Company :

enGen

Job Description :

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for providing senior architectural leadership, direction, and governance for members of the Solutions Architecture team. The scope of Solutions Architecture includes: leading and supporting enterprise architecture activities that guide the development and management of a portfolio of complex solutions. Solutions can include projects, systems (including applications, technologies, processes and information), and shared services (including infrastructure, application, components and others as necessary). This job provides technical and thought leadership that takes into account the importance of business goals, capabilities, business services and processes to make recommendations for solutions of enterprise scope and complexity within a domain. This job provides the necessary leadership, analysis and design tasks to support the development of technology solutions that meet business needs and align with technology and architecture governance and standards to enable and drive targeted business outcomes.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Builds trusted advisor relationships with other areas of the business, including senior leadership and other planning teams. Organizes and plans the technical dependencies across a portfolio of work within a primary domain. Provides technical consultant expertise to turn anticipated business change into a solution; often contributes on strategic initiatives that have a high degree of complexity. Works closely with the product owners and product managers to ensure a robust architectural runway and roadmap that can support future business requirements throughout the product lifecycle within a primary domain

• Documents changes required to achieve business outcomes that consistently follow approved modeling standards. Ensures project-level designs adhere to approved technology standards. Collaborates with Platform Architecture, Solutions Architecture & Business Architecture staff to ensure technical specifications align with solution design and enterprise architecture. Drives solutions for complex projects across multiple domain areas

• Communicates architectural changes to core project teams and relevant service owners via meeting facilitation/presentations. Drives developing a Reference Architecture, which includes technology standards, patterns, and decision frameworks. Drives establishing and governing Solutions Architecture best practices

• Facilitates proof of concepts and solution prototypes working with other Solutions Architects and Application Development teams related to project intakes. Evaluates and validates technologies, and conducts research to mitigate development risks early in the development process

• Mentors other Architects on methods, communication techniques, and business acumen.

• Other duties as assigned or requested

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 5 years of experience in technical expertise in both mainframe and/or open systems environments (system software, application software, databases, etc.)

• 5 years of experience in enterprise environment including experience as a technology lead with technical decision making responsibilities and application development or infrastructure services experience

• 5 years of experience in the healthcare industry

• 5 years of experience in IT solutions delivery

• 5 years of experience in providing consultative solutions architecture and support services of enterprise scope and depth

• 1 year of experience in using modeling languages

• 1 year as a Solutions Architect

Preferred

• None

SKILLS

• In depth knowledge of architectural models and disciplines

• Deep understanding of industry patterns for application architecture and integration

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

• Broad IT platform and application expertise

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong coaching and leadership experience

• Strong understanding of architectural disciplines and industry standards, The Open Group Framework Architecture (TOGAF), Lean, Six Sigma, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) concepts, constructs and terminology, CMMI Level 3

• Strong ability to engage senior business and IT leadership to understand the goals of the organization.

• Clearly communicate business strategies and articulate dependencies and requirements to business leaders

• Experience utilizing a modeling language (e.g., ArchiMate, UML)

• Experience utilizing a modeling tool (e.g., BizzDesign, Planview CTM, Sparx, LeanIX)

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics or related field

Preferred

• None

Substitution

• 6 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a Bachelor's Degree

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

Required

• None

Preferred

• SAFe Architect

• ArchiMate

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Language (Other than English):

None

Travel Requirement:

0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS

Position Type

Office- or Remote-based

Teaches / trains others

Occasionally

Travel from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site

Rarely

Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)

Never

Physical work site required

No

Lifting: up to 10 pounds

Constantly

Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds

Occasionally

Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds

Rarely

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Pay Range Minimum:

$78,900.00

Pay Range Maximum:

$146,000.00

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