ServiceNow Sr Architect

Innovation starts from the heart. At Edwards Lifesciences were dedicated to developing ground-breaking technologies with a genuine impact on patients lives. At the core of this commitment is our investment in cutting-edge information technology. This supports our innovation and collaboration on a global scale enabling our diverse teams to optimize both efficiency and success. As part of our IT team your expertise and commitment will help facilitate our patient-focused mission by developing and enhancing technological solutions.

The Architect establishes and maintains enterprise and/or domain-level architecture through planning design execution and operation. This includes developing and implementing the standards and practices necessary to realize and sustain the application technology stack in alignment with architectural plans. The Architect also provides expert consultation to inform both strategic and tactical technology decisionscovering areas such as web and app servers performance tuning backup/recovery and high availability of application clusters. The overarching goal is to cultivate a scalable extensible interoperable and adaptable IT ecosystem that aligns with the organizations strategic goals and objectives.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Architect to lead our ServiceNow and Moveworks platform. This role will provide technical leadership own and enforce technical governance to ensure adherence to best practices technically lead with a global team engage with stakeholders and oversee plaftorm management to ensure the successful delivery and continuous improvement of our ServiceNow and Moveworks solutions.

How youll make an impact:

Provide ServiceNow expert knowledge in Platform Strategy & Architecture Governance Framework & Policy Enforcement Solution Design & Quality Assurance Stakeholder Collaboration & Enablement Platform Performance Security & Risk Management
Translate business requirements into system qualities that lead to repeatable and executable design strategies and patterns for tactical projects / initiatives in collaboration with project teams
Identify and define the opportunities for integration selecting the tools specifying the shared data & code resources defining the interfaces and data-flows and monitoring the success of the integration for tactical projects / initiatives
Develop institute and maintain the IT design methodology development process methodology technology standards and best practices.
Provide oversight to ensure compliance with architectural standards and practices through all aspects of planning execution and operation.
Lead the evaluation of new technology targeted for possible integration into the existing IT environment.
Develop institute and maintain the design and metadata repository for integrating all aspects of established architectural models.
Survey external emerging developments and evangelize new technologies standards and methodologies.
Provide expert guidance on tactical projects/initiatives
Provide training coaching and knowledge transfer to team members on more complex tasks
General and administrative tasks

What youll need (required):
Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Natural Sciences & Mathematics or a related discipline

10 years of experience in IT Required

Preferred 5 years of experience demonstrably solid performance in an architect role working with cross-functional teams (within IT and/or within the business) on enterprise-level or complex/novel system implementations

What else we look for:

Proficient in English
ServiceNow certifications (ServiceNow Architect ServiceNow Application Developer Implementation Specialist)

Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives and communicate to various levels of audience or to explain complex or technical matters in a manner suitable for non-technical audiences
Recognized as an expert in own area within the organization
Expert knowledge in analysis design development QA/QC etc.
Broad and deep technical knowledge expertise in multiple aspects including hardware software applications and systems engineering and QA/testing
Expert in developing detailed architecture models design executable plans and documentation
Knowledge of best practices related to IT governance operations and administration
Strict attention to detail
Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g. pandemic protocols Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

The base pay range for this position is $ 125000- $ 177000 (highly experienced). The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g. qualifications education prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.