Cloud/Big Data Enterprise Architect

Cloud/Big Data Enterprise Architect

Direct Hire Perm

Atlanta, GA - hybrid

Salary + Bonus + Pension + 401K match

Keys to Role

• We need someone who's a fantastic communicator and can connect easily with everyone, from tech teams to top executives. Being able to explain complex ideas clearly and influence decisions is key.
• Strong leadership and strategic thinking are essential. This person will be guiding technical decisions and helping us achieve our business goals.
• They should be comfortable tackling complex problems and designing solutions that can scale.
• A solid grasp of enterprise architecture frameworks and best practices is essential.
• Experience with cloud tech, big data, and machine learning would be a great bonus.
• Gas or utility experience a huge bonus

Job Summary

The Cloud/Big Data Enterprise Architect proactively and holistically helps and guides Technology Solutions and affiliate leaders, directors and managers, business process owners, and solution delivery teams in the formulation, implementation, and continuous improvement of the overall Technology Organization strategies that best deliver the required business outcomes and capabilities that enable client to meet the performance expectations of its stakeholders.

This position develops and maintains high-level designs for overall logical and technical IT architecture. Employees in this role provide leadership, strategic decision-making, and guidance within technical disciplines, solving unique and complex problems. Individuals facilitate and orchestrate the delivery of targeted business outcomes through technical decisions. Leaders in this job serve as top-level experts and visionaries in the development of roadmaps, strategy, and design for assigned technology areas.

Major Job Responsibilities

• Works with business partners to analyze strategy and trends to define the requirements, principles, and models that guide technology decisions
• Communicates and enforces technology standards with business partners
• Understands industry trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies
• Drives digital innovation and develops roadmaps through new technologies and approaches to fulfill strategic business plans
• Defines high-level migration plans to address gaps in current state architecture
• Coaches, mentors, and leads technical subject matters experts to enable and drive consistency across technology architectures
• Consults with project solution architects to ensure projects are leveraging best and most appropriate supported and preferred architecture patterns
• Designs and owns governance, assurance, and standards activities for the overall enterprise technology architecture and its compliance
• Reviews and helps govern the viability of individual project technical designs based on their compliance with published corporate IT architecture standards
• Oversees and facilitates the evaluation, risk assessment, selection, and design of hardware and software technology and product standards
• Delivers technology architecture artifacts, possibly including reference architectures or concepts of operation

Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor s degree in MIS, Computer Science or a related field
• Minimum 10+ years experience in architecture

Experience and Knowledge

• Proven experience (10+ years) working as an Enterprise Architect or in a similar role, designing and implementing enterprise architecture plans for large-scale organizations.
• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap that align with business objectives and support the organization's mission.
• Define and enforce architecture standards, principles, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and flexibility across all IT systems and applications.
• Effective leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business analysis.
• Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders.
• Comfortable, experienced, and accomplished at working with business executives, and able to push back in a professional and diplomatic way.
• Strong understanding and experience implementing enterprise architecture frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.
• Knowledge of cloud-based data and processing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), big data analytics tools, and machine learning concepts.
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data challenges and design innovative and scalable solutions.
• Proficiency in enterprise architecture tools, modeling languages, and documentation standards.
• Coach and mentor other architects, application owners/managers and business stakeholders to instill architectural thinking.
• Experience with Utility related business processes, industry applications, and supporting technologies.
• A deep, comprehensive knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle and development principles
• Interest in and passion for learning and working in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and conflicting priorities
• Ability to work with business partners and peers of varying levels of technical proficiency
• Advanced understanding various technical principles, theories and concepts
• Broad understanding of a wide range of technical areas
• Excellent communication skillsincluding the ability to translate complex or technical ideas into non-technical language

Synergis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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