Cracking the IT Architect Interview

The ultimate guide to successful interviews for Enterprise Business Domain Solution and Technical Architect roles as well as IT Advisory Consultant and Software Designer roles About This Book * Learn about Enterprise Architects IT strategy and NFR - this book provides you with methodologies best practices and frameworks to ace your interview * A holistic view of key architectural skills and competencies with 500+ questions that cover 12 domains * 100+ diagrams depicting scenarios models and methodologies designed to help you prepare for your interview Who This Book Is For This book is for aspiring enterprise business domain solution and technical architects. It is also ideal for IT advisory consultants and IT designers who wish to interview for such a role. Interviewers will be able leverage this book to make sure they hire candidates with the right competencies to meet the role requirements. What You Will Learn * Learn about IT strategies NFR methodologies best practices and frameworks to ace your interview * Get a holistic view of key concepts design principles and patterns related to evangelizing web and Java enterprise applications * Discover interview preparation guidelines through case studies * Use this as a reference guide for adopting best practices standards and design guidelines * Get a better understanding with 60+ diagrams depicting various scenarios models and methodologies * Benefit from coverage of all architecture domains including EA (Business Data Infrastructure and Application) SA integration NFRs security and SOA with extended coverage from IT strategies to the NFR domain In Detail An architect attends multiple interviews for jobs or projects during the course of his or her career. This book is an interview resource created for designers consultants technical solution domain enterprise and chief architects to help them perform well in interview discussions and launch a successful career. The book begins by providing descriptions of architecture skills and competencies that cover the 12 key domains including 350+ questions relating to these domains. The goal of this book is to cover all the core architectural domains. From an architect's perspective it is impossible to revise or learn about all these key areas without a good reference guide - this book is the solution. It shares experiences learning insights and proven methodologies that will benefit practitioners SMEs and aspirants in the long run. This book will help you tackle the NFR domain which is a key aspect pertaining to architecting applications. It typically takes years to understand the core concepts fundamentals patterns and principles related to architecture and designs. This book is a goldmine for the typical questions asked during an interview and will help prepare you for success! Style and approach This book will help you prepare for interviews for architectural profiles by providing likely questions explanations and expected answers. It is an insight-rich guide that will help you develop strategic tactical and operational thinking for your interview. About the Author Sameer Paradkar is an enterprise architect with 15+ years of solid experience in the ICT industry which spans across consulting systems integration and product development. He is an Open Group TOGAF Oracle Master Java EA TMForum NGOSS IBM SOA Solutions IBM Cloud Solutions IBM MobileFirst ITIL Foundation V3 and COBIT 5 certified enterprise architect. He serves as an advisory architect on enterprise architecture programs and continues to work as a subject matter expert. He has worked on multiple architecture transformations and modernization engagements in the USA UK Europe Asia Pacific and the Middle East Regions that presented a phased roadmap to the transformation that maximized the business value while minimizing risks and costs. Sameer is part of IT Strategy and Transformat