The Product Solution Architect is primarily responsible for the following:

Designing technical solutions that best meets the need of the Customer and Adapt IT, while considering the available technology frameworks, skills, and resources.

Performing technical assessments of new business opportunities, including RFPs and RFIs.

Meet with existing and potential customers to understand their requirements and to design and document an appropriate solution.

Support Business Development & Marketing by providing technical input to enable the generation of technical marketing material.

Research, identify , select and test technology products required for solutions delivery.

Primary Responsibilities for the Role

Design software solutions / systems

• Ability to design, document, and communicate complex systems.
• Assess outputs from Adapt IT delivery teams to assure deliverables satisfy quality standards.
• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts and technical architects to devise client solutions.
• Determine technical risk and issues and suggest mitigation options.
• Outline the components required in building or enhancing a new module or system.
• Document and record designs and design decisions taken.
• Reviewing existing system architecture and recommending improvements and participating in engineering reviews to determine any ambiguities.
• Understand and can lead cloud native architectures projects.

Build solutions / systems

• Liaise with software development engineers to develop and implement design concepts that are following fundamental user requirements.
• Explain the architecture of a system and assist developers in building the proposed module or system.
• Ensuring that architectural solutions met technical and functional requirements.
• Provide supervision and guidance to development teams.
• Diagnosing issues and resolving them on demand.

Research, identify, select and test technology

• Continually researching the current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed.

Commercial feasibility

• Create solutions leveraging Adapt IT capabilities to address client needs.
• Draw up technical and commercial proposals and pricing models for innovative solutions.
• Develop ROI and economic models to justify investments in Adapt IT proposed solutions stacks.
• Prepare cost & effort estimates for a system design.
• Assess the impact of technical choices on profitability.
• Update management on product development processes, costs, and budgets.
• Lean start-up approaches to product development

Support Business Development & Marketing

• Prepare technical sales presentations including service offerings and case stud...
  
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