Enterprise Architect Consultant

Responsibilities :

• Leads the creation and/or evolution of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) function/program, including coordination of an appropriately balanced pursuit of enterprise business, information, technical and solution architectures.
• Understands, advocates and augments the principles of IT strategies.
• Leads the identification and development of enterprise technology innovation initiatives.
• Leads the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers to derive enterprise business, information, technical and solutions architecture requirements.
• Analyzes the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommends solutions for improvement.
• Analyzes technology industry and market trends and determines potential impact on the enterprise.
• Leads and develops partnership with Business Relations team in creation of business capability roadmaps.
• Sells the architecture process, its outcome and ongoing results to the organization and its IT and business leaders.
• Leads/facilitates the creation of principles to guide technology decisions for the enterprise.
• Designs and leads the implementation plan of the EA based on business requirements and IT strategies.
• Modeling the technical landscape to analyze the alignment of business capabilities with delivered technology and IT solutions
• Analyzing the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and collaborating with Enterprise Architecture from other lines of business and development team architects to recommend solutions for improvement
• Communicating the value delivered by the Enterprise Architecture process by communicating outcomes and ongoing results
• Defining the principles that guide technology decisions for the segment
• Designs and directs the governance activities associated with ensuring compliance with EA.
• Oversees enterprise architecture implementation and modification activities.
• Oversees the evaluation and selection of hardware and software product standards and the design of standard configurations.
• Consults with application development projects to fit systems to architecture and identifies when it is necessary to modify the technical architecture to accommodate project needs.
• Consults with infrastructure development projects to fit infrastructure to architecture and identifies when it is necessary to modify the technical architecture to accommodate infrastructure needs.
• Identifies the organizational (skills, processes, structures, and culture) and financial impact of EA.
• Oversees the documentation of all architecture design and analysis work.
• Leads development and execution of a communication (including education) plan for EA.
• Assesses and communicates the achievement and impact of EA.
• Develops IT strategies.
• Drives strategic vision for technology .

Qualification :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.

Experience :

• 15 years of IT experience in at least two IT disciplines, with at least 7-10 years of experience in business analysis and/or business strategic planning.
• 5+ years of EA experience
• Strong TOGAF knowledge

Skill Set & Knowledge :

Technology Management:

• Ability to translate business needs into technical architecture requirements.
• Ability to understand the long-term (big picture) and short-term perspectives
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technology.
• Robust analytical and technical skills.
• Knowledge and experience with business and technology capability mapping
• Knowledge and experience with the capture and application of business architecture to the development of enterprise architecture.
• Knowledge of all components of a technical architecture.
• Knowledge of business re-engineering principles and processes.
• Good understanding of network architecture.
• Good understanding of service-oriented analysis and design.

Vendor Management:

• Skill and experience with information technology suppliers

Customer/Client Management:

• Strong oral and written communication skills, in order to facilitate client relationships and build consensus
• Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to business problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.

Team Management:

• Strong leadership/people management and skills
• Good planning and organizational skills.

Remote Work :

No