LEAD ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT COVER LETTER TEMPLATE

• Provide comprehensive advice in Solution, Design, Development, Enterprise Architecture, and IM/IT strategy.
• End-to-end technology evaluation/procurement processes and recommendations
• Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software product standards, as well as the design of standard software configurations.
• Act as a visionary and strategist for the client’s business solutions.
• Provide leadership in the design of high-quality enterprise architecture that operates in the client’s business and technical environment.
• Manage relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead the enterprise and solution architecture team, delivering a visionary architecture for the clients.
• Engage in security, information security, and architecture review board meetings/processes.
• Provide estimates for design and implementation.
• Participate in the proposals, presentations, and statements of work activities.

Skills: Solution Architecture, Enterprise Design, IT Strategy, Technology Evaluation, Software Standards, Stakeholder Management, Architecture Leadership, Security Governance

• Accountable for ensuring the products and services are supported by the right architectures and solutions that meet the customer needs
• Portfolio roadmap and governance, maintaining the current state and future architecture, backlog management, tech debts, development standards and enablers, etc.
• Ensuring non-functional aspects such as overall stability and scalability of the platforms
• Propositions for new capabilities and projects engaging with stakeholders, gathering requirements, and project parameters for enhancement and new requests.
• Design/review the new solution architecture, familiarize the stakeholders, and obtain approvals.
• Define the strategic roadmap for the platform and execute the same as part of ongoing engagements.
• Product evaluation for new capabilities.
• Work with the project team to identify deliverables, define timelines, and create a detailed project plan.
• Designed and delivered a large transformation programme from legacy to innovative technology
• Extensive experience in asset management across Investment Management, operations, and distribution business, particularly within Private Assets (Real Estate, loans, etc).

Skills: Architecture Assurance, Portfolio Governance, Platform Scalability, Stakeholder Engagement, Solution Design, Strategic Roadmapping, Product Evaluation, Project Planning

• Creates POC's for new technologies to be implemented and educates engineers on the usage of technologies, and helps create foundation components
• Defines best practices, design, and coding standards
• Collaborates with the CISO and the Infrastructure team to ensure application and infrastructure security
• Lead multiple initiatives with a variety of teams, providing guidance and oversight of both design and execution
• Provide robust support to projects in the Pilot phase by building relationships with the product delivery teams
• Checks in regularly with Engineering and Product leadership
• Facilitates meetings, workshops, and other processes necessary for a high-quality work product
• Identifies good engineers and business-facing partners to build out the right team to complete initiatives
• Open and flexible attitude toward developing alternative solutions and methods to enhance or supplant industry norms, and has enough knowledge to understand the impacts of the norms that are broken

Skills: POC Development, Standards Definition, Security Collaboration, Initiative Leadership, Pilot Support, Stakeholder Alignment, Facilitation Expertise, Talent Identification

• Maintain a close relationship with Programme and Change Management functions to enable a clear view of the upcoming team workload
• Impact assesses all incoming tasks to determine the levels of BA effort
• Work with key stakeholders to maintain a clear view of upcoming BA resource demands and flag all areas of overload in time to draw support from the wider business
• Proactively engage across the business to identify areas where BA support would add value.
• Maintain a portfolio of examples to aid engagement.
• Promote holistic value-driven thinking
• Maintain analytical methods and professional standards within the Business Analysis Team
• Identify the skill set needed within the BA function.
• Identify skill gaps within the team to develop an appropriate training programme, making use of internal and external training resources
• Take responsibility for the overall output quality of the BA function.
• Review all output at applicable lifecycle phases or delegate to an appropriately experienced team member
• Support the team in the adoption of agile working practices.
• Provide professional consultative services at the Company, business unit, programme, and project level
• Help define and refine strategy, service models, and business cases, ensuring value delivery to all stakeholders
• Define and own the ‘Requirements/Functional Baselines’ for all programmes in the portfolio
• Undertake senior BA activities on key projects by programme demands

Skills: Workload Planning, Impact Assessment, Resource Forecasting, Value Identification, Analytical Standards, Skills Development, Quality Assurance, Agile Consulting

• Define Enterprise Architecture Capability and maturity model, as well as the enterprise architecture journey roadmap
• Define the architecture standard model for bank-wide adoption, which includes Business Architecture, Application Architecture, Technology Architecture, Information/Data Architecture, and Integration Architecture
• Work closely with Domain/business chief architects and domain architects, deliver the bank-wide architecture (Baseline, Near-Term, and Vision) with associated strategic initiatives and roadmaps
• Manage the bank-wide application and technology portfolio standards, processes, and governance
• Adopt the industry best practices in managing enterprise architecture across the bank
• Accountable for group vision architecture with digital enterprise architecture and ensuring alignment of investment to architecture for both client-facing and employee-facing platforms.
• Improve and streamline Enterprise Architecture governance and decisioning across the strategic Technology Themes and Emerging Technologies.
• Work with Technology governance to issue appropriate policies, procedures, and quality checks for adoption of the Technology vision across the Bank.
• Accountable for architecture standard models, Architecture Management Standard, and Architecture Principles alignment across the bank

