Enterprise Architect

Stride, Inc.

1d•Remote

About The Position

SUMMARY: The Enterprise Architect provides direction, guidance and definition to create and ensure that architectures (people, process, and technology) are aligned to effectively enable the business and technology strategy. This position enables the Enterprise Architecture team to bridge the facets between business architecture (process, technology and organization models) with a specific focus on information architecture disciplines (enterprise data, meta-data, identification of enterprise data services models). Essential Functions, Duties and Responsibilities: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. Leverages expertise in broad disciplines to define future state and drive execution; Is responsible for standards, architectural and process with regards to the overall technical architecture Develops high-level business and applications architectures that depict the current and target architecture of aspects of the technical portfolio; Creates roadmaps that prescribe a stepwise path to the target architecture; Defines high level costs, benefits and schedule estimates associated to the roadmap; Interfaces across multiple business areas to coordinate deliverables, build consensus and influence outcomes; Resolves conflicting business requirements through enterprise perspective; Consults on highly complex projects requiring in-depth knowledge across multiple business areas; Shapes the design architecture based on strategic business and operating models; Directly participates in the development of principles, strategies, frameworks, and standards; Ensures compliance of principles, strategies, frameworks and standards across the enterprise; Monitors and reports on project compliance and alignment to overall strategy; Liaises with engineers and technology experts to ascertain system functional capacity, constraints and support lifecycles. Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Five (5) to ten (10) years of development, implementation, or maintenance of large-scale systems across multiple hardware and software platforms
Equivalent combination of education and experience
Expertise in process modeling, analysis and decomposition, rule definition and management, process performance analysis and measurement.
Experience driving cloud-based architectures (AWS, Azure, Google)
Exemplary oral and written communication skills including meeting facilitation and presentation
Effective collaboration skills with ability to interface with all levels of management and staff
In-depth understanding of enterprise architecture standards and the demonstrated ability to advocate and enforce their use
Critical and practical thinking - ability to balance financial, architectural, business and IT objectives
Command in all major architectural domains (application, information, technology infrastructure, integration, business)
Knowledge and understanding of prevailing development methodologies
Understanding of common application development frameworks (.NET, Java/J2EE)
Solid command of common architectures (web, client-server, real-time integration, SOA, BPM)
Integral experience with business projects in determining and driving process, technology and organizational changes/impacts
Proven problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to apply business judgment to complex problems and make decisions
Knowledge and understanding of the business implications of introducing (or displacing) solutions
Experience with driving product selection and evaluation; build vs. buy concept
Strong understanding of data/information architecture concepts and patterns
Broad-based knowledge of the IT industry and trends
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project
Ability to pass required background check

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree
AWS Certified Solution Architect or equivalent certification

Responsibilities

Leverages expertise in broad disciplines to define future state and drive execution
Is responsible for standards, architectural and process with regards to the overall technical architecture
Develops high-level business and applications architectures that depict the current and target architecture of aspects of the technical portfolio
Creates roadmaps that prescribe a stepwise path to the target architecture
Defines high level costs, benefits and schedule estimates associated to the roadmap
Interfaces across multiple business areas to coordinate deliverables, build consensus and influence outcomes
Resolves conflicting business requirements through enterprise perspective
Consults on highly complex projects requiring in-depth knowledge across multiple business areas
Shapes the design architecture based on strategic business and operating models
Directly participates in the development of principles, strategies, frameworks, and standards
Ensures compliance of principles, strategies, frameworks and standards across the enterprise
Monitors and reports on project compliance and alignment to overall strategy
Liaises with engineers and technology experts to ascertain system functional capacity, constraints and support lifecycles