Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect

Location: Charlotte NC

Duration: 6 months

The Enterprise Architect will be responsible for the architecture and successful implementation of the company’s integration technology solutions. This role is primarily responsible for evaluating technical and functional requirements and for developing a sound architectural blueprint in line with business goals. This role will provide guidance and counsel to the CTO and members of the company’s Executive Leadership Team, working closely with senior business & technology leaders, to define the best design patterns and implementation strategy. The Enterprise Architect provides technical leadership on integration technology solutions with specific focus on MuleSoft implementation and other integration technologies.

Position Responsibilities:

Conducts requirements gathering workshops and leads the solution design process

Articulates recommendations through compelling presentations and architectural blueprint documents to a variety of audiences, including business management and experienced IT architects

Leads technical teams through complex, multi-phased delivery projects and provide hands-on delivery guidance

Creates and influences proper standards for development, governance and operational lifecycle

Identifies on-going risks and pain points throughout the project, develop and implement mitigation measures

Captures project lessons and converts them into architectural best practices applicable to the broader install base

Leads, trains, mentors and coaches the internal team responsible for design and architecture best practices

Improves internal processes, and promotes knowledge sharing within the team, by contributing to the knowledge base, blogs, and brown bag lunches

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent work experience plus 5+ years of demonstrated expertise designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-grade technical solutions meeting complex business requirements

• Includes 3+ years of experience providing technical solutions development for on-premise and SaaS applications using JEE and/or JSE frameworks

• Integration architecture experience with MuleSoft

• Experience with Tomcat, XML, JMS, WS-*, SOA integration, API Management technologies and standards

• Excellent command of REST standards and API design

• Enterprise Architecture frameworks experience with TOGAF

• Knowledge of Open Source architectures and/or past contributions to open source projects

• Design, development and operations experience with highly-available, scalable, and fault tolerant systems

• Experience designing public and private enterprise secure services using RAML and REST based APIs

• Experience profiling and troubleshooting application code

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong cognitive ability especially with respect to understanding, documenting, and describing complex technical subjects

• Interface architecture knowledge with one or more on-premise / SaaS pack