Skills: EA Maturity Modeling, Architecture Standards, Bank-Wide Architecture, Portfolio Governance, Best-Practice Adoption, Vision Alignment, Governance Optimization, Policy Frameworks

• Ensure the effective interlock between the teams delivering new business and technology capabilities across work streams and programmes
• Coordinate and input into RFI and RFP processes to select technology and service partners
• Creation of reference architectures
• Creation of roadmaps for communication to senior stakeholders
• Facilitation of design-focused governance and review forums for the programmes
• Coordination and input into service-level agreements, KPIs, and KRIs between service consumers and providers
• Review of solutions against Architectural principles and technology blueprint, including assessment of the impact of non-compliance
• Own and facilitate knowledge sharing and decision-making forums for Architecture and technology to keep communities informed and aligned
• Work with Architects on establishing best working practices for Architecture
• Report to the Global Architecture Director, CIOs, and CTOs on progress, risks, issues, and potential solutions to ensure technology risk is managed
• Collaboration with other Platform and Enterprise architects in the Global Architecture team to be the reference point for how their solutions best adopt best practices and standards
• Work with the rest of the Global Architecture team in growing the business’ and technology’s understanding of the function and value of Architecture

Skills: Cross-Team Coordination, RFP Management, Reference Architecture, Strategic Roadmapping, Governance Facilitation, SLA Oversight, Compliance Review, Knowledge Sharing

• Conduct strategic analysis of architecture improvements, models, and new products.
• Provide expert technical assistance during design activities and resolve issues, ensuring design adherence
• Contribute to the Enterprise level with the EA Architects.
• Contribute to the governance and best practices, identification and principles for reusability, elaboration of taxonomy and classification
• Provide technical support to the Strategic initiatives and large programs.
• Contribute to the Architecture Review Board process
• Participate in technology assessments, Proofs-of-Concept, and support technology selection
• Maintain advanced knowledge of architecture technologies and future industry trends

Skills: Strategic Analysis, Design Assurance, Enterprise Collaboration, Governance Standards, Program Support, ARB Participation, Technology Evaluation, Trend Awareness

• Connect business architecture to technology architecture
• Own the technology strategy and roadmaps
• Ensure that engineering and IT work is aligned with the business and technology strategy
• Provide thought leadership on architecture and technology matters across NM
• Define key architectural patterns, engineering practices, and standards, and drive them across the organization
• Promote the use of a common data ontology to support the data and analytics needs of the business
• Build availability, resiliency, operability, and recoverability into technology architecture and patterns
• Set the standard for technology service quality. 
• Define standards and ensure technology services are managed according to those standards
• Hold self, subordinates, peers, and managers accountable for failure to meet commitments

Skills: Business Alignment, Technology Strategy, Engineering Alignment, Architectural Leadership, Pattern Definition, Data Ontology, Resilient Architecture, Service Governance

• Manages and oversees all product development, including research, architecture, design, coding, unit testing, quality assurance, documentation, and deployment.
• Contributes as the lead developer of product content.
• Coordinates with product management, technical support, sales, and marketing regarding product specifications.
• Manages cross-functional teams across platforms to ensure interoperability and consistency.
• Manages professional, courteous, and timely third-level support.
• Oversees the translation of business case documents into accurate technical requirements and specifications on a timely basis.
• Manages technical input regarding strategic plans for product line direction.
• Oversees all training of development, and technical support staff.
• Stays abreast of industry and technology trends and regulations.

Skills: Product Development, Technical Leadership, Cross-Functional Coordination, Requirements Translation, Strategic Planning, Team Management, Support Oversight, Industry Awareness

• Shape Northwestern Mutual's enterprise technology strategy.
• Provide thought leadership on architecture and technology matters across NM and ensure that engineering and IT work is aligned with business and technology strategy.
• Define key architectural patterns, engineering practices, and standards, and drive them across the organization.
• Ensure technology products and services are architected according to business needs.
• Set the standard for technology service quality. 
• Define standards and ensure technology services are managed according to those standards.
• Build, organize, and manage high-performing Communities of Practice.
• Ensure Technology Architecture meets Financial, Compliance, Security, and Risk goals.
• Provide day-to-day mentoring and coaching to other architects and technical professionals.
• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities within own team and other related teams, works within broad guidelines and policies
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view
• Champion and communicate technology vision across an enterprise, and report out on Northwestern’s trajectory towards arriving at the vision
• Ensure that engineering activity occurs in a quality way
• Create a thriving architecture community
• Drive technology innovation across Northwestern Mutual
• Architect compliance and risk management into re-usable design patterns

Skills: Technology Strategy, Architectural Leadership, Standards Definition, Service Quality, Practice Development, Risk Alignment, Mentoring Expertise, Innovation Enablement

