Enterprise Technology Architect Senior
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield · Little Rock, AR · 2 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
Enterprise Technology Architect Senior develops and advances enterprise architecture strategies, standards, roadmaps, and governance processes that support secure, scalable, and sustainable technology solutions aligned with business objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business, Computer Engineering, or related field. In lieu of a degree, five (5) years of related experience may be considered.
- Master's degree in a related field preferred.
- Five (5) years of experience in an IT architecture role required.
- Experience developing enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, principles, roadmaps, and reference architectures.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise technology solutions.
- Experience leading technology initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Experience collaborating with business and technology leaders to align technology strategies with business objectives.
- Experience evaluating, selecting, and implementing technology solutions.
- Experience with Enterprise Security Architecture and cybersecurity frameworks preferred.
- Experience with IT Service Management (ITIL) processes and service lifecycle management preferred.
- Experience with Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning preferred.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and application lifecycle management preferred.
- Healthcare industry experience preferred.
- Experience with automation platforms, cloud technologies, APIs, containerization, microservices, and service-oriented architectures preferred.
Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), or other relevant professional certifications preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with business and technology leaders to align technology investments and solutions with organizational goals.
- Collaborates with business leaders, project teams, technology teams, vendors, and industry partners to define and deliver effective technology solutions.
- Communicates architectural strategies, standards, decisions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders and facilitates consensus on technology direction.
- Creates and maintains reference architectures, design patterns, and architectural guidelines across assigned technology domains.
- Designs, implements, and maintains enterprise security architectures that support business, operational, and regulatory requirements.
- Develops, maintains, and communicates enterprise architecture strategies, principles, standards, and technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
- Develops and maintains enterprise technology standards, policies, and best practices that promote scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Drives innovation, promotes enterprise architecture best practices, reduces technical debt, and fosters continuous improvement across the organization.
- Establishes and supports architecture governance processes, technology reviews, and enterprise architecture boards.
- Evaluates emerging technologies, security controls, and architectural solutions and recommend adoption strategies that provide business value.
- Identifies, assesses, and mitigates architectural risks related to security, privacy, compliance, and operational resiliency.
- Integrates security, resiliency, and compliance principles into infrastructure, platform, application, and enterprise technology solutions.
- Leads proof-of-concept efforts, technology assessments, and solution evaluations to support strategic decision making.
- Performs high-level capacity planning and support business continuity and disaster recovery initiatives for critical systems and services.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Skills
- Consulting
- Continuous Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Customer-Focused
- Decision Making
- Influential Leadership
- Presentations
- Problem Solving
- Project Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Thinking
- Systems Analysis
- Team Development
- Technical Document Preparation
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language.
- Ability to balance business objectives, risk, cost, and technical requirements when designing solutions.
Employment Type
Regular
ADA Requirements
General Office Worker, Sedentary, Campus Travel - Someone who normally works in an office setting or remotely and routinely travels for work within walking distance of location of primary work assignment.