Job Description:

• The SharePoint Architect will work with stakeholders to assess, design and implement solutions.

• The SharePoint Architect will have significant hands-on experience defining and implementing solutions build on Microsoft SharePoint (including SharePoint Online) and other Office 365 apps; have experience with implementing search technologies and a solid understanding of the associated change impacts resulting from collaborative technology solutions.

• Leads the solutions design and development working with Architect, Technical Product Manager and Developers to get analysis and implementation of key business requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for technical design, implementation and maintenance of client's enterprise collaboration capabilities

• Advises the business on innovative real-time communications, document sharing, team workspaces, social and collaborative working topics.

• Partners with Architecture, Development, and Business Analysis to define technology standards that meet business expectations and needs as identified with client's global collaboration and knowledge function (GC&K)

• To implement the successful technical deployment of systems (mainly SharePoint-based) within member firm and global environments, the role will

• Support the Senior Solution Architect in their role as trusted advisor and representative in any technical matter as required

• Manage and implement the technical alignment of Global/Regional/Local configuration and deployment architectures with respect to supporting core infrastructure items; for example, operating systems, productivity tools, browsers, and database technologies

• Manage and implement the determination of requirements for all aspects of technical delivery and configuration, including: documentation, workshops, forums, training and contribute to their development and delivery.

• Coordinate these activities and other communications as directed by ITS Global

• Maintain current knowledge of collaboration architecture and related technologies ensuring staying relevant with latest changes and technologies in this field

• Lead technology effort to help ITS maintain collaboration technologies as defined by GC&K business needs.

• Work with Global/Regional/Local IT teams to help them configure implementations, plan functional and performance testing as well as facilitate the transition of systems through delivery into formal support processes

• Create ITS data and application models, architecture documentation and other ITS project deliverables related to defining and implementing collaboration solutions

Skills/competencies:

• Understand the principles and practices involved in planning, managing, and implementing change projects and programs

• Ability to act quickly on issues and requests associated with business needs

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; strong competence in packaging complex ideas into simply business-ready documentation

• Team player who is self-managing, works well under pressure, with excellent inter-personal skills to work with employees and all levels across multiple initiatives

• Must be comfortable working in a global environment with distributed business partnership network onshore and offshore

• Competent in use of MS Visual Studio Team Services and TFS and other commonly used SDLC systems

• Competent in use of Microsoft Office applications and MS Visio (i-Server experience a benefit)

• Some experience with data architecture and associated representation models Teamwork

• Design, develop and implement unit and scenario testing for existing code base and for new functionality under development

• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies

• Extensive knowledge of .Net, SharePoint, Azure, Search, IIS and collaboration product suite

• Ability to use Visual Studio Team Server for code management

• Experience writing SQL queries for SQL Server or another Relational Database is required

• High scalability projects involving cloud-based infrastructure design and implementation

• Successful track record of developing quality software products and shipping production ready software

• Good understanding of Web Services protocols such as REST, SOAP and API design for extensibility and portability

• Experience debugging distributed systems with high data loads