Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect Consultant
Summary:
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
• Business Technology Strategy:
o Develop and maintain the overall Business technology strategy and roadmaps.
o Identify emerging technologies, trends and industry best practices to proactively advance capabilities
• Enterprise Architecture:
o Collaborate with cross functional teams and lead, develop and maintain target state architecture, reference architecture and Business technology roadmaps for assigned domains.
o Conduct periodic reviews of the current state architecture and identify potential areas of improvements
o Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to ensure that all initiatives and projects for the domain align with the Enterprise architecture that was built to realize the company''s vision and goals
o Actively research and understand emerging Technologies and how they can be applied to healthcare insurance, including industry trends and best practices.
o Participate the selection, implementation, and maintenance of tools and process that support the effective delivery of EA services.
• Governance
o Contribute to the management of EA governance frameworks including Architecture Review Board and other technology governance efforts.
o Develop technology standards, exception process and manage technology lifecycle and obsolescence risk management
• Vendor Management:
o Understand vendor capabilities stay current on vendor roadmaps
o Support in development and evaluation of RFP, RFQ process
o Support vendor contract negotiations and renewals
• Leadership
o Promote the value of EA to all levels of the organization, spreading awareness about the role in achieving strategic objective
o Coach, mentor other Architects in the team and foster a culture of collaboration and innovation
Qualifications:
• Education and Experience:
o B.S. or higher degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS or equivalent preferred
o 3+ years of relevant overall experience in Enterprise architecture, strategy, and governance roles.
o Proven experience in defining, developing and implementing target state architecture and technology roadmaps
o Strong understanding of EA principles, frameworks and methodologies such as TOGAF, Zachman, etc.
o Experience using architecture modeling tools and constructs
o Experience with briefing senior leadership teams
o Good knowledge about Health Plan domain and Clinical data (preferred)
• Technical Proficiency:
o Advanced knowledge in technical infrastructure and cloud solutions (AWS, Azure)
o In depth knowledge of complex architecture patterns including Microservices, Container platforms, API''s, Data engineering platforms, Data Lake, Cloud Data Warehousing, Robotic process automation
o Conversant with cybersecurity concepts
o Familiar with agile and Dev Ops Framework
o Experience with Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.)