Enterprise Architect - SDLC

Zions Bancorporation•Midvale, UT

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Zions Bancorporation is seeking an Enterprise Architect focused on the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to join its Enterprise Technology and Operations team. The role designs how technology systems and teams work together to deliver and manage technology, and improves the visibility of system and process architectures. It defines and aligns system, software, development, and delivery lifecycle processes with the technology organization's business strategy and objectives. The Enterprise Architect defines and manages architectural patterns for practices, processes, systems, tool recommendations, and data integrations to support an effective and efficient delivery lifecycle. The role guides IT teams in adopting those patterns and practices, gathers their feedback, ensures functional and non-functional requirements are met, and partners with the technology risk team to define and design lifecycle metrics and measurement. The position develops and documents solution architecture for stakeholder audiences, translates stakeholder concerns into requirements, and presents architecture work products to project and architecture review boards. It also supports system design, architecture governance, Lean Portfolio Management, Agile Release Trains, and collaboration across technology teams. The role follows a hybrid schedule requiring at least three days per week in the office at the Zions Technology Center in Midvale, Utah.

Requirements

Proven experience in enterprise delivery process architecture, with a focus on SDLC.
Familiarity with TOGAF and other industry frameworks.
Strong understanding and experience in key IT operational domains, including Engineering, Operations, ITSM, PMO, QA, Development, Security, Risk, Change, and Architecture.
Strong understanding of software and system development or change methodologies, processes, and tools.
Strong understanding of enterprise operational system lifecycles, processes, and tools.
Excellent communication, influence, and collaboration skills.
Ability to document and present architecture content effectively.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, and at least 8 years of directly related experience; a combination of education and experience may meet qualifications.

Responsibilities

Develop and document architecture content for stakeholder audiences to enable business or organizational outcomes.
Address the needs and concerns of business and organizational stakeholders and produce corresponding functional and non-functional requirements.
Ensure solution architecture work products capture architecture concerns and decisions and are presented to project and architecture review boards.
Work across organizational boundaries, processes, and systems to design and implement integrated, traceable, measurable, efficient workflows and systems.
Gather and analyze system requirements, including purpose, functionality, performance expectations, constraints, and user needs.
Define high-level system structure, major components, responsibilities, and interactions.
Decompose systems into subsystems or modules and specify their interfaces and functionality.
Design individual components or modules, including internal structure, algorithms, and data structures.
Design data structures and databases, including schemas, relationships, and access mechanisms.
Ensure solution architecture aligns with the enterprise architecture blueprint.
Review and approve enterprise architecture artifacts, including reference architectures, patterns, standards, and solution architectures.
Participate in Lean Portfolio Management and Agile Release Trains using the Solution Architect role.
Partner with the Enterprise Architecture team to ensure architecture standards, guidelines, and procedures are followed.
Provide architecture support for individual technology solutions and significant design changes to in-flight projects and initiatives.
Promote awareness of cross-functional activities, best practices, new standards, emerging technologies, defined processes, and decisions.
Guide IT teams in adopting architectural patterns and practices, receive their feedback, and partner with the technology risk team on lifecycle metrics and measurement.