IT Enterprise Architecture Manager (Hybrid)

Holland & Knight•Dallas, TX

38d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are a Firm where people truly believe in what they do and strive to achieve the highest standards of performance and success. This position can be based in the Firm's global operations center in Tampa, FL or the Dallas office. General Description: We are seeking an IT Enterprise Architect (EA) Manager to join our team. The IT Enterprise Architect Manager will be responsible for overseeing the Solutions Architecture team and proactively and holistically helping and guiding enterprise leaders, product owners, and project teams through transformation and optimization initiatives, supporting the formulation of business strategy, outcomes, and capabilities. The person fulfilling this role must have deep technical knowledge in networks, virtualization, cloud, application development, security, and automation tools. A successful EA Manager uses various approaches to construct current and future-state architecture models to support the Firm's growing needs. This person also facilitates business and IT alignment, connecting strategy to execution through a collaborative, supportive, and consultative manner, driving the organization's digital business strategies and balancing innovation and growth. This role proactively researches technology trends and identifies new or upgraded systems to help Holland & Knight improve its processes to operate more efficiently. Most importantly, the incumbent in this role must have exceptional communication, leadership, and collaboration skills to help deliver the vision set forth by Firm leadership in alignment with its goals and objectives. This position offers a hybrid schedule, providing flexibility to work from home or the office. Currently, this role requires weekly in-office attendance, as well as participation in occasional team meetings, training sessions, and firm-sponsored events.

Requirements

Strong leadership skills
Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in a technical context
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent planning and organizational skills
Hands-on coding and software development skills (examples: Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, HTML, CSS, JSON/REST APIs, SQL, NoSQL, Shell)
Aptitude to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new, and emerging technologies to update current architecture models
Organizationally savvy, with an understanding of the political climate of the enterprise and how to navigate obstacles and politics
Technology neutral: remains unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice and is more interested in results than personal preferences
Displays intellectual curiosity and integrity
Motivated and driven by achieving long-term business outcomes
Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams
Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related study
5+ years of experience of solution architecture design covering IT products, services, and capabilities
Relevant industry certifications (AWS, CISSP, Professional Cloud Solutions Architect, Open CA, ITIL)
Knowledge in application development, application programming interfaces (APIs), mobile development, middleware, servers and storage, database management and operations, clustering technologies, virtualization, cloud technologies, and active directory and protocols
Knowledge in data strategies, data lake house, generative AI, and enterprise search
Knowledge of network and security architecture
Experience in designing and constructing diagrams for server rooms and data center buildouts, including power and redundancy
Knowledge of business process management, workflow, and integration methods and tools
Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives and how they relate to achieving targeted business outcomes
Ability to assess the value and risk of existing, new, and emerging technologies against current technology solutions
Understanding of portfolio management, agile principles, and development methodologies to support agile teams
Knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Comprehensive knowledge of organizational change management
Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT development teams

Responsibilities

Works with the CIO, IT, and department leaders to design the required architecture to drive business outcomes.
Oversees the Solutions Architecture team and leads team members to provide architecture direction, insight, and recommendations.
Leads the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and technical debt and recommends improvement solutions.
Responsible for the design, layout, floor plan, power management, capacity management, and cable management for the Firm's data centers and all the remote office MDF and IDF rooms.
Maintain data center system documentation, including rack elevations.
Assists with the development and administration of business continuity or disaster recovery plans.
Helps to define metrics to measure and demonstrate enterprise technology value.
Construct and maintain deliverables showing Holland & Knight's current and future-state architecture.
Facilitates the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations
Develops visualizations to help Firm leadership understand the future state architecture and how it achieves Holland & Knight's goals and objectives.
Communicates the value of enterprise architecture and its portfolio of services to key stakeholders.
Works closely with IT peers and product owners to enable infrastructure agility, scalability, and resilience.
Collaborates with department leaders to develop strategies for innovation and process optimization.
Coaches and mentors product owners/managers and business stakeholders to instill architectural thinking.

Benefits

comprehensive medical (PPO and HDHPs), dental and vision plans including coverage for domestic partners
life and AD&D insurance
short and long term disability insurance
tax-advantaged accounts for health care expenses, including FSAs and HSAs
FSAs for dependent care
health advocacy services
behavioral health and counseling resources for all family members
401(k)
profit sharing
pre-tax transit and parking program
backup dependent care
senior care planning support
resources for individuals with development disabilities and their caregivers
paid holidays and other paid time off, including paid leave for new parents