Senior Enterprise Architect

 

Description:

This position is responsible for providing architectural leadership along with designing enterprise applications and public cloud architectures, primarily Amazon Web Services (AWS) solutions and assisting in the implementation of these solutions within Client’s Technology Organization.

This resource will be part of the Enterprise Architecture team with the Strategy & Architecture Capability of the Technology Organization, working across the organization & determining the needs of a range of business units and processes. The role requires strong communication and analytical skills to ensure Client has the right tools to be successful.

This position encompasses the following responsibilities directly or through others:

 

Lead the development and enhancement of reference architecture patterns that make up the Enterprise Architecture and guiding principles for all Client cloud designs and implementations.

Align Enterprise Architecture patterns to domain and/or program business strategy.

Collaborate with Solution Architects, Technical Leads and Technical Staff to ensure that system designs, solutions and processes align to and support the Enterprise Architecture.

Shape the Enterprise Architecture roadmap through the application of technology, domain/program, industry and organizational capability expertise.

Drive implementation of large-scale enterprise programs ensuring alignment between Enterprise Architecture and program objectives.

Manage the architecture of large domains ensuring Enterprise Architecture alignment for all programs, projects and initiatives that impact the cloud domain.

 

Enterprise Architect Team Responsibilities:

 

Participate in the Architecture Review Board (ARB) including:

Participate in discussion and approval of all projects, procedures, and policies presented to the ARB.

Approve of cloud-focused project designs that can be approved outside the ARB.

Validate and prepare cloud-focused projects, designs, procedures, or processes prior to them being presented to the ARB.

Participate in Enterprise Solution Review Board

Ensure that proposed solutions align with Enterprise Architecture Strategies

Speak to the collaborative design of the solution and key decisions made for the design.

Work with various Client Technology Capabilities to produce and plan the Enterprise Architecture Strategies & Guidelines for areas including, but not limited to:

Application Development (Cloud and On-premises Applications)

Customer off the shelf application implementation and upgrades

Design systems in server-less computing models, microservices & Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)

Design application data models and perform reviews of Solution Architecture artifacts

Provide highly scalable, distributed, high performing, highly available, disaster recovery supported and robust architecture for applications of various languages like Java, .Net, JavaScript, Python etc.

Cloud DevOps

Containerization Platforms (Includes OpenShift on AWS, Azure & IBM Cloud etc.)

Cloud Network Components (VPC, Subnets, Transit Gateway, Firewalls etc.)

Cloud Storage Components (Relational, Non-Relational & Object Storage)

Cloud Security Components (Security Policy Enforcements, IAM, Identity Federation etc.)

Cloud Infrastructure Automation (Cloud Formation, Terraform etc.)

Cloud based solution estimation.

Create and/or validate the cloud-based elements of a design for projects a fellow Enterprise Architect is the primary architect on.

Participate in vendor and product selection process on cloud focused and non-cloud focused initiatives.

Participate in the Technology Strategy team Product Roadmap Initiative by providing...please see attachment for more.