Enterprise Architect
$150,000 / year (no bonus)
Philadelphia, PA
This person will coordinate and contribute to the development of our client’s IT strategy and roadmap – in addition to providing direction to large enterprise modernization efforts. This role is accountable for driving and producing high-level architecture artifacts that include current and future state enterprise architectures. The Enterprise Architect will also create and maintain the architecture library, reference architectures, and architectural patterns to guide projects.
Software engineering foundation. Demonstrates strong foundation in Software Engineering, Object Oriented Analysis and Design ( OOAD ), Cloud Architecture ( AWS/Azure/Google ), Microservices, Event sourcing, Service Oriented Architecture ( SOA ), Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) concepts and related design patterns.
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and DevOps. Demonstrates strong foundation in Agile and/or Iterative software development. Hands-on experience with latest release management/DevOps concepts like CI/CD , Containerization and Container Orchestration .
Excellent communication and persuasion skills. Strong facilitation and communication skills (verbal and written) to quickly command an audience at all levels, navigate organizational structures, and influence successful outcomes.
Creative problem-solving skills. Demonstrates hands-on creativity and critical thinking necessary to develop innovative ideas and find fresh approaches for problem solving.
Core technical skills. Expertise in any of the core distributed platforms such as Java J2EE, .Net, or other open systems with keen interest to learn and adopt emerging trends such Internet-of-Things (IoT), Microservices/API, AI/ML, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Mobility, Big Data, OmniChannel etc.
Enterprise Architecture Framework. Knowledge of one or more Enterprise Architecture Frameworks such as Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework ( FEAF ), Zachman or TOGAF Frameworks.
Required:
· Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering, System analysis
· 5+ years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as Business, Information, Solution or technical architecture, Application development, Middleware, Information analysis, Database management or Operations in a multitier environment and in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis.
· 2+years’ experience as an Enterprise Architect on cross enterprise initiatives.
· Solution-oriented mindset. Demonstrates ability to adopt solution-oriented approaches to systematically analyze and deliver end-to-end solutions around complex systems integration, legacy modernization, or other transformational programs.
Details:
Technical Leadership
· Evaluate technology platforms and vendors for suitability. Constantly researches for the best solutions with a pulse on the latest industry trends.
· Positively influence the design of our technical capabilities through common architecture patterns, frameworks, languages, and industry trends.
· Address operational and non-functional concerns (e.g. horizontal & vertical scalability, performance, maintainability, load distribution, resilience, recovery, security and privacy) while undertaking technical designs.
Business and IT Vision
· Collaborate with product and technology teams to craft IT architecture that enables our business and technology vision.
· Develop innovative proposals to evolve platforms, introduce new products or capabilities, and improve processes to benefit our client and their customers.
· Present innovative and forward-looking ideas to executive leadership for the purposes of architecture alignment and key decision making.
· Assist the business in the scoping and planning of key company initiatives.
Architecture Strategy
· Own and influence the future state architecture strategy and vision.
· Understand diverse business domains and develop architectures that meet the current and anticipated business needs across a broad set of partners.
· Produce conceptual, logical, and physical architectures and related artifacts.
Standards and Governance
· Contribute to the definition of standards, guidance, and points-of-view that enable engineers to thrive and cross-enterprise thinking to become the norm.
· Develop new and revise existing governance processes to ensure alignment of a diverse set of technology projects with the enterprise target state vision.
Software Development
Systems Integration
Application Development
Architecture
Systems Architecture
$150,000 / year (no bonus)
Philadelphia, PA
This person will coordinate and contribute to the development of our client’s IT strategy and roadmap – in addition to providing direction to large enterprise modernization efforts. This role is accountable for driving and producing high-level architecture artifacts that include current and future state enterprise architectures. The Enterprise Architect will also create and maintain the architecture library, reference architectures, and architectural patterns to guide projects.
