Job Listing: Enterprise Architect (Midrange Systems)

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Reports to: Director of Architecture
TRAVEL: 10% or as required
A trusted Water Resource company, dedicated to delivering innovative solutions, is hiring an Enterprise Architect. This is a phenomenal opportunity to be part of a newly initiated Architecture team in a growing utility organization, tasked with the development of future systems architecture for the corporation.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:

May require the jobholder to occasionally provide "on-call" after-hours (evenings, nights, and or weekends) support. Occasional travel to Voorhees, NJ office.

Primary Role:
The Enterprise Architect:

Architects, designs and engineers IT systems Infrastructure with a special focus on the midrange compute and storage platform, its integration with line of business applications, and the overall systems and software architecture.
Develops Engineering standards and lifecycle roadmaps of midrange compute and storage technology solutions.
Creates Engineering plans, designs and provisioning elements to support the midrange platform.
Researches, plans and designs timely, cost-effective modernization projects for enterprise solutions, including the midrange platform, to support business objectives and meet the IT standards.
Understands and applies new technological systems and vendor products and roadmaps to develop innovative system solutions that match business requirements.
Assists in providing third-level support for escalated platform issues.
Completes and thoroughly understands Information Technology infrastructure with specific focus on mid-range systems architecture and landscape.
Drives the creation of a midrange disaster/recovery plan and participates in the creation of an overall data center strategy.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The Enterprise Architect:

Designs processes and solutions for monitoring midrange systems performance and performs capacity planning and transaction analysis to maintain quality of service.
Makes recommendations and prepares reports regarding midrange systems performance, capacity, and system growth.
Conducts periodic midrange system audits.
Maximizes the effectiveness and usability of the midrange platform.
Interacts with vendors to maintain existing services, enhance and implement new capabilities.

Key Accountabilities:
Percentage of Time (Must add to 100%):
(25%)

Project: Provide senior expert-level technology support for project assessment technology design, implementation and documentation.

(25%)

Solutions Development: Drive strategy, standards and implementation of technology solutions that enable the business to accomplish exceptional customer service, operational and financial goals.

(25%)

IT Architecture: Develop, manage and support IT processes and procedures to ensure the continued evolution of IT Standards, IT Roadmaps, and the IT Architecture models.

(10%)

System Optimization: Proactively plan for availability, capacity, cost, functionality, performance, and process optimization of systems and solutions.

(10%)

Vendor Relationships: Maintain constructive, proactive and ongoing relationship with key hardware, software, and services vendors.

(5%)

Change Management: Support the Change Management process and control.

Key Interfaces/Relationships:

CIO
IT Directors
Regional and Local IT Staff
Regional and Service Center Business

Competencies (from the Water Division Competency Dictionary):

Influence – The ability to articulate an objective or idea in a compelling manner, so that others are persuaded to act on its merit.
Team Working - Is committed to working collaboratively to achieve business goals, build cohesiveness, identify within a work group, and valuing individual perspectives and contributions.
Champions Change – Seizes new ways of thinking and working. Articulates and leads change, energizes others with a clear, compelling picture of the future, and inspires and empowers other to champion the change themselves.
Delivers Results – Delivers bottom line results through bold, decisive actions, working through risks and uncertainty to create opportunity. Continually raises standards and promotes entrepreneurial behavior.
Market/Customer Focus – Identifying, understanding and meeting customer expectations, both internally and externally.
Drives Performance – Setting clear, challenging, collaborative goals and expectations for people, which are aligned with business objectives; tracking and measuring progress, providing feedback and making adjustments as necessary.
Analysis and Problem Solving - Analyzes and resolves business issues through the application of critical reasoning skills and deep technology experience.

About Our Client:
The primary mission of Our Client is to be a trusted Water Resource company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions. The majority of the company's activities are centered in locally-managed utility subsidiaries that are regulated by the state in which each operates. The Company also owns subsidiaries that manage municipal water and wastewater systems under contract and others that supply homeowners, businesses, and communities with water-resource-management products and services. The Company's track record of financial success, environmental compliance, and strong customer support is attributable to its rigorous operating discipline, as well as insightful planning, ample capital investment, experienced managers, state-of-the-art water quality programs, research, and responsive customer service. By using these tools successfully the company has achieved a high standard of performance for our customers. Our Client is well positioned to meet the demand for investments that increase water system reach and capacity, preserve precious water supplies, and deliver high quality water to the individuals and businesses alike.
This is a Direct Hire position, through Volt Technical Resources - a division of a Fortune 1000 publicly traded Staffing Industry Leader, based in New York City. We are among the largest IT staffing companies in the US for contract/temporary and direct hire placements and support most of the top rated IT companies on the East Coast.