Senior Architect Jobs

Things You Need to Have:

• Current with, and demonstrated conceptual understanding of, leading edge technology options Experience in building trust and creating excellent working relationships with partners and stakeholders
• Minimum of 12 years of Information Technology related experience Experience leading small teams
• Completion of a recognized degree or diploma program in an IT related discipline, or equivalent combination of education, certification and experience
• Must have own Windows based computer with standard Windows 10 applications
• Experience as an Architect with a background in retail and supply chain
• Must have a combination of strong leadership/management plus architecture experience Strong communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrated political acumen
• Must have own communication device
• Minimum 10 years experience leading technical resources on a project (technical project lead)

What you will be doing:

• Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and systems flexibility
• Provide guidance to junior members of the architecture team
• Lead a small team of technology staff to develop Proof of Concepts/Value using new technologies which can potentially benefit MBLL
• Provide architectural expertise, direction, and assistance to Solution Architects, Systems Analysts, and software development teams
• Knowledge sharing between team members
• Participate in developing business cases and cost/benefit analysis for IT spending and initiatives
• Ensure that proposed and existing systems architectures developed by Solution Architects are aligned with organizational goals and objectives
• Design the integrated system framework for the solution by identifying shared services and shared solutions to ensure strategic re-use solution, components, and services for complex highly-integrated solutions
• Design and implement long term strategic goals and short-term tactical plans for managing and maintaining corporate systems and software
• Assist in troubleshooting issues
• Provide input through collaboration with Enterprise Architects in setting MBLL technology standards and baseline technologies
• Develop complex and enterprise-wide holistic solutions architectures and design for MBLL systems
• Ensure the solution design developed by Solution Architects is meeting architectural standards, complies with policies for systems components reuse, presents a layer look and feel, security, audit, records management and archival requirements
• Act as a technical liaison and coordinator in projects or initiatives between external vendors and internal technical resources such as technical architects, developers, testers, and ITS Operations