[Hiring] Enterprise Architect @American IT Systems

Role Description

The Enterprise Architect works with business and technology teams to develop and manage corporate and business strategies for applications and technologies that deliver and sustain end-to-end business operations. They must be able to partner effectively with a wide range of teams, including business leaders, delivery teams, and external partners in order to drive business success while promoting and ensuring alignment with the enterprise portfolio and technology strategy.

Accountable for the creation and maintenance of the long term investment plan and technology roadmap to achieve the strategic IT objectives. This includes:

• Facilitating working sessions with the IT SLT and key IT and business team members toward the development of the IT Investment Plan and Technology roadmap.
• Supporting the IT Application and Portfolio Owners and business leaders in their domain for the development of the operating company and enterprise investment plans and technology roadmaps.
• Understanding current and projected business results and how the investment portfolio impacts those results.
• Understanding threats to achieving results and ensuring that the appropriate mitigating actions are being taken.
• Driving the identification of technology opportunities to positively impact business results.
• Recommending Lifecycle Planning (LCP) needs and identifying and driving business value through technology.

Responsible to promote innovation that benefits a line of business and/or the enterprise. This includes:

• Identifying, researching, evaluating, and tracking technology industry trends and developments.
• Collaborating with key technology vendors and industry leaders to identify strategic and innovative uses of technology.
• Developing proof of concept and/or prototypes to assess feasibility and fit of new technologies.
• Developing business cases and making recommendations.
• Showcasing, communicating, and marketing ideas and concepts.

Leading EA Domain activities that ensure well-formed agendas and effective planning for each domain. EA Domains include Application, Data, Integration, Infrastructure, Security, Mobile, and Cloud:

• Ensures clear guidelines and standards for technology product use within the enterprise.
• Develops and maintains an integrated technology strategy, target architecture, and governance for product lifecycle status within each domain.

Maintains and drives data stewardship and the management of our enterprise portfolio repository (e.g., planning and scoping enhancements, establishing related analytical tools, etc.).

Provides EA leadership to solution/project architects for the company's most strategic, complex, and high-risk business initiatives and new initiatives within their domain.

Provides thought leadership and guidance to business leaders on information system technologies, their roadmaps, their functionalities, costs, benefits, implementation requirements, and additional opportunities to impact business results.

Qualifications

• No. of years of experience as an Enterprise Architect.
• Must be from a Utilities or Asset Intensive Industry.
• Experience implementing/managing Enterprise Architecture and Technology Standards programs in medium to large organizations.
• Sound expertise in product/program management and alignment with architecture deliverables.
• Ability to proactively communicate technical topics in a clear, succinct, and relevant way.
• Proven experience in managing program budgets and technology cost centers in large corporate environments to ensure corporate targets are met.
• Technology procurement & technology financial operations experience ensuring vendor contracts support business and corporate needs.
• Proficient in working with business areas to understand needs/requirements with an ability to provide innovative solutions.
• Proven experience with leading teams on the implementation and enhancements of Energy Efficiency technologies, and/or cloud technologies.
• Proven experience in long term planning including building roadmaps and program planning.
• Track record as an innovator and agent leading organizations and people through change.
• Digital acumen.
• Excellent teamwork, facilitation, relationship building, and negotiation skills.
• Industry Certifications, e.g. TOGAF 9, Open CA, CISSP, etc.

Requirements

• Remote/USA based (travel to HQ very limited like max 4 times/year).
• Duration: 6 months to one year.
• Type of Hire: Contract to Hire.