IT Solution Architect
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Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid
Legal Entity:Entergy Services LLC
*** This is a hybrid position and can be located in Little Rock AR or The Woodlands TX. Relocation assistance and sponsorship is not provided. The official title will be Solution Architect or Solution Architect Sr depending on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate. ***
POSITION PURPOSE:
Under the PGEN/SPO department this position will be responsible for leading the innovative development of business solutions which will enable the business to meet its operational and financial objectives. The role together with support from Entergys IT Business Analyst (BA) is responsible for creating a fully integrated effective business solution. The role is an active thought leader and application visionary who shapes the technology demand among for Power Generation and System Planning and Operations business units. The role requires an in-depth understanding of current and available IT technologies the business units operations its operating model capability needs and business challenges. The team member will be primarily responsible for the solution architecture design and delivery of Entergys Power Generation and System Planning and Operations portfolio including but not limited to the architecture and design of systems associated with Real Time System Monitoring Environmental Systems Work Planning Asset Management Safety and Data Analysis. This position will report directly to the Manager IT Service Deliver for Power Generation and SPO.
Primary Duties & Areas of Responsibility:
- Serve as the primary technical SME for their assigned area(s)/domain(s) including:
- Serve as a technical expert/consultant to business stakeholders Program Managers BAs peer SAs and vendors with an emphasis on OSISoft products.
- Support technology and/or application road mapping based on business strategies capabilities and requirements
- Support Lifecycle road mapping for standard Entergy technology and applications
- Identify and Adopt Industry and domain best practices
- Support Point of Views and Proof of Concepts
- Provide Tier III technical support as needed
- Provide application integration expertise
- Provide technical support to Operations incident investigations as needed
- Serve as Entergys technical lead on assigned projects including:
- Support annual project portfolio planning
- Perform IT estimation during the Business Case phase
- Conduct Complexity Assessment to determine proper level of Solution Development Lifecycle (SDLC) rigor
- Support the solution sourcing and selection process (e.g. Requests for Proposals and Statements of Work processes)
- Enforce adherence to EA standards and recommend enhancements
- Provide technical oversight to vendor services and solutions delivery
- Create Solution Design (i.e. Conceptual Logical and Physical)
- Maintain Requirements Traceability Matrix as established by the BA
- Support all project execution phases (i.e. Initiation Definition Design Construction Test and Deployment) in accordance with established SDLC methodologies
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum education required of the position.
Bachelors degree in Technical field or Comparable IT Experience
Minimum experience required of the position
- Solution Architect Level: 4 years of progressive experience in solution architecture data engineering software engineering or data science roles.
- Sr Solution Architect Level: 8 years of progressive experience in solution architecture including meeting all Solution Architect skills
- Experience in the following:
- 4 years of IT Project Support and Development
- 4 years of IT Operations (desired)
- 4 years of IT Planning and Road Mapping
- 4 years of Managing direct indirect and outsourced resources (desired)
- 4 years of IT Solution Development
- 4 years of IT Infrastructure Support / Design / Architect
Minimum knowledge skills and abilities required of the position
- Software Development Life Cycle
- DevOPS (desired)
- Agile Software Development Methods (desired)
- Software Testing Tools
- Application Management (ITIL ServiceNow)
- Project Cost Estimation
- Operations Support
- Solution Design
- Project Management Processes and Principles
- IT Strategy
- Technology Roadmapping
- Understanding of Business Processes. Power Generations / System Operations Planning (desired)
- Requirements Analysis
- Solution Architecture
- ITIL Processes
Competencies:
- Adapting to Change
- Developing Relationships
- Creative Thinking
- Following Rules and Procedures
- Negotiating / Building Consensus
- Forward Thinking
- Verbal and Written Communications
- Report Writing
- Decision Manking
- Problem Solving
Certifications Licenses etc. required for the position
- PMP (desired not required)
- CBAP (desired not required)
- Business Process Modeling (Training)
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Primary Location: Arkansas-Little RockArkansas : Little Rock
Texas : The Woodlands
Job Function: Information Technology
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 119620
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%
An Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEI page or see statements below.
EEO Statement:The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race color religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
Accessibility:Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant employee or third party on his or her you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please clickhereand provide your name contact number the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.
Additional Responsibilities:As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.
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WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.
Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.
Employment Type
Full-Time
