Hybrid Cloud Technical Architect Manager

Make an impact with NTT DATA
Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion – it’s a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.

Your day at NTT DATA

The Manager, Technical Architecture is a management role, responsible for managing a Technical Architecture team of specialists and assists with managing the implementation of the strategic plans and objectives for the department. This role provides tactical operational management of the team and will plan and organize the required resources to ensure that the team can operate efficiently.

The Manager, Technical Architecture ensures that their Technical Architecture teams have the required skills, knowledge and expertise to specify and design solutions to meet a client’s overall business requirements while fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture focused on operational excellence.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages Technical Architecture teams effectively and within the required parameters set by Human Resources. This includes hiring staff, setting team goals, and conducting performance reviews.
• Manages the implementation of the vision, goals, and measures of success for the Technical Architecture teams, recognizing the current team maturity and skills of the team members.
• Provides coaching and mentoring and provides management and leadership to the members of the team.
• Acts as an advisor and decision maker in technical design and build situations of complex client solutions.
• Manages operational objectives for the Technical Architecture team.
• Guides the team in terms of successful implementation and execution of system solutions.
• Supports the development of solution/technical architectures in complex and specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.
• Provides necessary assistance/guidance regarding the pre-sales technical support and expertise in analyzing client requirements, in conjunction with the client’s current infrastructure, architecture, system capabilities and business challenges.
• Understands, influences and designs organization structures, capabilities, processes and operating models.
• Develops the solution architecture using the Technical Architecture domain abstraction.
• Participates in the development of long-term strategic and operating plans to ensure that the Technical Architecture objectives are consistent with the business’ long-term business objectives.
• Measures the value of the efforts of the Technical Architecture team and present those measures to stakeholders within the business to earn buy in for the function and the funding it requires.
• Provides timely and high-quality reports and briefings on architecture roadmap, strategic initiatives and architecture metrics to leadership and relevant stakeholders.

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Advanced leadership skills coupled with the ability to coach and mentor a highly technical and specialized team.
• Advanced product knowledge integrated with extended technology understanding.
• Advanced understanding of the vendor’s products, business and technology positioning.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written coupled with the ability to establish and create excellent C-suite client relationships with their technical expertise.
• Ability to develop and leverage knowledge of reference architectures.
• Ability to maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains.
• Advanced knowledge in core frameworks used.
• Excellent knowledge of the problem domain that systems are to provide solutions for.
• Ability to translate complex technical terminology, concepts and issues in terms understandable to technical and non-technical people.
• Ability to use insight to analyze, understand, and develop simple and clear solutions that solve problems – leading to the attainment of an organization’s strategic objectives.
• Advanced knowledge of organization and its product/service offers.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science or information systems or a related field.
• Certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (for example, TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.).
• Relevant vendor and industry certifications, for example, Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle.
• Software and programming languages, for example, C++.
• SAFe Scaled Agile certification advantageous.

Required Experience:

• Advanced track record managing Technical Architecture teams preferably within an IT services environment.
• Advanced client engagement and development consulting experience.
• Advanced experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints.
• Advanced experience in a variety of architectures for specific domain or specialization.
• Advanced experienced designer and development know-how.
• Advanced project management experience ensuring timeous delivery of client solutions.
• Advanced experience working in an agile development environment.

Workplace type: Hybrid Working

About NTT DATA
NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.

Equal Opportunity Employer
NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.