SR. DIRECTOR ANALYST - SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE AND INTEGRATION (REMOTE - EMEA)

Subject Matter Expertise.
The Senior Director Analyst will apply their in-depth knowledge of custom application and software architecture and integration to client engagements and for research development.
There will be a focus on providing best practices and advice on technical consideration, best practices, and operational patterns related to custom software development and delivery.
The Senior Director Analyst will support scope in custom software engineering including, but not limited to.
Custom application and software architecture design, planning and implementations.
Custom software integration technical patterns and implementations.
Custom software architecture modernization and operational up-keep Job Description.
Are you passionate about software engineering? Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge and experience with others? Do you desire to stay on the forefront of the latest trends and technologies in software engineering? Do you want to help companies get better at architecting and integrating custom software solutions? Gartner is hiring a Senior Research Director focusing on software engineering architecture and integration challenges.
We are seeking someone who is passionate about software engineering.
Someone who loves to build compelling products, platforms, and services.
Someone with hands-on technical expertise with the latest architectural patterns, coding practices and languages, as well as a strong desire to help others learn and improve how they architect, implement, and deliver custom software.
We are looking to hire an experienced software architect or software engineer to fill this role.
Recent hands-on experience is required.
This research director role creates thought leading research for technical professionals around the world.
You will publish original research, speak with clients directly, and present at global events and on-site for client engagements.
You must be a life-long learner and versatile individual, seasoned in technical software engineering.
This is an individual contributor role as part of a collaborative team of experts in Gartner’s Software Engineering for Technical Professionals practice.
Our practice provides the backbone for Gartner software engineering research by creating, identifying, influencing, and sharing best practices across the software design, build and run lifecycle.
In this role you will help shape the way that software is architected, integrated and ultimately delivered by leading companies worldwide.
You will use your expertise and the insights you gain during your Gartner career to guide architects, engineers and senior technologists across a wide range of industries, geographies and sizes.
Conversely, our team will help you grow and expand your knowledge and expertise throughout your career at Gartner.
Gartner experts share our knowledge directly through published research, video calls with clients, and conferences worldwide.
Responsibilities include.
Developing thought-leading research Collaborating with your colleagues to advance technical knowledge  Contributing to research planning Engaging clients in video calls to advise on both strategic and tactical technology initiatives Supporting the Gartner sales team with presentations and video calls to potential clients Delivering presentations at Gartner events and conferences Requirements Gartner is seeking a technical professional with current hands-on agile software engineering and architecture skills and knowledge at the team and at the enterprise level.
The following are “must have” areas of experience and expertise for this software engineering role.
12+ years hands-on experience in custom application or software architecture planning, design, implementation and maintenance.
Experience with defining architectural approaches for building using modern development languages, frameworks and platforms for custom software solutions.
12+ years hands-on experience in custom software integration technical planning, implementation, and maintenance.
Experience with design and technical implementation of various software integration patterns, technologies, tools, protocols and approaches, in a custom software environment.
Including, expertise and experience in the following areas.
Experience delivering architecture that align with modern technologies, practices, and frameworks.
Experience defining architectures that ensure products and services deliver on key business requirements.
Experience evaluating, recommending and applying architecture patterns and technical best practices.
Experience modernizing existing applications to enable use of modern architectures, integrations and technologies.
Experience with API-first integration approaches and related architectural patterns such as microservices, cloud-native, event-driven, MACH or MASA.
Experience with integration implementations using modern tools, platforms and approaches Experience with design, delivery and sustainability of various types of API integrations (e.
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REST, GraphQL, SOAP, etc).
Experience evaluating and selecting API management and API gateway technologies.
The responsibilities and expectations of Gartner’s Software Engineering for Technical Professional Research Director include.
Both hands-on technical knowledge and experience and the ability to see beyond technology to meet business and commercial aims.
Researching and writing 4+ pragmatic research papers per year for our content library Creating and delivering engaging presentations to audiences ranging from small groups to 500+ attendees Collaborating with colleagues and providing (and receiving) constructive feedback on research papers “Strong opinions, loosely held.
" The ability to take a position based on facts, validate it with colleagues, present it to clients, and to change positions when new information emerges.
Broad knowledge of industry trends and emerging technologies and practices.
Ability to identify how changing technologies will influence technology choices and development practices.
Ability to travel up to approximately 10% of the time, mostly within the region (EMEA/NA depending on home base), with some international travel.
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