Architect, Software

Waste Management, Inc.•Houston, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Waste Management (WM), a Fortune 250 company, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence, professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential, commercial, industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects. To enable our business to expand our lead in a market increasingly enhanced by technology, Waste Management is undertaking a substantial technology transformation. We are seeking talented Information Technology professionals to join the Waste Management team who are motivated to help us transform the way we design, build and use technology. With your skills and experience, we look for you to combine your technical expertise with industry best practices in an effort to align information technology solutions with Waste Management business strategy. I. Job Summary Under limited supervision, designs, develops and communicates specific strategic plans and designs for information technology needs through new and existing applications, systems architecture, and applications infrastructure. Assumes responsibility for combining technical expertise with best practices, and standard solutions in an effort to align information technology solutions with business strategy. Presents and communicates to all levels of the organization (technical and non-technical) and oversees development from a technical perspective.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (accredited) in Computer Science, MIS, or similar area of study, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 4 years of relevant work experience.
Eight years of relevant work experience (in addition to education requirement).
Present, communicate and articulate effectively to all levels of the organization (including technical and non-technical audiences, Senior Leadership, VPs and C-level executives.
Architecting and designing frameworks.
Development methodology.
Completing design artifacts using UML.
Project management and organizational skills.
Vendor interactions skills; provide input to contract negotiations.
Ability to resolve interpersonal and technical conflicts.
Knowledge and understanding of prototyping and methods of implementation.
Ability to provide input to business processes and translate them into technical requirements.

Responsibilities

Effectively applies and designs technology solutions to solve business problems.
Able to set a technical direction; achieving a strategic vision through tactical implementations.
Leads technology and product assessments and proposes appropriate technologies.
Recommends the techniques/technologies that should be applied at the application level. Performs fit analysis for matching the right tool and pattern to the purpose.
Identifies and designs reusable approaches to apply across the enterprise and business partner relationships.
Presents and evangelizes technical processes effectively to all levels of the organization (including technical and non-technical audiences, Senior Leadership, VPs and C-level executives).
Coordinates with users and/or business analysts to determine requirements.
Participates in application/project design and review sessions.
Ensures that the application design complies with the enterprise's standards for technical, information and application architecture.
Resolves implications and conflicts between the ideal application architecture and constraints imposed by other forces (e.g., availability, security, financial, accessibility, etc.).
Leads capacity planning and capacity management activities.
Provides recommendations on architectural approach and high-level design for projects.
Researches emerging trends and technologies to stay current within the field.