Senior Enterprise Architect

What you’ll be doing:

• Be part of the Domain leadership team to create technology strategy and influence technology direction.
• Responsible and accountable for all architecture functions within the domain.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders and architects to drive consensus.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining Business Capability map for the domain.
• Creates and maintains Technology Strategy, current and target State architectures for the domain.
• Participates in all Cross-domain architecture routines.
• 7Support solution architecture to create application high level and low-level designs and document the necessary artifacts.
• Other activities as assigned by the Domain Architecture Leader.

Domain Leadership (10%)

• Participate in Domain Leadership Team meetings.
• Contribute to a unified Technology Strategy.
• Evaluate the technical feasibility of business proposals.

Domain Projects and Requirements (30%)

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs.
• Ensure designs comply with architectural guidelines.
• Participate in assigned Domain OKRs and other projects.

Supporting Solution Architects (15%)

• Partner with Solution Architects to develop high-level designs.
• Review and validate detailed designs by Solution Architects.
• Provide expert guidance and leadership for solution development.
• Mentor Solution Architects for their growth.

Technology Architecture (15%)

• Create business capability maps through stakeholder interviews.
• Assess capability needs for new projects and initiatives.
• Develop capability heatmaps to inform technology roadmaps.
• Define value streams within the domain.

Documentation and Governance (30%)

• Document key decisions, design elements, risks, and open issues.
• Maintain accurate records of decisions.
• Ensure stakeholder alignment with documented decisions.
• Oversee design discussions during Domain Architecture Office Hours.
• Approve designs that meet established criteria.
• Make decisions using approved processes (e.g., buy vs. build).
• Represent the domain in architectural governance procedures.

Cross-Domain Collaboration (20%)

• Work with other domain experts and architects to achieve design consensus.
• Identify potential impacts on designs across different domains.
• Share knowledge about reusable design patterns across domains.
• Collaborate on cross-domain initiatives.

Education:

• Required: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Preferred: Associate degree (two-year college)

Experience:

• Required: 2-5 years of relevant work experience (in a similar field and/or industry)
• Preferred: 5-10+ years of relevant/progressive work experience (in a similar field and/or industry)

Skills:

• Cloud experience (migrating legacy solutions, architecting cloud-based solutions) (preferred)
• Broad technology experience (cloud architecture, application development, databases, analytics, machine learning, networking, security, storage, DevOps, containers, serverless, CI/CD, management and monitoring, cloud migrations, IT transformation) (preferred)
• Software Development Expertise (understanding of domain-specific applications, distributed applications, project lifecycle, and technical operations) (preferred)
• Project management skills (understanding of project management principles, experience estimating project size and scope) (preferred)
• Business skills (presentation and communication skills, ability to tailor communication to different audiences) (preferred)