Enterprise Architect

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Description

SummaryThe Enterprise Architect develops and maintains high-level designs for overall logical and technical application architecture. Employees in thisrole provide leadership, strategic decision-making, and guidance within technical disciplines, solving unique and complex problems. Individuals facilitate and orchestrate the delivery of targeted business outcomes through technical decisions. Leaders in this job serve as top-level experts and visionaries in the development of roadmaps, strategy, and design for assigned technology areas

Qualification RequirementsTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below arerepresentative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Computer Science or a related field
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in application architecture preferably within manufacturing domain.
• Cloud Architect certification in Azure or AWS
• Experience with integration platforms such as Boomi, Mulesoft etc.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Proven experience (10 years) working as an Enterprise Architect or in a similar role, designing and implementing enterprise architecture plans for large-scale organizations, preferably in the manufacturing domain.
• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap that align with business objectives and support the organization's mission.
• Define and enforce architecture standards, principles, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and flexibility across all applications.
• Effective leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business analysis.
• Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders.
• Comfortable, experienced, and accomplished at working with business executives, and able to push back in a professional and diplomatic way.
• Strong understanding and experience implementing enterprise architecture frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.
• Knowledge and expertise with Azure cloud architecture.
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, IoT, etc.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and design innovative and scalable solutions.
• Proficiency in enterprise architecture tools, modeling languages, and documentation standards.
• Coach and mentor other team members and business stakeholders to instill architectural thinking.
• Experience with manufacturing related business processes, industry applications, and supporting technologies.
• A deep, comprehensive knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle and development principles
• Interest in and passion for learning and working in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and conflicting priorities
• Ability to work with business partners and peers of varying levels of technical proficiency
• Advanced understanding various technical principles, theories and concepts
• Broad understanding of a wide range of technical areas
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to translate complex or technical ideas into non-technical language
  
  

Physical DemandsUp to 15% Travel may be required during key periods to support job duties across business unit locations

Work EnvironmentTypical office environment, but will be required to stand and walk on manufacturing floor or on construction sites as needed to evaluate training and organizational change requirements

Client facing position and travel outside the state may be required

About Us

PowerSecure, a Southern Company subsidiary, is a leading provider of innovative energy solutions to electric utilities and their industrial, institutional, and commercial customers.

Join Our Power Team! (https://powersecure.com/)

We invest in high-value and cost-effective benefits for our employees. Our benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage
• Competitive pay and a matching 401 (k) plan
• Vacation, Company Holidays, Paid Time Off (PTO- personal and sick days)
• Flexible spending accounts/Health savings account
• Wellness Incentive Programs
• Employee Referral Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
  
  

PowerSecure is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. This position is not open to third party recruiters.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)Operating Company: PowerSecure