Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Drives the business and technical architectural vision of the enterprise.
• Proposes new technologies, new technical and architectural strategies, and new processes to meet business challenges, in full consideration of their costs and benefits. Provides insights and new ways of looking at the business and technology that contribute to the strategic plans and directions of the enterprise.
• Develops highly sophisticated technology plans to support the business that requires the integration of multiple domains, addressing the interrelationships of multiple systems, and serving diverse clients.
• Define and maintain architectural standards and principles.
• Establishes systems to monitor compliance with architectural standards and to ensure technical integrity.
• Trains and provides leadership to other architects.
• Solves problems that have unique and/or broad implications for the technology architecture.
• This role is typically the top of the escalation path to resolve the most complex technical problems.
• Plays a leadership role in strategic technology planning for the enterprise.
• Directs and leads the architectural elements of large projects or projects that are highly critical to the future of the organization. Consistently leads projects in a self-motivated and self-guided way.
• Leads strategic architecture planning; drives and determines architectural standards for the organization.
•  Provides recommendations for investment in new products and technology solutions, supported by appropriate ROI, total cost of ownership, and/or cost benefit analyses partnering with appropriate AHC colleagues.
• Serves as a technical expert across multiple domains – other professionals in the field and industry seek out their expertise to resolve problems and expand their own technical expertise.
• Possesses deep expertise in data, process, and system modeling skills in order to effectively document and analyze proposed architectures across the enterprise.

Qualifications / Education:

• Typical candidates will possess 15 years of relevant experience.
• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience; or 10 years relevant experience and MS degree.
• Degree in Computer Science or related fields is desired.
• TOGAF Certification highly desired.
• Relevant domain certification highly desired.