Enterprise Architect
Kforce Inc.

Job Info

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RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kforce has a client that is seeking an Enterprise Architect in Tampa, FL.Overview:The Enterprise Architect (EA) is responsible for the creation, maintenance, and management of technology architecture models from contextual through physical levels. They are responsible for making sure the Firm's business strategy uses appropriate technology systems architecture to achieve its goals. They are required to interpret and apply information contained within architecture models, diagrams, and processes to inform a range of business improvement activities, particularly those involved in the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of technical solutions. The EA actively participates in the architecture review board (ARB) and is expected to ensure that the overall enterprise architecture landscape is maintained in a coherent manner and that appropriate considerations are made for its security and quality. The primary role of the EA is to ensure that the respective business, application, data, and technology perspectives are in line with the organization's technology strategy, governance, policies, and standards.Duties Include:

• Enterprise Architect will collaborate with domain architects, engineers, and leaders to document current state architecture, develop domain capability models, maturity assessments, health assessments and technical roadmaps
• Support the strategic planning process by providing input to the scope definition of strategic initiatives leveraging roadmaps to provide visibility to impacts, dependencies, overlaps and improvement opportunities
• Defines, communicates, and documents the enterprise architecture patterns, styles, principles, and blueprints
• Defines metrics to measure and demonstrate architectural value
• As an Enterprise Architect, you will analyze enterprise business context and objectives to derive the enterprise solution architecture 'future' state

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years related experience as a Solution or Enterprise Architect required
• Business Analysis, IT Project Management, Systems Architecture & Design, IT/Technology Infrastructure Design and Planning, Software Architecture, Design & Development, Database Administration, IT Security Management, IT/Technology Service Operations and Event Management, SDLC
• IT strategy and governance experience
• Risk management and Entrepreneurship experience
• Ability to communicate complex business and IT concepts at a level appropriate for multiple audiences (developers, program sponsors, executives, etc.)
• Ability to quickly lead and influence groups to alignment around ideas and concepts
• Strong influence, facilitation, communication, and collaboration skills
• Critical analysis and decision making skills
• Ability to work within multiple SDLC disciplines
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills, be detail oriented and multi-task in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Ability to set goals and meet deadlines
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze and problem solve
• Demonstrate mentoring, and interpersonal skills
• Proficient handling of difficult situations and human relations issues with professionalism and respect
• Commitment and adherence to Firm Core Values

The ideal candidate will have the following profile:

• Experience as technical lead for several major technology implementations
• Experience working in high transaction, high volume IT organizations on architecture teams with a focus on integration and rationalizing
• Hands on engineering skills to develop POC's, patterns and anti-pattern examples
• Experience in architecting and building high performance enterprise scale distributed systems
• Experience in companies with revenue above $1b, Fortune 500 experience preferred

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