Entry Level Architect position

Position Duties:

• Works with business sponsors, project teams and other corporate entities to define, assemble and integrate components based on Ford standards and business requirements (examples: hardware, software, availability, scalability and reliability)

• Works with project teams to analyze and translate desired business capabilities into solution concepts and models to deliver business value

• Creates or supports the creation of artifacts and models for a well-defined project with limited scope ensuring compliance to architecture standards

• Drives alignment between specific architecture projects and related IT projects and plans, by working with appropriate IT and business team members

• Collaborates with others to develop and maintain current and future state architecture standards, guidelines, blueprints and roadmaps

• Conducts architecture related research as directed by management to better understand architecture for a specific domain

• Evaluates and/or builds innovations and/or prototypes based on research

• Provides input and guidance to support architecture governance

• Provides support to teams to analyze and identify issues when the architecture does not meet requirements (e.g. performance, scalability, data design, integration testing, audit compliance, information failure mode analysis)

Preferred Requirements: 

• Experience in trouble shooting complex systems, performance testing and tuning

• Experience with client applications

• Experience with Interoperability methods

• Network knowledge

• Experience with interfaces and J2EE technologies

• Experience working with global teams on complex projects

• Experience with VMware, Linux and Windows operating systems

• Experience with SQL Server database systems

• Negotiation skills and ability to work with several and diverse set of stakeholders/customers