• Participate in the definition, development, and maintenance of enterprise-level processes and principles.
• Create documentation and training related to the applications and integrations that are managed by this role.
• Define models, including solution patterns, to guide solution decisions for the enterprise.
• Create a strategic plan describing the gaps between a company's current and target state.
• Leverage enterprise architecture frameworks to make systematic decisions, bringing a big picture perspective to the adoption of new ideas for digital transformation.
• Determine and develop architectural approaches and solutions by conducting business reviews, documenting current systems, and developing recommendations at the capability level.
• Evaluate current architecture and influence future strategy and road maps with proactive feedback.
• Lead analysis of the current Technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend improvement solutions.
• Participate in detailed analysis to align requirements and equipment configurations with defined system specifications.
• Research, introduce, and transition new technology into the organization.
• Keep abreast of Technology advances and issues across all enterprise domains.
• Research, test, and recommend tools and practices for potential implementation.
• Provide technical assistance to implementation teams.
• Apply best practices using innovative ideas to increase awareness and effectiveness of enterprise architecture.
• Keep abreast of developing and emerging design and implementation strategies, tools, along technologies to facilitate training and mentoring on these topics to the enterprise.

Skills: Process Definition, Documentation Skills, Solution Modeling, Gap Analysis, EA Frameworks, Architecture Evaluation, Technology Research, Implementation Support

• Leads the Enterprise Architecture practice, managing a team of Enterprise Architects covering various architecture domains, including business, information, application, technical, and security.
• Provides consultative advice to business leaders and organisational stakeholders who seek actionable recommendations to make investment decisions about the next business and operating model of their organization, using technology to make that change happen.
• Leads analysis of the business future-state capabilities 
• Understands the long-term commercial and technical objectives of the organisation and interprets business requirements into technical solutions.
• Leads and facilitates interaction with business leaders, product managers, and product owners in a business-driven conversation over the risks and implications of the product decision
• Owns and develops the Application and Infrastructure target and transitional architectures and roadmap for the whole enterprise.
• Leads the development of an implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on business strategy and requirements.
• Researches emerging technologies, increases team awareness, and drives innovation and rationalisation to increase availability, performance, capacity, security, stability, and to maximise cost savings and efficiencies.
• Facilitates the evaluation and selection of technologies.
• Oversees the delivery of technology change to ensure the end solution matches the target architecture and feeds learnings back into future architectures. 
• Works in conjunction with vendors in supporting all services.
• Promotes the business value of EA as an enabler of strategy formulation and as support for technology innovation, which drives the organization’s top and bottom lines.
• Leads the creation and maturing of the Enterprise Architecture practice into an internal management consultancy.

Skills: EA Leadership, Strategic Advisory, Capability Analysis, Requirements Translation, Stakeholder Facilitation, Target Architecture, Technology Evaluation, Innovation Management

• Develop and maintain a current and planned state architectural road map
• Understand and capture business needs to ensure alignment of IT strategy with the client’s business goals
• Translate project and product requirements into system-level architecture and high-level designs
• Analyze architectural and security risks and propose short, mid-term, and long-term solutions
• Communicate architectural decisions, plans, goals, and strategies across the organization
• Present, educate, and promote system architecture across the Engineering and Software Development departments
• Assist with evolving process maturity and process documentation
• Work with senior technology leaders to propose technical solutions and define a technology roadmap
• Create an annual architectural maturity assessment report
• Work with internal and external customers on technical solutions
• Review, approve, and collaborate on proposed solutions to ensure appropriate design, security, and scalability within project and capacity constraints
• Write documentation to guide IT staff on the approach to specific implementations
• Assist with the client's business proposal IT solutions, both written text and associated work effort estimation
• Assist in product evaluations and ROI analysis
• Maintain knowledge of and seek to understand current trends in new technology

Skills: Roadmap Development, Business Alignment, Architecture Design, Risk Analysis, Architecture Communication, Process Maturity, Solution Review, Technology Evaluation

• Develop architectural standards and designs that drive an excellent and consistent network experience for a global company.
• Mature plans for Software Defined Network journey and a unified architecture across WAN, Data Center, cloud, and Campus networking
• Drive the transformation of legacy services to contemporary solutions using software-defined networks, virtualization, automation, orchestration, segmentation and edge intelligence
• Develop compelling business cases around problems, risks, benefits and business outcomes with the financial justification required to execute
• Develop network solutions that meet or exceed cybersecurity, compliance and regulatory requirements of the business and the customers
• Develop solutions that are highly available and cost-efficient
• Drive network optimization and automation opportunities, help operations teams with rollout and upgrade plans
• Provide expert advice during all important ‘Go-Live’ activities of new deployments.
• Participate in large-scale, multi-functional projects, including product development, merger and acquisition, and divestiture activities, with an open and creative mindset focused on delivering business outcomes
• Act as a trusted advisor with businesses, internal teams, supplier partners, end-users, and solution providers to ensure processes and tools are in place

Skills: Network Architecture, SDN Strategy, Legacy Transformation, Business Case Development, Cybersecurity Compliance, High Availability, Network Automation, Technical Advisory

