Solution Architect

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything.

Autodesk is in the middle of a significant transformation from a Desktop Software Company to Cloud Software Company and is making significant investments to change business processes and modernize the back office. As part of this effort, Autodesk is seeking a talented Solution Architect. In this role, you will get an opportunity to contribute to the success of Autodesk’s investments.

As a member of the Enterprise Business Systems leadership team, in Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), you will play a critical and influential role with Business Stakeholders and Technical teams to:

• Drive the solution design and direction of key initiatives in the Enterprise Applications space
• Provide technical leadership and guidance from inception (discovery) and throughout the software development lifecycle
• Influence the scope and approach to deliver the business capabilities required to achieve company objectives
• Directly engage and collaborate with teams such as: Enterprise Architecture, Applications Development and Dev Operations to identify new technologies, architectures, solutions and processes to meet future business needs
• Provide oversight throughout the entire development / testing / migration process to ensure solutions developed are in-line with the solution design and direction
• Evaluate, understand and review existing system landscape and propose future and forward looking long-term solution architecture
• Serve as a technical and solution-oriented leader in any discussions with the business owners and executive sponsors
• Balance business requirements with technical feasibility and set expectations on new projects.
• Recommend changes in development, maintenance and system standards
• Work with other technical team members to establish, maintain, build and release standards
• Take the lead to incorporate industry best practices and important developments into our products

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science with Business Management (or related field) or equivalent work experience required.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in an enterprise environment, including several years of experience in designing and developing solutions using at least two of the technologies: SAP, Salesforce, JAVA, RUBY
• Experience in designing robust, scalable, highly-available solutions
• Exposure to cloud based applications using platform-as-a-service providers such as Amazon Web Services or other platforms
• Knowledge of high tech industry business scenarios
• Capable of developing transitional architectures that lead to an ultimate future state
• Experience and demonstrated ability in managing multiple architecture projects simultaneously
• Action oriented. Strong Analytical, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving skills; experience in both process and solution analysis & design.
• Experience with ERP and Customer Relationship Management applications, preferably SAP, Siebel, Salesforce, and other frontend consuming technologies with middleware
• Being able to articulate and communicate in both written and oral forms to various types of audiences (developers to managers to business owners)
• Mature directness to communicate honest opinions on technology, process, and approach--putting in efforts to improve them
• Maturity and ability to work independently in a dynamic project environment with aggressive deadlines.
• Experience working with geographically dispersed teams
• Self-navigating learner who is eager to learn new skills
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Great leadership and people skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Understanding of Agile, SCRUM, Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) methodology and process