Junior Solution Architect - AMI IT Technical Associate

Overview

Responsibilities

• Work with the business team to gather and analyze requirements, with guidance from the Solution Lead, architect new solutions and integrations, and enhance existing ones.
• Develop functional designs and transition the design to AMI application teams for implementation.
• The technical associate must understand SDLC, Agile methodology, relational databases, and systems development, with a strong emphasis on attention to detail.
• In collaboration with the Solution Lead, work on solutions and issues requiring coordination with business, IT, testing and external teams, including vendors, to ensure effective resolution.
• Make recommendation and develop a plan to transform ideas into solutions and designs, implement solutions to improve business processes.
• Clearly articulate issues or concepts to IT and business users. Facilitate communication between business and technical team.
• Assist the AMI Solution Architect team in analyzing requirements, developing solutions, addressing issues, and updating documentation.
• Must be able to communicate design/solution approach and present to project team. Able to interact with all levels of management and communicate the solutions/designs to technical and non-technical audience.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, project status including daily stand-ups and sprint planning meetings.
• Ensures implementation of Company safety, health, and environmental programs for employees whose work is directed. Ensures that safe work practices are followed, and the environment is fully protected in accordance with Company policy and governmental regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or Information Technology and Minimum 1 year of work experience. (Project/full-time/internship) OR 6 months experience in ConEds IT CO-OP or summer internships

• Knowledge of writing, executing, and debugging SQL queries, required.
• Experience architecting or solution designs to implement integrations, required.
• Exposure to methods relating to application design, software development, and testing, required.
• Understanding of Waterfall, Agile or other rapid application development methods, preferred.
• Capable of working independently or with a team, required.
• Is passionate about problem solving, required.
• Leadership, talent development and team minded qualities are a plus, preferred.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments with changing priorities while meeting deadlines, required.
• Exposure to systems design across one or more platforms and supporting future integrations of these systems, required.
• Performs a role in various business initiatives to support IT and business. Supports the project roadmaps and collaborates with the project team members, preferred.
• Demonstrates the value in taking an iterative and agile approach, preferred.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and facilitate functional requirements and design meetings, required.
• Make recommendation and develop a plan to transform ideas into solutions and designs, implement solutions to improve business processes, required.
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• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Well organized, detail oriented and flexible to handle multiple assignments
• Possesses strong technical aptitude

• Driver's License Required

• Ability to push, pull, and lift up to 25 pounds
• Stand to use/operate office equipment for the duration of the workday

• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be able and willing to travel within Company service territory, as needed.