• Develop a server remediation strategy to transition all server assets into policy compliance.
• Develop a strategy for server consolidation and migration to central IT support
• Partner with CCP Infrastructure teams to develop Data Centre integration plans.
• Engage with the Integration Networking team to understand requirements and change impacts to Server integration
• Understand Application impacts in relation to Server remediation
• Help develop solutions that support integration initiatives.
• Partner with engineering groups and other functional streams to ensure unique requirements are understood and considered within the overall integration plan.
• Understand and guide the acquired company on Enterprise/server licensing requirements
• Ensure PDT-27 Export compliance is completed, and the CMDB is updated
• Lead the server AD migration
• Provide guidance and training to the acquired company

Skills: Remediation Strategy, Server Consolidation, Data Center Integration, Network Coordination, Application Impact, Integration Solutions, Licensing Guidance, Migration Leadership

• Be responsible for system and solution architecture within the domain to meet business objectives, and align with enterprise architecture strategy.
• Build a technical roadmap for the domain comprising architectural improvements, technical initiatives, and security improvements while prioritizing work in collaboration with product and engineering leaders.
• Design, prototype, and implement solutions to provide hands-on contributions to application teams.
• Develop detailed technical architecture, design documents, amongst others, to support engineering and operation teams.
• Drive architectural maturity for the domain by introducing standard patterns, automation, tooling, and championing learning initiatives within the domain.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture standards and governance practices.
• Mentor engineers and architects within the domain.
• Define and maintain the current architecture for the organisation, aligned with the overall strategy.
• Aim to achieve alignment on target architecture, standards, and methods.

Skills: Solution Architecture, Roadmap Planning, Hands-On Design, Technical Documentation, Architectural Maturity, EA Governance, Mentoring Leadership, Target Alignment

• Partner with the VP of Enterprise Architecture to set the vision and long-term strategy for the architecture team.
• Manage tactical team activity in a run-to-completion model, ensuring solutions are designed according to company and industry best practices within targeted timelines.
• Work with product owners to shape the scope of requests to deliver on-time-to-market solutions that deliver value to the customers.
• Identify architectural gaps and provide recommendations for improvement and alignment across different architecture domains, including Applications, Information/Data, and Security.
• Explore the “art of the possible” to come up with solutions that effectively address the issues at hand through analysis, troubleshooting, research, evaluation, and communication.
• Mentor and collaborate with IT team members throughout the project life cycle to provide continuity of leadership.
• Evaluate staff on their overall contributions to projects, the architecture team, and the organization.
• Define and enhance the Enterprise Architect operating model.
• Lead architecture reviews and support in the yearly budgeting process.

Skills: Architecture Strategy, Team Management, Scope Shaping, Gap Analysis, Solution Exploration, Technical Mentoring, Performance Evaluation, Operating Model Development

• Contribute to enterprise cloud strategy and guide target state cloud-based architecture for a suite of applications
• Collaborate with other cloud architects for complex end-to-end enterprise architecture on cloud platform and incorporate foundational architectures related to application security, application data access, and integrations with other applications hosted on cloud/physical infrastructure
• Develop and document cloud-related architecture principles and guidelines
• Define and document integration requirements and identify the appropriate future integration interface
• Identifies information needs, develops and maintains the logical data model
• Assist the Digital Transformation program by analyzing the current state and target state architecture
• Provide architecture support on Digital Transformation program initiatives
• Approve and/or provide corrections to services/deliverables provided by other Contractors
• Ensure alignment of Contractor's plans, deliverables, and technology support services to the Government's enterprise architecture research

Skills: Cloud Architecture, Enterprise Collaboration, Architecture Principles, Integration Design, Data Modeling, State Analysis, Transformation Support, Deliverable Review

• Lead and execute on application modernization projects
• Contribute to roadmaps and define strategy for enterprise needs, apply system of systems architecture, design, implement, and support Software development lifecycle (SDLC)deliverables
• Develop and leverage modern interfaces using micro services-based architecture, and deploy the product to cloud infrastructure
• Create and execute on infrastructure as code while enabling modernization
• Work with the Product Managers to understand customer requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Help transform application code written in native or legacy programming languages into modern programming languages
• Enable the adaptation of DevSecOps tools for applications identified for modernization
• Provide architectural leadership across the service lines, and provide governance and assurance to ensure the solutions are delivered successfully and quickly, and that they deliver better and faster business outcomes for the client.
• Engage with the client and the account to scope and define new business opportunities in line with the innovation roadmap, industry standards, and the client’s technology roadmaps.
• Provide is the single point of accountability for the technical solution being delivered to the client. 

Skills: App Modernization, Strategic Roadmapping, Microservices Design, IaC Enablement, Requirements Translation, Code Transformation, DevSecOps Adoption, Architectural Governance

• Understanding the internal and external customers’ needs and developing roadmaps that result in an increase in realized value from the clients’ current systems and solution design environment.
• Use a consultative sales approach to support the development of account plans and identify specific needs for each bank.
• Develop and manage complex solution requirements, turning business objectives into outcomes, and able to articulate the C-level down through leading IT and operational stakeholders, the value and differentiation of the client’s portfolio proposition.
• Build and maintain customer success through active account engagement, creating and maintaining relationships with the key technical and operations principals in the client’s key accounts.
• Provide portfolio governance and oversight to drive lifecycle optimization and alignment across all initiatives.
• Provide stakeholders with a direction and decision-making framework for the integration of the product portfolio.
• Become a trusted advisor and operate as the primary point of contact for the client for strategic accounts and change programs
• Be responsible for the ecosystem and business architecture of their platform and ensure the accompanying governance.
• Accompany the internal and external stakeholders early in the project and develop the necessary decision-making bases for the use of technologies and components, taking into account corporate goals and profitability.
• Assist with guiding the business and IT on how to implement the agreed enterprise architecture.
•  Provide expert-level advice to the Government about architecture options, best practices, and methodologies to integrate solutions and/or solve problems
• Provide the client with strategic guidance on business, service, and technical architecture (including service design) and support the client in fully exploiting the investments made, enhancing the service, and aligning with industry standards and the technology roadmaps.

Skills: Customer Roadmapping, Consultative Selling, Requirements Definition, Account Engagement, Portfolio Governance, Integration Strategy, Trusted Advisory, Architecture Guidance

• Experience in Enterprise Networks and security, with cloud network design
• In-depth experience of designing and implementing network solutions, including IaaS, SecurityaaS aaS and NaaS
• Significant Hands-on experience with Cisco and Palo Alto Networks in a global 24x7 operations
• Expert-level understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, and NLB
• Strong understanding of network security as well as next-generation platforms leveraging AI and ML
• Experience with the semiconductor or manufacturing industry and CCNP/CCIE
• Effective conceptualization, pattern recognition, and teaming skills.
• Ability to communicate with executives, business domain stakeholders, and technical staff alike.
• Understanding of leading cloud services platforms and cloud adoption approaches.
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts, as well as network and information security practices.
• Certification of leading cloud service platforms

Qualifications: BS in Computer Science with 17 years of Experience

• Knowledge of key Architecture principles and guidelines
• Experience with Microservices architectures, Cloud-Native architectures, Event-driven architectures, APIs, Domain-Driven Design, Public Cloud (AWS), Serverless, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, building scalable, reliable, available solutions, and/or performance testing.
• Experience in collaborating and partnering with other technical domain experts, such as cloud, security, SRE, and DevOps.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience with Solutions and/or Technology Architecture.
• Experience with Technical Product Management, with technical management of onshore and offshore developers.
• Experience with SAFe, Scrum, and/or Agile methodologies.
• Experience leading software developers/architects
• Experience in building and managing a technology product.
• Experience leading engineers and/or developers in building solutions/systems.
• Ability to create Architectural diagrams, system and process flow diagrams, data flow diagrams, sequence and UML diagrams, internal and infrastructure system dependencies within the functional domain, and across them.
• Integrations and development experience, including data Ingestion and integrations with REST API, JSON, XML, SMTP, SaaS-based solutions (New Relic, Cloud), AI/ML, SPLUNK, MySQL, SQL Query, React, JavaScript, Groovy, and Unix Shell Scripting, Gitlab, Jenkins, Ansible, Apigee, and visualization tooling.
• Ability to partner with domain architecture and delivery teams to deep-dive into reported implementation issues for root cause analysis to determine architecture impact and required changes to address/resolve the issues.
• Ability to develop and maintain documentation concerning IT’s technical architecture.
• Knowledge of the telecom industry.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Qualifications: BS in Information Systems with 13 years of Experience

• Experience with large complex platforms and a diverse technology ecosystem
• Ability to own architecture and influence strategic direction and vision for the future.
• Ability to apply practical industry best practices and professional experience with Application Modernization to the Manulife Global Wealth and Asset Management business context
• Knowledge and Experience with Cloud Computing
• Ability to understand diverse business domains and develop architectures that meet the current and anticipated business needs across a broad set of partners.
• Ability to evaluate new technologies and know the latest industry trends.
• Strong consulting skills in a variety of areas, methods, and frameworks for developing strategic roadmaps (both Business and IT), EA practice, Business Process Modeling, Change Management, Enterprise Architecture and IT Governance, Enterprise Shared Services discovery, IT Strategic planning, and Technology Modernization
• Experience with and knowledge of common Architecture patterns (e.g., Microservices, SOA, Event sourcing, etc.).
• Experience with data and application integration patterns (Domain-Driven, APIs, messaging, streaming, sync/async).
• Experience addressing operational and non-functional concerns (e.g., horizontal and vertical scalability, performance, maintainability, load distribution, resilience, recovery, security, and privacy).
• Experience with Cloud Native (12-Factor) Architecture and Infrastructure Patterns.
• Knowledge of the enterprise technology space, including languages, frameworks, techniques, and industry trends.
• Refined presentation and communication skills, and expertise in interfacing and communicating effectively with both IT and Business stakeholders
• Strong software engineering and/or architecture background

Qualifications: BS in Software Engineering with 18 years of Experience

• Ability to program, script, and develop code using API's, Python, or equivalent
• Excellent leadership communication and executive presence
• Strong influencing, program, and change management skills
• Strong business acumen and customer focus
• CCNP, CCIE, CISSP Certification
• Ability to partner effectively across IT teams, suppliers, and business customers on cross-functional projects and process improvements
• Ability to translate business issues/requirements and objectives into technical solutions
• Strong knowledge of IT business processes and practices, including ITIL methodology
• Experience with data protection, business continuity, and disaster recovery options, configuration, and execution
• Strong interpersonal skills, effective listening, and teaming
• Excellent oral, written, and collaborative communication skills, including executive-level communications

