Job Description
Job Summary :
Our client is seeking a IT Project Architect to join their team! This position is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Duties :
- Lead multi-year OT projects from an architectural standpoint
- Design, review, and approve projects and work efforts to ensure compliance with architectural and security standards
- Track and manage exceptions to standards
- Improve operational processes
- Assess, report, and make recommendations to eliminate operational risk related to technology or architecture
- Develop high-level and detailed technical designs for solutions to satisfy business requirements
- Lead and coordinate all technical aspects of solution implementation, including application, database, security, and infrastructure deployment
- Provide consultation and direction to delivery and operational teams on optimal architecture for respective solutions
- Maintain state-of-the-art expertise in enterprise architecture technologies, frameworks, and industry innovations
- Lead work cross-organizationally through coaching, feedback, and significant interactions with leaders
- Govern work efforts to ensure alignment with reference architecture, IT strategy, and policy
- Collaborate cross-organizationally to influence alignment and adoption of enterprise architecture standards
- Participate in the creation and renewal of overarching IT strategy
- Develop and enforce reference architecture standards aligned with IT strategies and principles
- Contribute to architecture roadmaps and provide input to technology roadmaps
- Ensure domain IT strategy aligns with enterprise architecture framework and standards
- Adhere to architectural processes and standards, contributing to and developing new standards as required
- Ensure high-quality delivered solutions with limited risk that can be seamlessly assimilated into operational support models
- Pursue solution and operational enhancements and innovation for continuous improvement
- Ensure regulatory and security compliance for new and existing solutions
- Work with vendors for service delivery and evaluating and implementing new technologies
Desired Skills / Experience :
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology, Science, Business, or related field10+ years of related functional experience6+ years of work experience, preferably in a nationally or globally distributed organization3+ years delivering enterprise technical solutions to meet business objectives3+ years developing technical solutions with stacks such as MEAN, LAMP, or Microsoft .NET3+ years SQL Server experience with RDMS such as Oracle or MSQL3+ years architecting end-to-end technical enterprise solutionsProject solution architecture experiencePast participation in an architecture role on a large-scale OT projectExperience with GE's XA / 21 Platform and Schneider’s Exostructure PlatformExperience deploying Kubernetes in a virtual environmentExperience with architectural frameworks such as TOGAF or FEAF a plusExperience with workflow management practices and tools a plusExperience with server and network configurations a plusExperience in the energy or utility business a plusGeneral knowledge of core aspects of enterprise architecture : software, hardware, network, integration, data, hosting models, platform types, etc.Benefits :
Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance PlansEmployee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)401K offeredThe approximate pay range for this position is between $59.00 and $85.00 . Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums.