Senior Enterprise Architect

The Enterprise Architect enables business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and prioritize current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the longer-term strategic vision of the organization.

This role requires a deep understanding of technology and processes. The Enterprise Architect should be a strategic thinker, able to align IT initiatives with overall business goals, while also possessing the technical skills to deliver complex projects.

Job Responsibilities

• Implementation/management of Enterprise Architecture and Technology Standards programs in medium to large organizations
• Provide sound expertise in product/program management and alignment with Architecture deliverables (road maps, principles, standards, and best practices)
• Proactively communicate technical topics in a clear, succinct, and relevant way
• Management of program budgets and Technology cost centers in large corporate environments to ensure corporate targets are met
• Ensure vendor contracts support business and corporate needs
• Work with business areas to understand needs/requirements with an Ability provide innovative solutions
• Assess solutions for current and future needs across organizations
• Lead teams on the implementation and enhancements of Energy Efficiency technologies, and/or cloud technologies
• Act as an innovator and agent leading organizations and people through change
• Long term planning including building roadmaps and program planning
• Provide leadership and influence Present to all levels of management and executive leadership

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or a related field
• 8 years working in technology solutions engineering
• Experience in disciplines such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multi-tier environment.
• Working knowledge of at least one common application framework (e.g., .NET, J2EE, Mainframe...etc...)
• Working knowledge of common EA Strategy processes and architectures (e.g., Cloud, Virtualization, Containerization, Data Mgmt...etc...) Working knowledge of at least one common Cloud platform (e.g., Azure AWS)
• Experience with building EA repositories and artifacts via EA Management tools a plus (e.g., LeanIX)
• Previous experience and working knowledge of technical/solutioning architectures across at least one other architectural domain (e.g., Applications, Data, Security, Infrastracture) – at a level of expertise that would enable them to assume an architecture leadership role in various architecture implementation efforts.
• Experience defining / implementing / managing Enterprise Architecture and Technology Standards programs in medium to large organizations
• Ability to proactively communicate technical topics in a clear, succinct, and relevant way
• Proficient in working with business area's to understand needs/requirements with an ability provide innovative solutions
• Technically knowledgeable with the ability to assess solutions for current and future needs across organizations.
• Proven experience in long term planning including building roadmaps and program planning
• Digital acumen
• Strong leadership and influence skills
• Ability to present to all levels of management & executive leadership
• Excellent teamwork, facilitation, relationship building, and negotiation skills