Qualifications: BS in Cybersecurity with 13 years of Experience

• Experience in enterprise architecture
• Experience within the aviation/IT sector
• Experience setting up/using an architecture framework
• Experience with data management and particularly governance
• Experience with financial systems/SaaS
• Knowledge of and experience with methodology and tools for developing, communicating, and governing principles, methods, and models for business processes, information systems, and infrastructure
• Experience in designing a business intelligence infrastructure
• Intermediate level skills in the Microsoft Office software suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and outside contacts
• Strong interpersonal skills and good judgment with the ability to work alone or as part of a team

Qualifications: BS in Data Science with 11 years of Experience

• Experience in information technology in insurance or home services industries, including at least 5 years in enterprise architecture and systems strategy.
• Experience with all aspects of software platforms/applications and systems, end-to-end, data, and integration architectures, short-term and long-range planning, and creation and implementation of roadmaps.
• Hands-on experience with business-critical systems, software development and implementation, and data management using a broad range of technologies.
• Proven ability in working with company-wide stakeholders, building collaborative relationships with them, and conducting group discussions and brainstorming sessions.
• Experience in building and leading an architecture team and developing an enterprise architecture practice.
• Exceptional analytical, design, and modeling skills, along with a high level of attention to detail.
• Excellent written and presentation skills, as well as the ability to promote the best ideas for broad acceptance.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to lead through influence such that the architecture team’s work is viewed as a crucial and highly sought-after service.
• Ability to map and analyze the components of a business process
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Interpersonal skills, including motivational, cognitive, and relational
• Strong problem-solving and prioritization skills.
• Ability to manage cross-functional team efforts in pursuit of complex IT/digital roadmaps
• Strong discipline in planning, prioritization, project management, and performance management.

Qualifications: BS in Network Engineering with 16 years of Experience

• Experience with software development, solution architecture, and/or enterprise architecture
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure
• Certifications within enterprise architecture (TOGAF, ArchiMate, or similar)
• Experience with information security and privacy standards (GDPR, ISO 27001)
• Experience with agile processes, methods, and tools
• Experience with the core platforms (Teamcenter, Salesforce, Oracle)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willing to experiment and test new concepts, channels, and strategies
• Be comfortable working on multiple initiatives at the same time, prioritizing effectively to meet tight deadlines
• Strong eye for detail, while keeping the focus on the big picture
• Strong interpersonal skills

Qualifications: BS in Cloud Computing with 10 years of Experience

• Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Workday, and Maconomy Deltek.
• Experience with CRM tools such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Salesforce, related products like DocuSign, Oracle NetSuite, and SAS.
• Good knowledge of ERP processes, e.g., financial accounting, financial management, order-to-cash, record-to-report, etc.
• Good knowledge of CRM Sales and Marketing processes, e.g., whitespace management, demand creation, account planning and segmentation, proposals and bids, pricing, contract management, and sales performance management.
• Experience and knowledge in Application Management and tooling
• Experience and knowledge of Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, IAF, MODAF, Catalyst)
• Experience and knowledge of SaaS operating models
• Ability to design complex integrations between Sales and Marketing platforms and other enterprise solutions using SSO, SAML, SSL, Web Services, LDAP, JDBC, ODBC, SCP (Secure Copy Protocol), and SFTP
• Solid background in Application Architecture and Integration with experience in integrations using a variety of protocols, including REST and SOAP.
• Good understanding of applying the Architecture Framework to design business solutions
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, Presentation skills
• Be able to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience in a way that is relevant, easy to consume, and compelling
• Ability to establish and manage an architecture design review process
• Broad knowledge of technology developments and trends
• Proactive analytical expertise and problem-solving approach
• Understanding of common business analysis techniques and approaches
• Experience of working with Agile SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle Management) methods
• Experience in developing key Architecture deliverables, including Roadmaps, Blueprints, Standards, and Guidelines
• Comfortable working with ambiguity at the beginning of projects, with the ability to provide clarity of direction despite this

Qualifications: BS in Information Technology with 14 years of Experience

• Ability to think strategically and align with the organizational readiness
• Ability to influence decisions based on merit
• Ability to handle trade-off analysis holistically and across strategic, tactical, business, delivery, long-term/short-term, etc.
• Ability to assist in the review and approval of the architecture for all critical delivery projects
• Ability to understand technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models
• Good communication skills and the ability to communicate at all levels in the organization
• Ability to see "big picture" and balance it with the detailed view
• Ability to manage ambiguity
• Experience in architecting enterprise applications across the application, data, and infrastructure domains
• Experience in managing and driving enterprise architecture capabilities within a large corporation
• Experience with Internet delivery architecture, messaging and web service architecture, sales delivery platform architectures, and mobile architectures.
• Must be a Team player able to work effectively at all levels of an organization with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus. 
• Must be highly reliable, trustworthy, honest, and commitment-oriented

