Enterprise Architect - Dallas, United States - Paladin Consulting

Description

Paladin Consulting is currently hiring an Enterprise Architect to join our team working onsite at our client's office located in Dallas, TX.

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Job Title: Enterprise Architect
Work Location: Dallas, TX
Duration: Long-term contract
Education/Experience Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems (IS), or relevant Enterprise Architect Certification(s) such as TOGAF, Zachman, or LeanIX EA Practitioner.

Job Description:
Seeking an Enterprise/Solution/Infrastructure Architect. This position is not eligible for International Relocation Program benefits. Essentially this environment is a greenfield, so there is immense opportunity to implement broad enterprise architecture principles, processes, and strategies to mature the practice as an Organizational Capability. Candidate should understand the unique challenges of being a disruptive change agent and have an innate ability to develop trust with stakeholders, internal information technology teams, and leadership.

Responsibilities :

• Mature organizational enterprise architecture capability.
• Manage and facilitate an EA review board/council to evaluate project proposals for architectural fitpartner with other Solution Architects to provide a consensus-based scalable and adaptable architectural solution.
• Develop and maintain policies, standards, and guidelines to apply a consistent framework across the company.
• Develop application and infrastructure rationalization framework to reduce technical debt.
• Participate in digital strategy decisions and provide digital business model consulting within IT Teams.
• Partner with business and technology subject matter experts to elicit and translate business requirements into technological solutions.
• Partner with Information Security to ensure architecture aligns with security strategy and policies.
• Develop and maintain policies, standards, and guidelines to apply a consistent framework across the company.
• Develop application and infrastructure rationalization framework to reduce technical debtpartner with other Solution Architects to provide a consensus-based scalable and adaptable architectural solutions.
• Help to develop the long-term strategic roadmap for all IT systems architecture. Circulate technical roadmaps to align IT priorities with business partner needs. Demonstrate digital opportunities and partner with internal innovation teams. Develop and maintain policies, standards, and guidelines to apply a consistent framework across the company.
• Partners with Procurement to ensure architecture review and sign-off during RFP
• Facilitates "Application and Technology Planning review meeting with Business Partners, Delivery Managers and IT SLT
• Leads and prepares design reviews in ARB
• Ensures ARB approval of architecture vision and technology proposed for adoption
• Leads cross-functional Problem resolution on P1&P2 incidents
• Partners with Domain Architects to develop enterprise standards
• Partners with Domain Architects to build technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy
• Coordinates Cross-Project Planning and Road mapping
• Builds architecture models in Orbus
• Partners with Domain Architects on Solution Architecture that fits into Enterprise Strategy
• Provides expert level guidance to the Delivery Teams on Solution Architecture implementation
• Assigns Architecture Resources and prepare Solution Architecture Document to Projects
• Partners with Business Partners, Delivery Managers and Domain Architects to propose new technologies and tools that meets business needs
• Partners with business partners and Domain Architects building the capability charts, strategies and roadmaps in ORBUS
• Researches and provides solution guidance on new capabilities/technologies to meet business requirements
• Supports Application Administration activities for Non-SAP applications
• Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems (IS), or relevant Enterprise Architect Certification(s) such as TOGAF, Zachman, or LeanIX EA Practitioner.
• Professional IT or IS experience managing Complex systems landscapes.
• Eight years of IT architecture governance experience.
• Five years of experience building enterprise architecture models.
• Experience designing, integrating, and managing complex infrastructure solutions.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience required. Five years of job-related SAP work experience and five years of non-sap architecture experience is required.
• The ability to guide and influence decision frameworks to advance information technology products, services, and innovation.
• Strong leadership and negotiation skills with technical groups.
• A demonstrated ability to build consensus among many stakeholders.
• The ability to document, model, and visualize technology solutions.
• The ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• The ability to listen, be creative, be friendly, be professional, and be flexible.
• SAP ecosystem experience is a plus and preferred.
• A comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong project management and organization skills.
• A demonstrated ability to build consensus among many stakeholders
• Being comfortable with ambiguity and willing to take principled bets on new technology.
• Not only able to articulate the value of product configuration to the senior product line leadership but also be able to define measurable KPIs and metrics to demonstrate value over time.
• The ability to establish, implement, and enforce appropriate IT standards to meet business requirements.
• The ability to build a comprehensive understanding of and strategically connect the needs of multiple business/functional areas.
• Advanced knowledge and principles, methods and techniques used in developing Enterprise Architecture Standards and Solution Designs including SAP and non-SAP.
• Personal computer (PC), mini-computer operations, capabilities and limitations.
• The ability to interpret and follow detailed written and verbal instructions.
• Broad knowledge of SAP functional areas particularly in SD, MM, FI-CO and HR. Expertise in Non-SAP, Client Server and Cloud technologies including Servers, Software, Databases and Integrations.
• Ability to research and find solutions to the problems.
• Knowledge of latest trends and technologies.
• Able to develop architecture documentation and manage the standards and documentation up to date.
• The ability to effectively communicate with others, both written and verbal communication.
• The ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.