Enterprise Architect

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT - Remote

** US Citizens or Green card holders only**

Enterprise Architect –Integration provides direction, guidance, and definition to create and ensure that architectures (people, process, and technology) are aligned to effectively enable the business and technology strategy. This position enables the Enterprise Architecture team to bridge the facets between business architecture (process, technology, and organization models) with a specific focus on information architecture disciplines (enterprise data, meta-data, identification of enterprise data services models).

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Leverages expertise in broad disciplines to define the future state and drive execution;
• Is responsible for standards, architecture and processes, with regard to the overall integration of architecture
• Develops high-level business and applications architectures that depict the current and target architecture of aspects of the integration portfolio;
• Creates roadmaps that prescribe a stepwise path to the target architecture;
• Defines high-level costs, benefits, and schedule estimates associated with the roadmap;
• Interfaces across multiple business areas to coordinate deliverables, build consensus, and influence outcomes;
• Resolves conflicting business requirements through an enterprise perspective;
• Consults on highly complex projects requiring in-depth knowledge across multiple business areas;
• Shapes the design architecture based on strategic business and operating models;
• Directly participates in the development of principles, strategies, frameworks, and standards;
• Ensures compliance with principles, strategies, frameworks, and standards across the enterprise;
• Monitors and reports on project compliance and alignment to overall strategy;

• Liaises with engineers and technology experts to ascertain system functional capacity, constraints, and support lifecycles.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Five (5) – ten (10) years of development, implementation, or maintenance of large-scale systems across multiple hardware and software platforms OR

• Equivalent combination of education and experience

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OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Expertise in process modeling, analysis and decomposition, rule definition and management, process performance analysis and measurement
• Experience driving cloud-based architectures (AWS, Azure, Google)
• Exemplary oral and written communication skills including meeting facilitation and presentation
• Effective collaboration skills with the ability to interface with all levels of management and staff
• In-depth understanding of enterprise architecture standards and the demonstrated ability to advocate and enforce their use
• Critical and practical thinking - the ability to balance financial, architectural, business, and IT objectives
• Command in all major architectural domains (application, information, technology infrastructure, integration, business) but with specific emphasis on the application domain
• Knowledge and understanding of prevailing development methodologies
• Understanding of common application development frameworks (.NET, Java/J2EE)
• Solid command of common architectures (web, client-server, real-time integration, SOA, BPM)
• Integral experience with business projects in determining and driving process, technology, and organizational changes/impacts
• Proven problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to apply business judgment to complex problems and make decisions
• Knowledge and understanding of the business implications of introducing (or displacing) solutions
• Experience with driving product selection and evaluation; build vs. buy concept
• Strong understanding of data/information architecture concepts and patterns
• Broad-based knowledge of the IT industry and trends
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project

• Ability to clear required background check

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• AWS Certified Solution Architect or equivalent certification

• TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent certification

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states and D.C.

Compensation & Benefits: We consider a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality, and quantity of work, required travel (if any), the external market, and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

• benefits package for eligible employees includes health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.