Sr. System Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Conceptual-to-Technical Bridge: Act as the primary translator between Enterprise Architecture strategy and engineering delivery. Define detailed specifications for microservices, integration patterns, and cloud-native architectures.
• Modernization Leadership: Lead the technical design for replacing legacy Rail Transportation systems (Mainframe/TPF) with modern Java and Spring-based microservices using event-driven architecture (EDA).
• API & Integration Strategy: Design and govern robust API contracts and integration patterns that facilitate seamless communication across heterogeneous systems and multi-domain business environments.
• Engineering Oversight: Maintain a broad understanding of the full engineering lifecycle. Partner with development teams to ensure architectural integrity during implementation, focusing on reusability, scalability, and performance.
• Framework Implementation: Apply industry-standard frameworks, including TOGAF, BizBok, and DAMA (DMBok), to ensure that application designs are grounded in enterprise-wide data and business standards.
• Agile Governance: Practice and provide architectural leadership within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment, ensuring technical designs support rapid, iterative delivery and continuous integration.
  
  

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned): 

• Demonstrated knowledge of EA Frameworks, Methodologies, and Bodies of Knowledge – TOGAF, Business Architecture Guild (BizBok) and DAMA (DMBok) a plus.
• Well-grounded in state-of-the-art principles of architectural modeling, event-driven architecture, enterprise information management, and software design and development.
• Demonstrated experience in the design and implementation of large-scale Rail Transportation system modernization in an enterprise setting.
• Broad IT experience in technologies ranging from IBM Mainframe & TPF to Java and Spring-based microservices in event-driven system architectures.
• Demonstrated success at delivering solutions that solve multi-domain business problems.

 Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree, specialized training, or equivalent work experience.
• Requires fifteen+ years of experience in multiple IT areas and ten+ years of relevant technology architecture experience.
• Experience defining and implementing solutions for rail transportation companies is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• 5 years+ knowledge of and practicing experience with SAFe.