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BCG Platinion As a seamlessly integrated part of the BCG network, we provide consulting services focused on the development and implementation of business-critical IT architecture and digital solutions. We create technology platforms and deliver exceptionally customized solutions of the future for our clients, from data strategies to next-generation customer journey solutions and transformational business models. We solve the most daunting challenges that companies face today and envision for tomorrow. Our style is entrepreneurial - nimble and innovative, with multifaceted, cross-functional teams and completely vendor-independent. Our unique selling proposition is technology expertise and delivery excellence.
Platinion was founded in 2000. Since then, we have grown continuously and successfully. Today we have offices in Europe, North and South America, Asia Pacific and Africa.
Practice Area Profile
BCG Platinion launched in Germany in 2000 to add deep technical expertise to the Boston Consulting Group's existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. Our New York-based North American team began in 2014 and in 2017 acquired MAYA Design, a Pittsburgh-based digital design and innovation lab, to grow our capabilities around technology and design. We support our clients' total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion's interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations.
What You'll Do
Keen to apply your technical knowledge into reality by assessing and enhancing our clients' IT architectures? Ready to bring your IT expertise to clients who are transforming their landscapes and core systems? Excited to drive forward critical IT modules in large implementation programs? We are looking for Enterprise Architects that are representing the BCG brand, working at different levels and project portfolios, with deep exposure to our client's IT delivery, IT management and business. An Enterprise Architect typically works closely together in a mixed BCG/client team and takes responsibility for small to mid-sized modules in large-scale implementation programs, drives short-term assessments on e.g. IT architectures or rolls up his sleeves to build MVPs together with client's IT delivery. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders from IT and business to analyze IT platforms, large-scale architectures and assess health of IT programs.
Typical tasks include the following:
Management of work packages/modules in critical IT implementation projects
Assessment of technical architecture & performance of technical proofs of concept
Supporting the analysis of complex IT architectures, Solution Architectures as well as optimization of development processes
Running workshops with client IT and business teams to identify and formulate business and IT requirements for core IT systems or innovation topics such as Big Data & Analytics
Supporting IT project management and quality assurance in large programs
A university degree with above-average academic performance in information technology or a related field
Professional experience
in the execution and management of (sub)projects using Waterfall and Agile approaches
in the field of professional software development or IT project management using Waterfall and Agile methodologies
in the assessment of IT target architectures in an enterprise environment, component technologies, and service-oriented architectures
Full understanding of interdependencies between her/his own work stream and the overall project context, being able to scope and design a work stream autonomously and take responsibility
Extensive technical expertise (overarching understanding of architecture, object-oriented programming languages, database design and systems, component technologies, XML standards, and current technology trends) of digital solutions on mobile devices as well as legacy environments
Experience with IT technologies such as No-SQL and SQL DBs, Big Data environments (e.g., Hadoop, Redshift) and PaaS/IaaS platforms such as Pivotal, Heroku, AWS, Azure
Experience in the analysis of IT architectures and/or Solution Design
A strategic thinker, entrepreneurial, able to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)
Overall 8+ years' experience in which 3 years in application architecture
Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills
Distinct client and results orientation
Team spirit, communication and presentation skills, and mental agility
A confident and convincing manner
* Flexibility, ability to work under pressure, and willingness to travel