Sr Manager, Solution Architecture

Job Description: Company Description: McDonaldu2019s growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonaldu2019s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway. McDonaldu2019s Global Technology is here to power tomorrowu2019s feel-good moments. Thatu2019s why youu2019ll find us at the forefront of transformative technology, exploring new and innovative ways to serve our millions of customers and spread happiness one delicious Hot Fudge Sundae-dipped fry at a time. Using AI, robotics and emerging tech, weu2019re digitizing the Golden Arches. Combine that with our unparalleled global scale, and weu2019re reshaping all areas of the business, industry and every community that is home to a McDonaldu2019s restaurant. We face complex tech challenges every day. But thatu2019s where our diverse and talented teams come in. Theyu2019re made up of the best and brightest from all over the globe, and they thrive in the space where feel-good meets fast-paced. Check out the McDonaldu2019s Global Technology Technical Blog to learn how technology and our global team are directly enabling the Accelerating the Arches strategy. Department Overview The Senior Solutions Architect/Tech Lead plays a crucial role in analyzing solution requests, formulating architectures, and leading technology-driven solutions. This role involves collaborating with teams for CI/CD of AWS resources, improving products, and guiding system development. The architect leads solution delivery, ensures timely execution, manages vendor teams, addresses technical challenges, adheres to standards, and mentors others. The position also contributes to enterprise blueprints, technical specifications, and strategic planning. Accountabilities & Responsibilities + Analyzes new solution requests, solicits and clarifies requirements, and formulates conceptual and physical architectures to rapidly deliver solutions. + Provides direction for and leads technology-driven solutions and capabilities. + Collaborates with multi-functional teams to research, architect, and automate the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) of a wide variety of Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources hosting data platform components. + Determines, designs, and drives product improvements. Creatively initiates new ideas for system improvement, develops solution, and guides team in delivering. + Provides input to McDonaldu2019s Enterprise Architects on enterprise solution blueprints. + Leads entire team including vendor architects & engineers in all solution delivery and technology innovations throughout all stages of the Agile development life cycle. + Leads the vendor architects in developing detailed solutions + Leads the developers on execution of the solution + Partners with the project owner, project managers and PMO on delivering the solutions on time + Partners with the data quality validation team + Develops solutions for more significant bugs found during end-to-end testing + Provides thought leadership in post-production troubleshooting including bugs causing high traffic issues + Helps teams to deliver the product on time, on budget and ensuring that is solves the objectives it was designed to solve. + Deep technical thinker and complex problem solver for complex technical challenges. + Sets and/or enforces McDonaldu2019s architecture/engineering standards for solution implementations. Determines the direction for standards for new development which the team adheres to. + Determines projections for product growth for budgeting and planning purposes. + Actively participates in and mentors the McDonaldu2019s architecture and engineering communities. Specific Responsibilities + Develops and contributes to the overall blueprints and detailed technical specifications for new business initiatives + Continual creation of ideas and design of solutions for improving the product + Determines which technology to use where and for what in solutions + Communicates solutions to project team + Reviews project teamu2019s detailed specifications to ensure accurate interpretation of the requirements and solution + Reviews development team sql and provide guidance, input and approvals + Leads problem solving of issues, partnering with the development team + Provides technical input and direction on new software packages and technology tools + Defines applicable security requirements and solutions + Advises on contractual technical SLAs + Maintains overall integration system flow diagrams to allow for quick understanding of change impacts + Communicates monthly to team of upcoming designs and solicits input and feedback + Shares expertise with new hires in the form of the