Infor is the third largest provider of enterprise applications and services, helping 70,000 customers in 194 countries improve operations, drive growth and quickly adapt to changes in business demands. Infor offers deep industry-specific applications and suites, engineered for speed, using ground-breaking technology that delivers a rich user experience, and flexible deployment options that give customers a choice to run their businesses in the cloud, on-premises or both. For additional information, visit www.infor.com.
Job Overview
Performs the leadership, facilitation, analysis and design tasks required to develop the overall enterprise or program solution and solution architecture (ESA) and to ensure that it is implemented and integrated.
(Note: This is not the job description of an individual project architect, individual solution architect or project design lead. This enterprise-level role — the enterprise solution architect — focuses across more
than one product or solution at a time, while supporting individual project or solution architects on individual solutions.)
Primary Responsibilities and Activities
• Define, with input from others, the overall solution for the engagement. This may include multiple INFOR products and solutions, integrated with multiple existing or in flight solutions at the client site. The goal is to create, implement and turn over a well-integrated final solution that functions as promised to each client.
• Works with Solution Architects and Technical Architects from all individual solutions client (INFOR, and other contractors) to ensure that the overall architecture and principles are commonly agreed upon.
• Develop road maps describing the evolution of all enterprise solution portfolios from
current state to future state.
• Work with INFOR development, product, and cloud operations groups to ensure client solution and INFOR architectures are compatible.
• Mentor and assist individual solution and technical architects.
Primary Work Arrangements
• This role will report to the head of the INFOR architecture practice as part of the organization, cost center, etc. It will also have an engagement reporting requirement to the senior engagement management personnel leading each engagement to which he/she is assigned (DE, Prog Mgr, Proj Mgr)
• This role will coordinate closely with enterprise business, information and technology
architects, while virtually leveraging subject matter experts from any needed technical or
business area.
• This role may also work closely with separate teams of project or solution architects that
do only individual project work.
• This role will collaborate with business constituents, other EA team members, project
teams and IT staff as needed to fulfill the responsibilities described above.
Education and Training
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent
experience
Experience
• Minimum of ten years of hands-on design and implementation experience in IT, with
knowledge in a minimum of three of the following technical disciplines:
• Application development
• Network design and operations
• Middleware and integration of diverse solutions
• Technical landscape: Environments, performance, Cloud, etc.
• User Interface development and use in multi-solution environments
• Data Analytics and big data and reporting tools and architecture
• IT Operations
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments is required
• Project solution architecture experience, particularly across diverse environments is required
Required Knowledge and Skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent analytical and technical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to give client briefings, lead discussions, lead teams, work with difficult people
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of
situations
• Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of ESA and individual solution architecture
alternatives
• Ability to define multiple solution options to business problems
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
• Knowledge of all aspects of enterprise architecture
• Knowledge of key aspects of the business
• Basic knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes
• Basic knowledge of information principles and policies
• Basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting
• Strong understanding of network and data center architecture, as well as application
development methodologies
• Understanding of SOA, object-oriented analysis and design, or client/server systems
• Understanding of the enterprise's political climate and how to respond to the political
challenges
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
Key Behaviors and Competencies
• Demonstrated ability to work well with others and gain respect as a leader and expert because of their knowledge and behavior. Ability to work well with the team and project team management.
• May be assigned to one very large engagement or to multiple engagements at one time
• Track record for thinking about more than technology issues, and for integrating the
technical with the business and information aspects for complete solutions
• Capability for being thoughtful, extroverted and collaborative
• Motivation that is focused on long-term results
Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, military service obligation or veteran status, protected veterans, individuals with disabilities or any other characteristic protected by law applicable to the state in which you work.
In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), should you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a currently open position with Infor, please call (678) 319-8000 or email us at ADAAA@infor.com.