Qualifications: BA in Management Information Systems with 18 years of Experience

• Good understanding of key digital transformation priorities, emerging technology trends, and supporting architectural patterns (Technology, Application, and Data)
• Deep experience in Integration Technologies and Platforms, Web Services, Micro-Services Architecture, Domain-Driven Design, etc.
• Deep experience in leading large-scale, cross-functional projects or planning and executing optimization initiatives
• Good knowledge in Continuous Integration and Deployment, Automation, and Understanding of Cloud Native Architecture
• Expertise in building architecture, design, and implementation of highly distributed enterprise solutions with cloud native approach.
• Good experience in one or more Cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS).
• Experience working with a distributed international team, across cultures and time zones, with minimal support
• Experience with Enterprise Security Strategy, and good understanding of standard enterprise security practices, Identity and Access Management, Secure Development and Deployment Practices, etc.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) with the ability to communicate with and influence people at all levels of the organization
• Good experience in understanding and building architectural views and models as per TOGAF
• Extensive knowledge of how business and IT organizations operate
• Strong project leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills from the individual contributor level to the executive level
• Ability to influence without authority
• Strong leadership, partnering, and organizational change skills
• Ability to build relationships and work across organizational boundaries
• Experience with cloud migration and cloud native capabilities
• Possess DevSecOps software development tools and techniques
• Experience with technology architecture and/or design

Qualifications: BA in Business Administration with 15 years of Experience

• Be able to understand both strategic and expedient views and balance their trade-offs
• Be able to lead through influence and persuasion
• Extensive Enterprise Architecture practice experience
• Healthcare payer domain experience
• Deep solution architecture experience
• Experienced in Hybrid and Cloud architecture and migration at scale
• Progressive experience as a senior architect or technical lead in large IT projects spanning multiple enterprise systems
• Experience in design, development, and testing of software applications
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving

Qualifications: BS in Systems Engineering with 12 years of Experience

• Experience in either solution and/or information architecture designing service-oriented architectures
• Experience in maturing large technology initiatives through architecture-led thinking and analysis
• Demonstrable knowledge of at least one mainstream cloud technology (GCP, AWS, AZURE)
• Implementation and experience of enterprise architecture frameworks to support business targets
• Excellent knowledge of data management and data engineering best practices
• Passion for data excellence and customer-focused, with the ability to engage on many levels and work with a diverse team
• Fluency in English and German (both written and verbal)
• Solution Architect experience within Software Sales or IT Consulting
• Be able to comfortably switch from explaining an architecture diagram to an environment where coded/assembled a demo of the architecture
• Strong technical background with a focus on system integrations, data operations, and automation capabilities.

Qualifications: BS in Electrical Engineering with 8 years of Experience

• Experience in networking and routing protocols
• Familiar with Enterprise Architecture concepts, design principles, best practices, standards, and processes
• Knowledge of secure coding best practices and security framework standards, including NIST, COBIT, and ISO.
• Experience in architecting solutions that comply with compliance regulations such as PCI, GLBA, SOX, and Basel III
• Experience implementing controls for privacy legislation, such as HIPAA, COPPA, FCRA, GLB, and GDPR
• Experience in architecting networks and implementing changes that avoid disruption of ongoing operations or increase risk of compromise.
• Experience with software interaction with databases such as DB2, Oracle, MS SQL, Hadoop, NOSQL, and others
• Familiar with cloud offerings, including Alibaba, Amazon Web Services, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of software vulnerabilities and remediation
• Experience implementing identity strategies and application integrations
• Ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical peers and business stakeholders, as well as executive-level management.
• Presentation skills and an ability to engage audiences at the highest levels of the organization
• Exceptional analytical, statistical, quantitative, and deductive skills

Qualifications: BS in Computer Engineering with 9 years of Experience

• Demonstrate working to the best industry standards and ensure that the delivery of the solutions is pragmatic, timely, and aligned to the client's business objectives and security requirements
• Hands-on experience as a technical delivery lead, with a track record of delivering complex projects, including emerging technology and cloud components, in one or more industries for Tier 1 clients
• Be able to rapidly establish and lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary, cross-geography teams, drawn from across PwC, the clients’ staff, and third-party organisations
• Effective technical delivery leader with deep experience in managing delivery through offshore teams.
• Flexibility in using a range of influencing styles to build strong, sustainable relationships and demonstrate the firm's values.
• Ability to explore opportunities and seek to understand if they are commercially right for the firm in the context of the Purpose. 
• Ability to lead client delivery engagements with a focus on profitability and long-term sustainable growth for the firm and clients
• Ability to anticipate clients’ needs and deliver high-quality, value-added services and solutions that elevate the profile of the firm in the eyes of the client’ executive
• Be able to clearly explain the programme to non-technical and technical audiences

