FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an exceptional talented Enterprise Application Architect to join a Fortune500 company and build their architecture practice to support the future-state Enterprise Architecture organization. Our client is a global leader offering industry-leading innovation, value-added service and expertise and is committed to people, quality, growth and performance. 

If you're passionate about providing architecture vision, leadership, and principles that can make a real difference, apply today! We want you to be part of the team!

As an Enterprise Application Architect, you will collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to design and optimize applications and platform building blocks used to deliver business solutions. You will establish a program and develop competency around Application Architecture and Enterprise Application Portfolio Management, developing architecture standards, principles, and best practices to ensure that our applications are efficient, scalable, resilient, and adaptable as our organization's needs change. Your expertise and leadership will be critical to providing architectural guidance, mentoring, training, and support at all levels of the DT organization, ensuring that our architecture practice and discipline reach new heights of maturity and accelerate value creation. As a customer value-focused change agent and servant leader, you will play a key role in driving business value, identifying disruptions, and aligning opportunities that prioritize current operational demands.

We value the unique talents and abilities from all backgrounds and characteristics. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply, including individuals with disabilities and Protected Veterans.

**Candidate must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future.**

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Define and maintain the overall application and platform architecture for the organization
• Responsible for designing applications that are custom-built, Cloud SaaS, and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products
• Develop, maintain, and socialize Enterprise Application Portfolio Roadmaps in collaboration with Product Owners
• Collaborate with Solution and Domain Architects to create applications Roadmaps that outline the long-term technical vision and strategy to support business capabilities advancement
• Establish, publish, and socialize application architecture standards, models, principles, and reference patterns to accelerate the delivery of architectures and solutions
• Advising on technical decisions and evaluating new technologies and tools to support the organization's application and platform needs.
• Facilitate the ongoing evolution of domain models, capability maps, and context views from both a business and technical lens
• Contribute to the Architecture Knowledge Repository patterns, standards, and blueprints
• Collaborate with ITSM organization to maintain CMDB information quality
• Design optimal continuous delivery pipelines (DevSecOps) to optimize the delivery of secure solutions
• Providing training, leadership, and mentorship to other technology professionals and architects within the organization
• Ensure architectures are secure and address appropriate regulatory requirements
• Increase the maturity of our architecture practice

ADDITIONAL DUTIES:

• Provide technical leadership and assistance to projects outside of architecture as identified by leadership
• Take initiative to learn, research, and communicate new concepts, ideas, and technologies
• Facilitate meetings and follow up with resulting action items
• Maintain current knowledge of the technology workspace in terms of the current state, future possibilities, forthcoming technologies, and their relevance and impact
• Conduct research into new applications, tools, components, and frameworks
• Lead presentations that effectively communicate ideas, manage change, and persuade others to action
• Participate in hiring activities and fulfilling affirmative action obligations and ensuring compliance with the equal employment opportunity policy
• Up to 10% travel as required (domestic and international)
• Work hours outside the standard office 7.5-hour workday may be required

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology field of study (e.g., Information Technology, Electronics, and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Systems Management, Mathematics) or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree is a plus.
• TOGAF, CEAP, CSA, CSEA, Cloud Architecture (AWS/Azure), or similar certifications are a plus.
• CSM, SAFe, ITIL, APQC, or similar training/certifications are a plus.

Knowledge & Experience

• 12+ years of IT experience.
• 8+ years of developing complex enterprise systems.
• 8+ years of Application Architecture experience leveraging custom, Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS), and Cloud (SaaS/PaaS) components.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience applying systems thinking to create documentation, technical models, reference architecture, whitepapers, and presentations for use by all levels of management, functional, and technical staff.
• Experience in the architecture and development of large-scale, high-risk, strategic Digital Transformation Programs including projects such as ERP, Ecommerce, Enterprise Data Fabric, CRM, Digital Workplace, etc.
• Experience designing and implementing cloud architectures.
• Experience creating and maintaining Enterprise Application Roadmaps.
• Experience with modern integration technologies and microservice best practices.
• Experience conducting and supporting teams through architecture tradeoff management to arrive at design decisions guided by sponsor/stakeholder priorities.
• Experience conducting proofs-of-concept, developing prototypes, and building reference models.
• Experience developing and governing architecture standards and principles.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Prior experience designing application & platform strategies and communicating the vision to a community of stakeholders
• Experience in leading major Digital transformation programs in key business areas
• Experience in Application Portfolio Management and Continuous Delivery Pipelines (DevOps)
• Ability to understand complex technical concepts and translate them for a non-technical audience
• Experience leading or speaking at trade conferences, publishing content, or active participation in professional meetups/guilds
• Strong understanding of Cloud-native application architecture
• Experience applying international constraints and context to enterprise architecture
• Experience deploying and training change management and enablement frameworks
• Experience developing the architecture for new product/platform teams
• Experience in applying systems and design thinking methodology to architecture practices

Personal Attributes

• Strong commitment to inclusion and diversity
• Excellent leader that inspires others to achieve shared goals
• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Effective change agent
• Customer-obsessed, servant-leader mindset
• Negotiation skills and ability to influence others by educating and sharing information.
• Promotes collaboration
• Persuasive in nature; able to disagree in a constructive fashion. Capable of improving ideas and expanding viewpoints without diminishing the contributions of others on the team
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative, multi-stakeholder, multi-location environment
• Thrives in an environment of continuous change; acts as a change champion and evangelizes the value of the continuous improvement

INTERESTED BUT NOT SURE?

We know the confidence gap can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you! For any follow up questions email your Recruiter Mark Krusinski Jr directly at markjr@emeraldresourcegroup.com or call at 440-627-6920.

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