A Tquila Solution / Technical architect shall be:
- a
Salesforce.com platform expert, able to identify “how a client’s
architecture all fits together!”
- able to
truly understand business and technical requirements to enable a
technical solution
- able to
lead the review and creation of information systems strategy, meeting
and in many cases, excelling the client’s expectations.
- able to
develop “enterprise-grade” information architecture and processes which
truly utilise and realise the salesforce.com application technology.
- able to
ensure both business strategies and technology directions are aligned.
- able to
maintain and communicate tquila strategy for managing information,
ensuring that uniformly recognised and accepted data definitions are
developed and applied throughout.
- able to
model processes and information required to support tquila / tquila’s
clients, as well as devising corresponding data structures and
architectures.
- able to
analyse business processes and identify alternative solutions, assess
feasibility and recommend new approaches, typically seeking to exploit
new technology components.
- able to
set standards for programming tools and techniques and advise on their
application and compliance.
- able to
orchestrate and manage all stages of the software development process.
- to
assign work, through the correct communication channels, to technical
consultants, and monitor performance, providing advice, guidance and
assistance.
- able
to provide expert salesforce.com advice.
Desired Skills & Experience
- Experience
working for a software consulting company or enterprise-grade end user,
ideally as a Solution / Technical Architect
- Ability
to work as part of a team to solve technical problems in varied client
facing environments
- Demonstrable
deep knowledge of the force.com platform. i.e. Apex / Visualforce
- 5+ years
development / programming experience
- salesforce.com
certification to a DEV501 level is preferred, yet past experience in the
field of Solution / Technical architecture is most definitely considered
important. Tquila can assist any experienced non-certified consultants
to become certified.
- Experience
working with a J2EE architecture: Java, XML, JSP, HTML,and SQL
- Understanding
of the architectural principals of web based platforms including SaaS,
multi-tenancy, multi-tiered infrastructure and application servers.
- Understanding
of all cloud offerings in the market and ability to discuss cloud
architectures.
- Experience
of enterprise application integration, including SOA,ESB, EAI, ETL
environments and of integration considerations such as process
orchestration, customer data integration and master data management.
- Ability
to multi-task, work in a demanding team environment, understand and be
responsive to customer needs, work under tight deadlines, work
independently and/ or collaboratively, and a willingness to take
ownership of problems to produce quality solutions.
- Strong
ability to convey technical information to non-technical customers and
exceptional interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
As Social Media has revolutionised the way in which
people communicate, we believe that NOW is the time for businesses to embrace
this phenomenon. tquila works with its clients to adapt and implement
technology strategy, exploiting the social media revolution.
To facilitate this exceptional delivery of solutions, tquila has gathered
together some of the most forward thinking and innovative talent in the
marketplace today; we do, however, have an unending thirst for further talent
to grow the tquila ranks across Europe (initially), and then the rest of the
world.
The tquila team is responsible for ALL aspects of solution delivery
including: business strategy, change management, project / iteration
planning, documentation of business and technical requirements, development,
testing, deployment, training and support. We promote and actively develop
our consultants' abilities to deliver across all aspects of a project. Our
administrators get & keep our client salesforce.com orgs humming, our
implementation team create and deliver the right solutions, and our
developers build the new applications that make our client businesses grow.
We are zealously result driven, and provide a high octane environment, where
the best and brightest will shine. Our associates have the responsibility to
"be the best" and help continue our mission to be THE major player
in the force.com delivery space.
We are pioneers, building the next generation of web-based enterprise
software that is social, mobile and user based on technologies from
salesforce.com and select partners. More than just implementation partners
though, we have deep expertise in salesforce.com platform tools such as
Force.com and Heroku. We are platform advocates. We are platform experts. We
can apply our skills and experience to help your organisation fully realise
the benefits of the cloud-based (or utility) computing model leveraging web,
mobile and socially enabled applications.
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