Journey Solution Architect

   PlatformApplicable to all products in Temenos Journey Manager.  |   Solution Architect

A Journey Solution Architect is responsible for the overall design of the application built on the Temenos Journey Manager. They work with the client to gather business requirements and translate these into the architecture for the solution: describing it through architecture and design artifacts. They also work as a single point of contact for Form Builders and Platform Developers on integration points and defining expected functionality. They are the technical lead for planning, analysis, development, testing and transitioning to from development to live customer solutions.

It is recommended that the Solution Architect accomplishes the above tasks following AgileAgile software development is an approach to software development under which requirements and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams and their customer/end user. methodology; therefore, an understanding of Agile development methodology is usually required.

Example tasks of a Journey Solution Architect include:

• Complete code review for new developments.
• Communicate best practices and new Temenos Journey Manager platform features to relevant stakeholders at all levels of the business.
• Formulate solutions to complex business problems.
• Document solution designs for later reference.
• Manage all aspects – planning, development, implementation, archiving, and hand-off – of the development cycle.

Prerequisite Skillset of a Solution Architect

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• 5+ years commercial software delivery experience in a vendor (consultancy or development).
• 2+ years as a web application developer with exposure to the different layers of the stack aside from their area of expertise.
• Experience with the following (or equivalent substitute):
  • Java/GroovyGroovy is a powerful scripting language which runs on the Java Virtual Machine. Across theTemenos Journey Manager platform, Groovy is used to create services in Manager. These services are primarily used to create plug-in style systems that interact with Manager..
  • Principals of Object-Oriented Programming.
  • JavaScript.
  • HTML, CSS.
• Experience with the following (or equivalent substitute):
  • Manipulate data formats, such as XSDXSD (XML Schema Definition) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendation that specifies how to formally describe the elements in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document., XMLXML (Extensible Markup Language) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable., JSONJSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arrays., using tools and code.
  • WebService/Restful Endpoints.
  • JavaScript Frameworks.
  • Databases, for example, SQLServer, Oracle or MySQL.
  • Application deployment to Web Servers, App Servers, Databases, and various Operating Systems.

Objectives and Goals of a Solution Architect

• Define and follow best practices for building a Temenos Journey Manager platform application.
• Lead a project from conception to completion.
• Discover integration points between application.
• Be known as an expert on the Temenos Journey Manager platform.
• Liaison/buffer between the Temenos team and the client.
• Guide teams and follow governance practices for developing on the Temenos Journey Manager platform.

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