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Job Description

A client of Insight Global is looking for an Enterprise Architect to join their team. This candidate must be located nearshore and will be working fully remote, EST hours preferred.

The Technical Architect provides the leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design tasks required for the development of an enterprise's technical architecture. They create deliverables that help develop target-state guidance (standards, guidelines, reference implementations) for evolving the technical infrastructure across the enterprise, to enable business strategy and deliver targeted business outcomes. They facilitate and orchestrate the delivery of targeted business outcomes through technical decisions.

• Leads efforts to develop and maintain the architectural assets for the technical domain.

• Sets an architecture direction for the technical domain that is aligned with business and IT goals.

• Works with service management teams and solution architects to lower the total cost of ownership for IT capabilities.

• Represents enterprise architecture by advocating and sharing knowledge.

• Participates as a member of one or more architectural review boards (ARB) that ensure architecture quality and compliance.

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Skills and Requirements

Technical Mastery

Integration Architecture:

• Considered an expert and is heavily involved in setting the current and future state integration architectures

• Educates business and IT partners on the integration architecture

Application Architecture:

• Considered an expert and is heavily involved in setting the current and future state application architecture within area(s) of responsibility

• Educates business and IT partners on the application architecture

Technical Architecture:

• Contributes to the design, documentation, and analysis of the technical architecture within area(s) of responsibility to ensure the infrastructure runs efficiently and effectively

New Technology Innovation:

• Researches, proposes, and champions new technology innovation initiatives in the organization

• Has experience leading and continues to drive new technology innovation initiatives

Architecture Work

Modeling & Design:

• Leads the creation of models and architecture design work products within area(s) of responsibility

• Responsible for updating work products and communication when changes are required

Standard Setting:

• Leads the creation of technical standards within area(s) of responsibility

• Responsible for updating work products and communication when changes are required

Project Governance:

• Follows project governance standards, but not expected to create them

Architecture Documentation:

• Responsible for creating and updating necessary architecture documentation when solutions are developed or refined

• Contributes to improving the process followed for this work product by making it more efficient and effective

EA Functional Management:

• Will participate in hiring and onboarding activities but will not have budget responsibilities

Technology Portfolio Management:

• Expected to lead technology portfolio prioritization efforts within area(s) of responsibility

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Economics, Sociology, or another related field.

• 8+ years of IT experience required.

• 4+ years of architecture experience in multiple architectural domains such as business, information, application, integration, technology, and security.

• Ability to make decisions and recommendations on technology strategies while considering various options and business needs.

• Awareness of retail, supply chain, manufacturing, or consumer goods industries.

• TOGAF, IASA or any other architecture-related certification is required.

Functional/Technical Competencies

Engagement Skills

Influencing:

• Able to persuade leaders within area(s) of responsibility and builds new relationships autonomously

• Builds credibility for an initiative by presenting evidence and ensuring that individuals affected by decisions are included in the process at the outset

Communication:

• Describes work to a variety of audiences: peers, supervisors, and those outside the immediate group and tailors methods of communication to meet the needs of the audience

Collaboration:

• Expected to drive collaborative efforts when leading an initiative

• Understands and capitalizes on the talents of others to drive toward clearly established goals

Leadership:

• Regularly leads some portion of an initiative and occasionally leads entire initiatives in which they set goals, a strategic vision, and lead others in their work

• Builds an internal network and can identify and help promote others who they believe are likely to lead in their respective areas

Creativity:

• Engages others outside their immediate group to learn alternative approaches to solving problems and sometimes draws from those ideas to inform their own work

• Routinely studies work from other fields and looks for ideas that can be applied to improve outcomes

• Regularly adopts new methods and approaches to their current activities

Coaching & Mentoring:

• Informally coaches and mentors others on an ad-hoc basis

Adaptability:

• Approaches tasks systematically and able to adjust plans to meet changing requirements from stakeholders

Business Acumen

Business Architecture:

• Shows an interest in the practice of business architecture and will be expected to gain a modest level of experience through formal exposure and training

Service Architecture:

• Shows an interest in the practice of service architecture and will be expected to gain a modest level of experience through formal exposure and training

Information Architecture:

• Has a working knowledge of information architecture and participates in information gathering to support the practice

Strategic Thinking

Roadmapping:

• Expected to lead at least some portion of a roadmapping effort

Big Picture Thinking:

• Able to identify and communicate the implications and impacts of tactical and strategic architecture decisions on the larger enterprise

• On occasion, called upon to provide a holistic perspective on the implications of specific decisions within the enterprise

• Works with Head of Architecture to influence enterprise direction/approach

Strategic Planning:

• A valued contributor to the strategic planning process

Information Synthesis:

• Within their responsible area(s), learns what is currently known about a topic and how well it is known to develop a point of view

• Seeks out information from others and integrates that knowledge to update their points of view

Visual Thinking:

• Presents ideas visually using both existing tools and their own visualizations

• Makes presentations of these ideas to a variety of business and IT audiences to help others understand their work

Parallel Processing:

• Frequently sought out to take on multiple initiatives at the same time; able to achieve a high degree of quality and timeliness on these initiatives