Platinion Lead IT Architect

Who We AreBoston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.Practice Area ProfileBCG 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. Together with BCG, BCG Platinion's interdisciplinary team of technical experts enables customized technical solutions and accelerates delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations.What You'll DoAs an IT Consultant at BCG Platinion, you will collaborate on interdisciplinary teams of designers, engineers, researchers, technical experts, and consultants to develop leading IT concepts and architectural solutions. In this role, you will apply your sound technical know-how, understanding of business contexts, and analytical skills to enable organizations to technically transform.IT Architects at BCG Platinion are:Collaborative. They are interdisciplinary team players who seek alignment and establish relationships ranging from cross-functional stakeholder groups to existing teams.Comfortable with ambiguity. They know the path forward isn't always well-defined and are confident working through the unknown.Technical experts. They are critical thinkers with extensive IT expertise that drives novel solutions rooted in complexity.Generalists. They have a solid technical foundation and a wide range of experience to guide any client on any challenge, agnostic of industry.Change agents. They know how to make change happen across an organization, aligning and onboarding teams to implement new processes and toolsets.You're Good At:Solution and application architecture and evaluation of alternative approaches.Restructuring IT processes and organization.Supporting IT functions during mergers and acquisitions, including the functional and technical transformation of an organization's IT department.Evaluating an organization's IT and software architecture.Assessing and implementing IT architectures.Evaluating products, such as core systems.Developing technical concepts and designing software solutions.Assessing quality assurance for IT implementation.Designing and implementing feasibility studies.Designing work packages/modules in IT implementation projects.Reviewing technical architecture and code.Executing technical proofs of concept.Analyzing complex IT application landscapes and status quo for IT architecture optimization.Developing functional and technical online and Internet strategies.Optimizing the application development processes.Contributing to BCG Platinion's consulting business by assisting with business development through writing proposals and scoping projects.Contributing to our thought leadership through written publications and speaking at events and conferences.What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)Bachelor's Degree in information technology, business administration, computer science, business management, or system controls & engineering or a related field (Masters is a plus).6+ years of practical experience in software engineering with more than 4 years in architecture discipline.Superior technical knowledge, engineering rigor, and creative problem-solving.Ability to explain complex technology topics to executives.Extensive technical expertise and knowledge of various technology stacks, cloud native applications, integration methodologies, API and Microservices architecture, databases, data analytics architecture, programming paradigms, process automation approaches.Experience in agile engineering and tooling support.An agile mindset that moves past blockers with a vision to iteratively migrate to the next/modern set of architecture capabilities.Purposeful travel based on client and business needs. Expect 30-50% travel.What We Offer:At BCG, we care about our people and offer best-in-class benefits to support you personally and professionally throughout your different life experiences including:An opportunity to work organically across disciplines and across BCG, combining strategic thinking with hands-on applications.A unique experience to work alongside a team of passionate and driven problem-solvers with a mission to deliver innovative and valuable digital solutions in a supportive environment.BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world's best talent to have a real impact on business and society.FOR U.S. APPLICANTS:Boston Consulting Group ("BCG") is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.The first year base compensation for this role is $180,000 in USD. In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus and BCG's Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution. BCG also provides a market-leading benefits package.At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members. All our plans provide best-in-class coverage:Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.$10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits, and prescriptions for generic drugs.Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits.Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually.Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities.Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not.Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years.Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.*Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.To learn more about our employee benefits, please check our Benefits page.

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