Enterprise Architect

PowerSecure•Durham, NC

41d

About The Position

The Enterprise Architect develops and maintains high-level designs for overall logical and technical application architecture. Employees in this role provide leadership, strategic decision-making, and guidance within technical disciplines, solving unique and complex problems. Individuals facilitate and orchestrate the delivery of targeted business outcomes through technical decisions. Leaders in this job serve as top-level experts and visionaries in the development of roadmaps, strategy, and design for assigned technology areas

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Computer Science or a related field
Minimum 10+ years’ experience in application architecture preferably within manufacturing domain.
Cloud Architect certification in Azure or AWS
Experience with integration platforms such as Boomi, Mulesoft etc.
Proven experience (10+ years) working as an Enterprise Architect or in a similar role, designing and implementing enterprise architecture plans for large-scale organizations, preferably in the manufacturing domain.
Effective leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business analysis.
Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders.
Comfortable, experienced, and accomplished at working with business executives, and able to push back in a professional and diplomatic way.
Strong understanding and experience implementing enterprise architecture frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.
Knowledge and expertise with Azure cloud architecture.
Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, IoT, etc.
Excellent problem-solving skills and design innovative and scalable solutions.
Proficiency in enterprise architecture tools, modeling languages, and documentation standards.
Experience with manufacturing related business processes, industry applications, and supporting technologies.
A deep, comprehensive knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle and development principles
Interest in and passion for learning and working in a fast-paced environment
Ability to handle multiple assignments and conflicting priorities
Ability to work with business partners and peers of varying levels of technical proficiency
Advanced understanding various technical principles, theories and concepts
Broad understanding of a wide range of technical areas
Excellent communication skillsâ¯including the ability to translate complex or technical ideas into non-technical language
Up to 15% Travel may be required during key periods to support job duties across business unit locations
Client facing position and travel outside the state may be required

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap that align with business objectives and support the organization's mission.
Define and enforce architecture standards, principles, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and flexibility across all applications.
Coach and mentor other team members and business stakeholders to instill architectural thinking.