System Architect/Engineering

System Architect/Engineering is responsible for defining and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision for an Agile Release Train (ART) to help ensure the system or Solution under development is fit for its intended purpose.

Responsibilities of System/Architect Engineering

System Architect/Engineering are Lean-Agile Leaders who typically have the following responsibilities:

• Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and exploration of solution alternatives
• Enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline through appropriate design guidelines and investment advocacy
• Actively participate in theContinuous Explorationprocess as part of theContinuous Delivery Pipeline, especially with enablerEpics
• Define subsystems and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities to subsystems, understand solution deployment, and communicate requirements for interactions with solution context
• Work with customers, stakeholders, and suppliers to establish high-level solution intent, and the solution intent information models and documentation requirements
• Establish critical NFRs for the solution and participate in the definition of others
• Operate within aneconomic frameworkwhen analyzing the impact of design decisions
• Work with portfolio stakeholders, notably the Enterprise Architect, to develop, analyze, split, and realize the implementation of enabler epics
• Participate inProgram Increment (PI) Planning and Pre- and Post-PI Planning,SystemandSolution Demos, andInspect and Adapt(I&A) events
• Define, explore, and support the implementation of enablers to evolve solution intent, working directly with Agile teams to implement them
• Plan and develop theArchitectural Runwayin support of new businessFeatures and Capabilities
• Work with Product and Solution Management to determine the capacity allocation for enablement work
• Support technology/engineering aspects of program and solution Kanbans
• Provide oversight and foster Built-In Quality andTeam and Technical Agility

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