Enterprise Services Solutions Architect
The Solution Architect of Enterprise Services is a crucial role within our Enterprise Architecture organization. Our Enterprise Architecture leaders have deep solution building experience and a passion for building awesome platforms that scale to mind bending volumes.
The Team Focus
We have diverse global enterprise platforms and this role will guide and drive our next generation enterprise services architecture and delivery solutions. If you like problem solving and working with diverse technologies, this might be the role for you.
How You will Contribute:
- Delivery focused architect who is a true student of the art and science of software development.
- Hands on leader that removes impediments and helps teams solve complex problems across the technology stack
- Work closely with Sr. leadership, Application and Product teams to communicate progress and challenges
- Work closely with Product and development teams to size and slot new project requests.
- Strong influencer to improve on current processes and architectures
- Evaluate, drive enhancements and broader adoption to existing an battle tested data acquisitions frameworks
- Build strong partnerships with delivery teams and develop strong partnerships across the US and global organizations
- Occasional travel required to support other application teams as needed
- See solutions all the way into production and help support and enhance those solutions based on real world learnings
- Able to develop a strong, pragmatic, & strategically aligned point of view for solutions to problems that have not been solved before.
- Ability to demystify complex concepts to both junior team members and senior leaders (EVP, SVP, VP, etc…) via in person communication, white boarding, power point and email
- Confident proactive ambassador, able to educate on the art of the possibilities from a technology perspective
- Continues to have master level knowledge and hands on skills in many aspects of the solution or delivery channel, & demonstrated through the creation of blueprints, designs and actual code
- Knowledge base spans all aspects of software architecture, hardware architecture, operations architecture and integrated testing
What You will Bring:
- 10+ years of software development experience, using a variety of languages and technologies.
- Hands on experience developing enterprise applications in C++ and Java.
- Knowledge of Ab Initio
- Deep mastery of two or more common programming languages, C++ and Java, preferably.
- Working knowledge of other languages like Python and R, and the ability to integrate other languages with C++ and Java is a plus
- Distributed computing experience is a strong plus, for example Univa Grid.
- Strong communication skills that create effective cross team collaboration and quality documentation. Comfortable interacting with senior management across different teams.
- Ability to think outside the box and apply unconventional solutions to conventional problems.
- Proficiency with Linux, including strong shell scripting skills.
- Demonstrated understanding of how Ab Initio applications and systems interact with the underlying hardware ecosystem is a plus.
- Experience working in an agile project development lifecycle
- CI/CD, Jenkins, automation experience a plus
- Ability to engage in and recommend technical solutions for complex problems
- Strong organizational effectiveness and communication skills; proven ability to effectively influence in a matrixed organization
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint.)
- BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience in a strong technical IT environment
Who We Are
At TransUnion, we are dedicated to finding ways information can be used to help people make better and smarter decisions. As a trusted provider of global information solutions, our mission is to help people around the world access the opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life, by helping organizations optimize their risk-based decisions and enabling consumers to understand and manage their personal information. Because when people have access to more complete and multidimensional information, they can make more informed decisions and achieve great things.
Every day TransUnion offers our employees the tools and resources they need to find ways information can be used in diverse ways. Whether it is helping businesses better manage risk, providing better insights so a consumer can qualify for his first mortgage or working with law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer, we are improving the quality of life for individuals, families, communities and local economies around the world.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
