Leader of Enterprise Architecture

Houston, MS - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing young energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber Robinhood Netflix Airbnb Google Sephora and more! More recently we have expanded to working internationally in Canada China Ireland UK Brazil and India. Through our culture of innovation we inspire build and deliver business results from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industry-specific best practices and expertise.

We are excited to be continuously expanding our team. If you are interested in this position please send over your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

Leader of Enterprise Architecture

3-6 Month Contract-to-hire

Pay rate: $90 - 95/hr on W2

Onsite M-F in Houston (address below)

Houston TX 77079

-Need experience leading large teams

-They will supervise 12 people

-Responsible for COE which is 55 people

-Have to have some oilfield experience

POSITION SUMMARY

The Leader of Enterprise Architecture is responsible for setting the vision strategy and execution of enterprise architecture across the organization. This role ensures technology investments align with business objectives drives digital transformation and enables innovation at scale. The leader will build and mentor a high-performing architecture team foster cross-functional collaboration and serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Develop and execute the enterprise architecture strategy ensuring alignment with business goals and digital transformation initiatives.

Lead coach and develop a team of enterprise and solution architects; foster a culture of inclusion innovation and continuous improvement.

Partner with business and IT leaders to define technology roadmaps standards and governance processes.

Engage with the Security and Risk organization to develop secure architecture patterns and practices and to review existing solutions for compliance and remediation

Oversee the design and implementation of scalable secure and cost-effective technology solutions.

Drive adoption of cloud data and emerging technologies to enable business agility and operational excellence.

Ensure compliance with internal policies industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Represent the organization in executive forums industry events and with external partners as needed.

Present to large groups and/or non-technical executive and business leaders on IT and architecture concepts

TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Own and evolve the enterprise architecture framework (e.g. TOGAF Zachman or similar) and ensure its adoption across the organization.

Architect and govern hybrid and multi-cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP) including cloud migration cloud-native design and cost optimization.

Lead the design and integration of enterprise data platforms including data lakes data warehouses and advanced analytics/AI/ML capabilities.

Oversee the implementation of cybersecurity architecture including zero trust identity and access management (IAM) and regulatory compliance (e.g. NIST ISO 27001).

Guide the modernization of legacy systems application rationalization and the adoption of microservices APIs and event-driven architectures.

Champion DevSecOps CI/CD infrastructure-as-code and automation best practices.

Establish and enforce architecture standards for interoperability scalability performance and disaster recovery.

Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies (e.g. GenAI IoT edge computing blockchain) for business impact and innovation.

Lead architectural governance boards and ensure solution alignment with enterprise standards.

Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies

Strong understanding of service-oriented architecture object-oriented analysis and design and legacy n-tier client/server systems

Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills with an ability to communicate complex information to multiple levels of the organization including executives

PERFORMANCE METRICS

Strategy Alignment: % of technology initiatives and projects aligned to the enterprise architecture roadmap and business strategy.

Cloud & Modernization: % of workloads migrated to cloud or modernized platforms; reduction in legacy technical debt.

Cost Optimization: Year-over-year reduction in IT infrastructure and application costs attributable to architectural decisions.

Security & Compliance: Number of critical security incidents; % of systems compliant with regulatory and internal standards.

Innovation Adoption: Number of successful pilots or scaled deployments of emerging technologies (AI/ML IoT etc.).

Stakeholder Satisfaction: Stakeholder (business and IT) satisfaction scores with architecture services and engagement.

Team Development: Retention rate of architecture team; % of team with advanced certifications; internal promotions.

Governance Effectiveness: % of projects reviewed and approved by architecture governance boards; reduction in solution exceptions.

Operational Resilience: % improvement in system uptime disaster recovery readiness and incident response times.

Business Impact: Quantifiable business outcomes (e.g. revenue growth operational efficiency risk reduction) directly enabled by architecture initiatives.

IDEAL EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or related field; Masters degree preferred.

15 years of progressive experience in IT with at least 5 years in enterprise architecture leadership roles.

Demonstrated success leading large-scale cross-functional technology initiatives in a complex global organization.

Experience building and managing high-performing teams.

Deep expertise in architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF Zachman).

Advanced knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) cloud security and cloud economics.

Strong background in data architecture analytics and AI/ML enablement.

Experience with cybersecurity architecture regulatory compliance and risk management.

Proficiency in application modernization microservices APIs and integration patterns.

Familiarity with DevSecOps CI/CD and infrastructure automation tools (e.g. Terraform Ansible Jenkins).

Understanding of ITIL ITSM and service management best practices.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in the energy sector or other asset-intensive industries.

Advanced certifications (e.g. TOGAF AWS/Azure/GCP Architect CISSP CISM PMP).

Experience with M&A digital transformation or operational excellence programs.

Experience with SAP Oracle or other major enterprise platforms.

Experience in upstream oil and gas exploration and production especially the unique application portfolio that supports this business.

Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes.

Experience delivering solutions in at least three common coding languages (.Net Java Pearl Python JavaScript R SQL etc.).

Agile experience (especially SAFE Agile) and organizational transformation from waterfall to Agile.

Experience dealing with the unique architecture challenges of a global enterprise with a diverse and widely distributed organization.

Experience administering and sanctioning AWS and AZURE cloud offerings to be used by other development teams.

Working knowledge of SAP and/or other large enterprise ERP systems.

An understanding of the concepts involved in zero trust network architectures and computing environments

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