Senior Enterprise Technical Architect

Job Purpose and Impact
This role is part of the Global Enterprise Architecture team and is accountable for delivering a technology strategy for one or more Lines of Business (LOB) or Technology Domains (TD) that aligns with the overall Enterprise Architecture (EA) Technology Strategy. This role ensures that the solutions delivered by the delivery teams are in sync with the tailored technology strategies developed by Enterprise Architecture. This role will create a view of the current state technology landscape, identify and address technology gaps by proposing new technologies, and develop a target state technology landscape that aligns with the strategic goals of the LOB or TD.
Key Accountabilities

• Collaborates with Digital Technology & Data (DT&D) leadership in the design and development of the strategic direction and vision for DT&D and Architecture.
• Develops and maintains the DT&D enterprise architecture in alignment with the overall DT&D vision, supporting the strategic needs of the business.
• Creates and implements a high-level roadmap to guide and shape the delivery of new DT&D assets and migration of existing assets towards the enterprise application architecture.
• Develops and establishes standards and polices for assets and collaborates with business and teams to inventory and classify existing DT&D assets.
• Collaborates across LOB's and TDs to identify opportunities to leverage common solutions and extend the adoption of standards.
• Facilitates the communication of architecture best practices throughout the architecture community and the DT&D organization by participating in leadership forums and architecture councils.
• Uses technology knowledge to anticipate and understand the implications of the latest technologies to communicate and evangelize them to appropriate audiences and to integrate these technologies appropriately into products and programs.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• At least 8-10 years of experience in enterprise architecture, with a focus on leading large-scale IT projects and initiatives.
• Expertise in IT infrastructure, software development, and architecture modeling tools and languages and experience in creating and maintaining reference architectures and technology standards.
• Ability to analyze industry trends, business opportunities, and articulate long-term visions and objectives.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive technology assessments and drive application portfolio rationalization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in information and communications technology
• Has broad knowledge of all major infrastructure platforms, including Cloud, Data Centers, Server, Storage, Networks.
• Experience with various hosting methods such as cloud vs. local, disaster recovery / business continuity etc.