Principal Enterprise Architect
The Principal Enterprise Architect will play a pivotal role in overseeing the integration of emerging platforms and business solutions in the context of the DX Businesses within the BlueDolphin repository. This position requires offering architectural guidance, leading a team of architects, and ensuring the quality and integrity of architecture practices. The Principal Enterprise Architect will collaborate with various teams to develop scenarios and features that meet enterprise requirements, document and communicate architecture practices, and facilitate architectural decision-making processes.
The Principal Enterprise Architect will drive strategic integration, guide architectural decisions, and ensure alignment of Technology Practices with organizational goals across the DX Businesses.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Oversee the integration of emerging platforms and business solutions in the BlueDolphin repository.
- Offer architectural guidance and reviews for strategic implementations.
- Collaborate with Disney teams to develop scenarios and features that address the DX enterprise requirements.
- Lead a team of architects in delivering Architecture Practices offerings.
- Document, communicate, and train on DX architecture practices.
- Facilitate the architectural decision process by partnering and communicating with practice leaders (Manager, Sr. Manager, Director) and practice SMEs (Enterprise Architect, DAE Solution Architects, key practitioners).
- Ensure the BlueDolphin metadata and the interpretation of metadata and convention model, including Taxonomy relationships, align with the organizational strategy and goals.
- Responsible for the Architecture Review Board process flow.
- Responsible for the Technology Practices process, including the definitions of architecture and technology goals, patterns, and standards.
- The primary communication and training vehicle for DX Notice of Decisions, Standards and Practices.
Preferred Qualifications
10+ years of relevant experience defining and implementing architecturesExtensive experience in enterprise architecture, particularly in overseeing the integration of emerging platforms and business solutionsProven track record in leading teams of architectsExperience in collaborating with various teams to develop scenarios and features that meet enterprise requirementsProficiency in facilitating architectural decision-making processesFamiliarity with metadata management and taxonomy relationshipsExpertise in defining and implementing technology practices, patterns, and standardsBackground in strategic integration of emerging technologies within enterprise contextsEducation
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related fieldAdvanced degree (Master's or MBA) preferredProfessional certifications such as TOGAF, Archimate, or equivalent enterprise architecture certifications are highly desirable