Enterprise Architect

• Ensure compliance with architectural standards and policies.
• Conduct Enterprise Architecture Committee (EAC) and Architecture Review Board (ARB) meetings
• Approval/reject of solution designs and enforce standards and processes
• Manage exceptions and waivers and committee/board agendas and notes

• Define current (as-is) and future (to-be) architectures and plan the roadmap.
• Partner with ET departments, ET leaders, stakeholders, and IT vendors to implement processes and tools for Enterprise Architecture. Develop a framework and implement Enterprise Architectural processes that fit current maturity cycle and develop a maturity roadmap in the following phases:

• Preliminary Phase: Define EA principles, scope, and governance
• Architecture Vision: Define business outcomes and high-level design
• Business Architecture
• Information Systems Architecture (Data + Application)
• Technology Architecture
• Opportunities & Solutions: Identify gaps and plan initiatives
• Migration Planning: Create transformation roadmap
• Implementation Governance
• Architecture Change Management

• Partner with Product owners and data architects to align on multi-year technology needs and direction: aligning solutions to immediate business needs, ensuring the right technologies and solutions are built for scale.
• Align business and IT strategies through future-state planning.
• Define business capabilities and map them to IT assets
• Identify and prioritize capability gaps
• Develop multi-year architecture roadmaps
• Sequence initiatives based on dependencies and value

• Reduce technical debt and improve application portfolio efficiency.
• Evaluate technology and application usage
• Identify redundancies and legacy systems
• Recommend consolidation, upgrades, or retirements
• Track KPIs like cost per capability, system TCO, Number of applications per capability, IT cost per capability, etc. and other means of rationalization in consideration of the company’s strategic objectives.

• Define reusable architecture components and patterns.
• Develop and maintain reference models and blueprints
• Document architectural standards (e.g., integration, data, security)
• Communicate technology patterns to project teams

• Evaluate and manage the impact of technology changes across the enterprise.
• Continue maturing the review processes of EAC and participate in proposed changes via CAB or ARB
• Assess risk, dependencies, and business impact with ET teams
• Ensure traceability and compliance with governance processes
• Upon request, partner with teams to provide guidance, cost effectiveness and efficient system architecture and solution designs, leveraging conceptualization techniques and POCs

• Evaluate and promote emerging technologies aligned with business needs.
• Monitor technology trends and industry disruptions
• Conduct Proof of Concepts (POCs)
• Assess potential value and implementation feasibility

• Participate in leadership role in maintaining a central source of truth for architecture artifacts i.e. SNOW or SharePoint: store models, roadmaps, reference architectures
• Partner with an Analyst to maintain EA tools in ServiceNow or any additional tools identified or implemented
• Enable traceability across domains (app, data, infra, security)
• Manage business partner relationships and set appropriate expectations with leaders and stakeholders as it relates to technology needs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field is required.
• Master’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration (MBA), or a related discipline is a plus.
• Certification in Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) is preferred but not required if equivalent experience is demonstrated.

• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive IT experience, with 3+ years focused on architecture, design, or technology strategy across business, application, data, or infrastructure domains.
• Demonstrated ability to establish or mature EA practices, including the development of architecture standards, frameworks, and governance processes from the ground up.
• Experience supporting cross-functional collaboration with infrastructure, application development, security, and business teams to align solutions with organizational goals.
• Proven track record of building as-is and to-be architectures and contributing to EA roadmap development aligned to business capabilities and initiatives.
• Comfortable working in environments where architecture governance, tooling, and repositories are being introduced or formalized.

• Solid understanding of architecture fundamentals, with hands-on experience in at least two domains: application, data, infrastructure, or integration.
• Ability to translate business strategy into architectural plans and work iteratively to build frameworks that fit current organizational maturity.
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and create buy-in across technology and business teams.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and incremental change, with a focus on delivering practical and scalable architectural solutions.
• Familiarity with enterprise tooling platforms such as Lucid, SharePoint, ServiceNow, or modeling tools, and an interest in establishing a centralized repository.
• Awareness of industry trends and emerging technologies with the ability to conduct evaluations or Proof-of-Concepts as part of innovation planning.

• Experience in portfolio/application rationalization, identifying technical debt, and recommending modernization strategies.
• Exposure to enterprise governance practices, including Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) or Change Advisory Boards (CABs), even in a limited or advisory capacity.
• Multi-cultural and multi-regional experience is highly preferred.
• Renewable energy industry experience is desirable.
• Ability to travel within the U.S. up to 10-20% of time is desirable.

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