– Design and lead the implementation of a solutions architecture across a group of specific business
applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and business
requirements.

– Manage and develop the architecture for a broader scope of projects, working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or initiative.

– Provide consulting support to project teams to ensure the project is aligned with the overall enterprise
architecture.

– Understand technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models

– Understand, advocate and augment the principles of information technology strategies.

– Analyze the business-IT environment (run, grow and transform the business) to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement (systems of record, differentiation and
innovation).

– Analyze the technology industry, competitors and market trends, and determine their potential impact
on the enterprise.

– Define the principles, guidelines, standards and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are
aligned with the enterprise’s future-state architecture vision.

– Design and direct the governance activities associated with ensuring solutions architecture assurance
and compliance.

– Develop a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio from future to current state (as defined by the solutions architecture).

– Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design
of standard and custom software configurations.

– Consult with application and infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to
architecture, and identify when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solutions
architecture.

– Identify the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures or culture) and financial impact of the solutions architecture.

– Document all solution architecture design and analysis work.

– Work closely with the program management office (PMO) or project management office to ensure the
execution of plans corresponds with what is being promised.