Software engineering foundation. Demonstrates strong foundation in Software Engineering, Object Oriented Analysis and Design ( OOAD ), Cloud Architecture ( AWS/Azure/Google ), Microservices, Event sourcing, Service Oriented Architecture ( SOA ), Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) concepts and related design patterns.
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and DevOps. Demonstrates strong foundation in Agile and/or Iterative software development. Hands-on experience with latest release management/DevOps concepts like CI/CD , Containerization and Container Orchestration .
Excellent communication and persuasion skills. Strong facilitation and communication skills (verbal and written) to quickly command an audience at all levels, navigate organizational structures, and influence successful outcomes.
Creative problem-solving skills. Demonstrates hands-on creativity and critical thinking necessary to develop innovative ideas and find fresh approaches for problem solving.
Core technical skills. Expertise in any of the core distributed platforms such as Java J2EE, .Net, or other open systems with keen interest to learn and adopt emerging trends such Internet-of-Things (IoT), Microservices/API, AI/ML, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Mobility, Big Data, OmniChannel etc.
Enterprise Architecture Framework. Knowledge of one or more Enterprise Architecture Frameworks such as Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework ( FEAF ), Zachman or TOGAF Frameworks.
Required:
· Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering, System analysis
· 5+ years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as Business, Information, Solution or technical architecture, Application development, Middleware, Information analysis, Database management or Operations in a multitier environment and in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis.
· 2+years’ experience as an Enterprise Architect on cross enterprise initiatives.
· Solution-oriented mindset. Demonstrates ability to adopt solution-oriented approaches to systematically analyze and deliver end-to-end solutions around complex systems integration, legacy modernization, or other transformational programs.
Details:
Technical Leadership
· Evaluate technology platforms and vendors for suitability. Constantly researches for the best solutions with a pulse on the latest industry trends.
· Positively influence the design of our technical capabilities through common architecture patterns, frameworks, languages, and industry trends.
· Address operational and non-functional concerns (e.g. horizontal & vertical scalability, performance, maintainability, load distribution, resilience, recovery, security and privacy) while undertaking technical designs.
Business and IT Vision
· Collaborate with product and technology teams to craft IT architecture that enables our business and technology vision.
· Develop innovative proposals to evolve platforms, introduce new products or capabilities, and improve processes to benefit our client and their customers.
· Present innovative and forward-looking ideas to executive leadership for the purposes of architecture alignment and key decision making.
· Assist the business in the scoping and planning of key company initiatives.
Architecture Strategy
· Own and influence the future state architecture strategy and vision.
· Understand diverse business domains and develop architectures that meet the current and anticipated business needs across a broad set of partners.
· Produce conceptual, logical, and physical architectures and related artifacts.
Standards and Governance
· Contribute to the definition of standards, guidance, and points-of-view that enable engineers to thrive and cross-enterprise thinking to become the norm.
· Develop new and revise existing governance processes to ensure alignment of a diverse set of technology projects with the enterprise target state vision.
- Fit projects to enterprise architecture
- Collect enterprise-level architecture information
- Participate in enterprise architecture development, including business architecture, information architecture, technology architecture, systems architecture, and security architecture
- Recommend changes to enterprise architecture and enterprise solution architecture standards and policies
- Maintaining an enterprise architecture certification
- Verify technical components of enterprise architecture
- Define and drive enterprise architecture governance
- Develop architecture strategy and platform architecture design, develop architecture features
- Promote value of the enterprise architecture
- Lead the development of future enterprise architecture
- Ensure technology roadmaps align with the enterprise architecture
- Maintain enterprise architecture standards for the implemented solution
- Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture
- Integrate business and service strategy into enterprise architecture roadmap
- Lead the analysis of enterprise business drivers to develop enterprise architecture requirements
- Communicate the value of the enterprise integration architecture
- Oversee enterprise architecture implementation and ongoing refinementactivities
- Implement enterprise business application and data solutions as components within Client's overall enterprise architecture
- Fit systems or infrastructure to architecture
- Lead key enterprise architectural design projects
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