP (FIN/SCM) business process area and integrations.
• Outstanding ability to understand, articulate and address business issues, business drivers and needs.
• Able to plan and facilitate design sessions. Able to influence the direction of an executive management group in/outside design sessions.
• Able to conceptualize a solution of significant scope, across multiple business domains/processes.
• Able to handle the client’s expectations so that the resultant system meets their budget and time constraints.
• Good understanding of consulting processes.
• Very good presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Viewed by customers as a trusted adviser.
• Consultative.
• Ability to sell and present new insights and ideas.
• Leadership.
• Meeting/group facilitation.
• Ability to work independently requiring little management support.
• Shown ability to build and maintain executive client relationships.
• Shown ability to build and maintain internal corporate relationships