Ecosystem Architect

Requisition Number: 201989

External Description:

Ecosystem Architect

The Ecosystem Architect is a generalist who understands the conceptual basis across an array of technologies and can explain why they exist and how they fit into a bigger picture.

The Ecosystem Architect can question the customer on their current situation, understand the goal state, and develop a defensible architecture specific to each customer.

The Ecosystem Architect has the highest level of consulting and leadership skills. An Ecosystem Architect can lead from the front of the room from C-level to Client EAs.

 This position requires an Australian Government Security Clearance. A prerequisite for a security clearance is the candidate must be an Australian Citizen and a willingness to undergo a security clearance process.

 Key Areas of Responsibility

• Be a trusted advisor to the client’s decision makers by establishing credibility and expertise in the technology market and the analytics industry.
• Represent and position Teradata’s offerings – including the Data Warehouse, Hadoop, Open Source Software, and Cloud Computing – within the broader market and customer contexts.
• Define and develop the architecture, roadmap, and standards for the Ecosystem Architecture that will align with the customer business and IT objectives.
• Define and develop the model for integration of all analytic ecosystem components into the client’s Analytic Ecosystem.
• Define the client’s architecture at the highest levels of the analytic architecture cube - the Conceptual to Logical Layers.
• Help the client make technology planning and selection decisions, and explain the tradeoffs that are inherent in their choices.
• Understand the client’s business goals, information needs, application and system requirements, IT plans, and architectures and articulate linkage to the proposed Ecosystem Architecture and application designs.
• Provide strategic advice to client decision makers on projects they are or should undertake, and help consultants from other practices in that planning.
• Provide strategic advice to client decision makers on technologies and solutions that will assist them in achieving their corporate goals and objectives.
• Work with Teradata project managers to scope projects including; costs, project plan, work breakdown structures and risk analysis.
• Provide architecture thought leadership and actively participate in the design and review of projects.

Technical Skills

• Technical Generalist with implementation experience. Has been or is now actively involved in technical consulting engagements
• Teradata and other competitive options - Demonstrated knowledge of Teradata and other competitive options
• Hadoop and Open Source – Demonstrated knowledge of Hadoop and Open Source options
• On-Premises and Cloud - Can define architectures covering on-premises, cloud, and hybrid of on-premises combined with cloud
• Awareness of differences between waterfall systems development and an agile delivery methodology
• Architecture Framework Expertise – Preferably expertise on Teradata’s Architecture Framework
• Industry framework certification such as TOGAF, Zachman or FEA is a plus
• Identifies and Utilises Design Patterns - Promotes reuse through actions, identifies and develops emerging patterns.

 Consulting Skills

• Business Orientation
• Highest level consulting and leadership skills. Can lead from "front of the room" - "C-level" and customer Enterprise Architects.
• Articulate and persuasive - Can present as a "front of the room" leader, and influence decisions; can explain technical and architecture concepts in non-technical terms
• Targets audience appropriately - Transitions between C-level, architects, and implementers at appropriate level for audience
• Innovative - Can lead "Art of the Possible" thinking and vision

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City: Canberra

State: Australian Capital Territory

Community / Marketing Title: Ecosystem Architect

Job Category: Consulting

Company Profile:

Our Company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. That’s why we built the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data, trusted AI, and faster innovation, we uplift and empower our customers—and our customers’ customers—to make better, more confident decisions. The world’s top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.

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