Qualifications: BS in Artificial Intelligence with 16 years of Experience

• Ability to build and manage enterprise data and object models, leveraging both industry and application-specific service models.
• Experience with large, broadly scoped Data Architecture programs.
• Ability to create design patterns and best practices for data engineering and the integration of data through the enterprise.
• Experience with unstructured or semi-structured data design and implementation.
• Experience with data catalogs, profiling tools, and processes.
• Experience with modern event-based data architecture, streaming analytics, Kafka, etc.
• Familiar with training and deployment of AI Machine Learning models and automation
• Experience with data technologies such as Spark and Databricks.
• Experience developing enterprise data assets using a variety of traditional and modern data movement and storage technologies. 
• Graph, document, and/or cloud data warehouse experience.
• Experienced with API architectures, web services, ESB, managed API, and Apigee.
• Ability to lead software evaluations, including RFP development, capabilities assessment, formal scoring models, and delivery of executive presentations supporting a final recommendation.
• Ability to evaluate and assess existing legacy data assets.
• Ability to create as-is and to-be architecture artifacts.
• Well-versed in the Data domains (Data Warehousing, Analytics, BI, Big Data, Operational Data Store, Metadata, Master Data, Unstructured Data, ETL, ESB)
• Experience in architecture governance, controls, and peer reviews of data, security, and cloud
• Experience in information technology.

Qualifications: BA in Digital Transformation Management with 18 years of Experience

• Experience in enterprise architecture, engineering, technical architecture, application development, and mission-critical systems
• Technical management, leadership, and mentoring junior developers/architects
• Experience in global games sporting events with a solid understanding of the related ecosystem of players, delivery expectations, and timelines
• Strong focus on risk management
• Experienced in straddling the business/technology divide as a true enterprise architect, as an applied scientist
• Demonstrated track record and credibility in the sports and/or major events industry
• Experience in building an established network in the sports and/or major event industry
• Strong understanding of cloud native architectures, SaaS solutions (Salesforce, Dynamics CRM, Service Now, etc), cybersecurity posture fundamentals, API ecosystems, and legacy on-premise enterprise architectures
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Be able to communicate technical solutions to technical and non-technical partners
• Ability to stay current with new and evolving technologies via formal and self-directed education

Qualifications: BA in Operations Management with 15 years of Experience

• Knowledge of Software delivery models and CI/CD principles
• Ability to articulate a big picture and map to the next level of detail, as well as synthesize a big picture from diverse components
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to conduct technical analysis
• Strong writing and verbal skills, including design documentation, stakeholder presentations, and tailoring communication to the audience
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technology and adopt it, and knowledge of industry trends
• Self-driven, and a good team player, comfortable working collaboratively with diverse teams
• Experience managing network modernization work or system projects of similar scope and complexity
• Professional network certification, including CCNP, CCDE, or CCIE
• Extensive knowledge of and hands-on experience with the DoD, the Business Enterprise Architecture, the Enterprise Transition Plan, and the Service-Oriented Architecture. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to develop and defend design rationales.

Qualifications: BA in Enterprise Risk Management with 11 years of Experience

• Experience in performing solution and enterprise design as part of an architecture team within the technology organization or enterprise architecture team
• Experiences in enterprise design, application development, process engineering, and project management.
• Certification in TOGAF or Zachman's
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to grasp complex topics.
• Proven involvement in creating or leading complex projects.
• Familiarity with Business, Solutions, Application, Data, Infrastructure, and Security architectures.
• Ability to create and foster relationships within technology and with the business.
• Demonstrated experience building solutions using JVM-based languages
• Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise solutions with microservices, events, or data sciences
• Proven experience solving complex problems
• Track record of delivering outcomes in a self-directed manner
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Certification

Qualifications: BA in Strategic Management with 12 years of Experience

• Strong background in systems design, as well as the ability to formulate business strategy 
• People-first leadership style, strong executive communications, and the ability to thrive in a diverse global environment with high emotional intelligence
• Experience with cloud native solutions architecture and design, along with technical acumen with one or more of the major cloud providers.
• Deep knowledge of the state of the art in artificial intelligence and machine learning, both from systems design and as a practitioner.
• Direct technology support and design experience.
• Development/administrator and/or business analysis experience.
• Meaningful experience solving complex business challenges by identifying and leveraging technology as part of the solution.
• Experience in Information Technology or a data architecture role
• Working experience in system design
• Working experience in data modeling, design, or analysis
• Professional Level Cloud certification in Azure, GCP, or AWS.

Qualifications: BS in Applied Mathematics with 14 years of Experience

• Experience in Consulting, Software Development, Business Analysis,
• Experience in documenting and writing functional solution designs and creating detailed technical designs for Salesforce.com.
• Salesforce.com consulting, administration, or developer experience.
• Salesforce certifications, Architect and/or Developer
• Ability to develop Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages, and Lightning Components
• Hands-on experience implementing/supporting Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, CPQ/Billing, and Communities
• Experience as an enterprise IT solutions architect and/or senior systems designer
• Demonstrates a successful work history of architecting and implementing enterprise-level IT systems, services, and Cloud migration projects
• Experience working within a Global Manufacturing company
• Strong analytical skills, work methodically, and are innovative thinkers. 
• Comfortable working with business executives and can push back professionally and diplomatically. 

Qualifications: BA in Organizational Leadership with 9 years of Experience