Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
Position Overview: We are building a team of highly skilled and motivated Solution Architects to join Zayo in the dynamic and fast-paced communications industry. As a Solution Architect, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovative and robust technology solutions that enable our business transformation strategy. Your expertise will help shape the future of communication networks, services, and platforms while ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
Solution Design and Development:
Engage with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders, to understand business requirements and translate them into comprehensive solution designs.
Develop end-to-end architectures for business applications and services, considering scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
Leverage your technical expertise to drive the design and selection of appropriate applications, infrastructure, and networking to develop end to end architecture solutions
Technical Leadership:
Provide technical guidance to development teams during the design and implementation phase, ensuring the alignment of the solution with architectural principles and design specifications.
Lead design reviews and architecture discussions, facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing among team members.
Industry and Technology Trends:
Stay current with emerging trends, standards, and best practices in the telecommunications industry. TMForum, Applications
Apply your insights to proactively identify opportunities for innovation and improvement within our solution offerings.
Requirements Analysis:
Work closely with Business analysis and stakeholders to gather and analyze technical and business requirements, ensuring a deep understanding of their needs.
Translate complex business requirements into actionable technical specifications and architectural designs.
Solution Documentation:
Create comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, system designs, deployment models, and integration plans, to effectively communicate solution designs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Qualifications and Skills:
Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other related field plus seven (7) years of related experience architecting & designing large enterprise application solutions; OR eleven (11) years of direct related experience required with High school diploma or GED.
Communications industry experience is a bonus.
Experience with an architecture framework. TOGAF is preferred.
Experience working with TMForum architecture for communications industry
Proven track record eliciting business requirements and desired outcomes, and delivering solutions to meet or exceed those outcomes.
Strong leadership skills with an ability to influence other decision makers
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
Effective communication and interpersonal abilities, with experience in presenting complex technical concepts to various audiences.
Experience with architecture modeling and diagramming tools.
Base Salary Range: $95,800 - $145,000, commensurate with experience.
Benefits, Rewards & Wellness
Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
Fitness membership discounts
Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.