Enterprise Architect Job in Hartford, Connecticut US
Enterprise Architect
Genesis 10 is actively seeking an Enterprise Architect for a six month contract position with an insurance company located in Hartford, CT.
Summary:
- The Enterprise Architect (EA) has a set of responsibilities that is both broad in scope and strategic in focus. In this innovative and influential leadership position the EA will report directly to the Enterprise Chief Applications Architect while also partnering closely Program/Project Managers, Solution Architects and other peers from the major lines of business (LOB's) across the enterprise along with the Infrastructure Architecture organization.
- The EA may also be responsible for a team of up to 20 Lead Enterprise Architects or Lead Software Architects
- The EA be responsible for implementing, socializing, and ensuring alignment to the Client's' enterprise application technology vision/strategy and ensure compliance with corporate business strategy.
- This individual should be an innovator and have the ability to abstract complex concepts, requirements, and realities of an operating environment that may span multiple domains of expertise.
- He/She will be an application technology expert with a broad knowledge base as well as a business leader who can deliver, execute and work easily with a variety of constituents.
- This is an enterprise-wide role where the EA will need to develop a strong understanding of the needs of various lines of business as well as the Client's' infrastructure organizations which provide the physical environment for all of the Company's systems; work inter and intra organizational skills are a must.
- This individual will facilitate order and purpose to the organization's use of application architecture technology and help attain capabilites that move the enterprise towards its goals.
- The EA will drive the implementation of transition plans, frameworks, reference architectures that lead the way to the future, detailing the steps required in various areas to minimize risk and maximize capabilities and efficiency.
- The EA responsibilities include the creation of the solution architectures for enterprise capabilities and the shepherding them through the various architecture governance processes to ensure they are aligned with the strategic direction, utilizes approved technology standards, and follows the appropriate guiding principles.
- In the creation of the solution architectures, the team will need to collaborate with the Infrastructure Architecture team to take into account feasibility, funding, and competencies.
- The EA will have responsibilities that include leading program/project teams and influencing on-going and incoming work requests as well as technology standards and policies. Within the architecture responsibilities, this role covers various technical and functional spaces, including: Service Oriented Architecture, portal, search, data integration and consumption by applications, collaboration, enterprise content management, and mobile applications, infrastructure, and security.
- The EA will also be responsible for working with senior IT leaders to establish goals, conduct interim and end of year reviews and other resource related activities.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Contribute expertise and help communicate enterprise application technology vision and strategy for architecture and application, software platforms, and shared solutions;
- Collaborate with management, staff and clients on technology strategy, enterprise architecture and critical investments in strategic technology;
- Research, analyze, determine capabilities and propose technology solution alternatives that address specific business needs and product/service strategies across Lines of Businesses;
- Serve as an industry architecture technology expert, providing application strategy oversight and planning for enterprise architecture technology functions;
- Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of application delivery methods and familiarity with how portfolios of systems work together to create enterprise solutions;
- Ability to establish and maintain a high level of trust, confidence and intellectual integrity with both Business and IT partners;
- Oversee the implementation and application of the reference architectures at the program/project level and support the enterprise strategic initiatives along with the LOB initiatives.
- Work with each LOB to ensure the successful adoption and use of enterprise application technologies, reference architectures, frameworks, patterns, standards. This also includes conformance to the strategies, reference architectures, and guiding principles.
Influence and shape outlook and attitudes to facilitate change from a tactical to a strategic oriented enterprise. - Participate and represent Client's Enterprise Architecture at external forums and conferences.
- Manage teams activities, priorities, and work schedules.
- Professional Experience/Education
- Successful record as Senior Leader with experience in application and architecture discipline in a large matrixed enterprise, preferably with global/virtual team experience;
- Proven track record of translating organizational strategy into actionable technology solutions that drive operational excellence while enabling synergistic growth and organizational scale;
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Technology is preferred or other degree with significant related IT and leadership experience;
- Experience and knowledgeable on the use of Enterprise Architecture Management Suites and associated technologies.
- Expertise in Enterprise Architecture frameworks is required - TOGAF Certification preferred
Other:
- Strategy Planning – Participate as a Member of the Senior Architecture team in governance processes of the organization's architecture and applications;
- Collaboration Influence – Guidance that spans the enterprise and partnerships reaching beyond its walls; ability to operate effectively in matrixed organization;
- Critical Thinking - Socialize and abstract complex systems and solutions, from information provided; coordinate activities to extract needed details and depict and communicate according to architectural principles, models, and terminology.
- Time Management Organization - Must be able to prioritize work, time, and schedule as demand fluxuates; communicate and set expectations accordingly.
- Team Leadership – Must be able to lead program/project teams in a cross-domain, enterprise wide organization; actively anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions;
- Building and Leveraging Relationships – Readily connects with others an proactively solicit their views before making key decisions; builds effective support to move the agenda forward and rapidly gains the respect and trust oft team members and colleagues;
- Driving Results – Demonstrated ability to translate an organization's mission into an overall IT Application Strategy focused on meeting customer needs as the basis for actionable, measurable plans
- Resource Management - Conduct interim and end of year reviews. Conduct salary, merit, bonus compensation or other related reviews. Manage, prioritize, and coordinate team work assignments.
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!