ROLE PURPOSE

The Principal Engineer is responsible for providing direction and guidance to support and deliver business solutions in their domain expertise aligned with Group IT strategy and defined architecture patterns and principles. It is also expected to collaborate with other stakeholders to find the right fit and build consensus to support business case and benefits realization.

The person will be responsible and accountable for developing overall solution design and securing the approval (SDAF – Solution Design Approval Forum) in collaboration with respective Domain Architect. It is the responsibility of the Principal Engineer to take any changes in the design back to the SDAF that occur during the build phase of the project lifecycle. 

The role provides overall guidance and oversight to multiple teams working on numerous products or developing various forms of technologies, within a business domain. The role will conduct strategic planning and will be recognized as the engineering authority within their domain.

KEY ROLE SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Set business domain goals that are cohesive and aligned with product, design and business.
• Responsible in coming up with innovative solutions to projects and issues that may arise
• Responsible for designing solutions that meet Functional and Non-Functional requirements whilst adhering to Architecture principles and Technology standards. Follows the ‘Architect to Operate’ as a key principle to ensure solutions transition smoothly into Run
• Participates in RFI/P process and evaluates technical capabilities and commercial prudence of vendors/solutions to recommend right fit.
• Validates technical effort estimations.
• Accountable for owning the design and creating the required documentation to submit to the Solution Design Approval Forum in to get design approval.
• Takes the lead in ensuring the Non-Functional requirements are correctly captured
• Promotes reusability of existing solutions by adopting approved design patterns
• Participate in design thinking workshops with key stakeholders of all levels to help define the problem statement with both Business and IT.
• Must have a breadth of expertise across the various architecture domains: Business, Data, Application, Infrastructure and Security
• Responsible for signing off on the Non-Functional testing ensuring the correct types of testing are conducted as per the application type (e.g. customer facing transaction application requires performance testing)
• Identify architecture related risks, putting the correct mitigation plan in place and managing until resolution
• Maintain a broad and up to date skillset of the latest market trends, competitive insights, and technologies whilst sharing these within the technical community
• Provides thought leadership and drives technology innovation
• Provides advice on supplier and cost options, ensures that the validity of the overall solution is fully represented and considered in any RFI/RFPs process, or in the creation and evaluation of proof of concept solutions.
• Contributes to broader architectural governance activities by participating in peer reviews for other solutions.
• Build and foster relationships with senior stakeholders within and outside their business domain

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