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About the role
The role of the Enterprise Architect is to enable business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and prioritize current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the longer-term strategic vision of the organization. Furthermore, the enterprise architect provides technology guidance, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices.
Provides overall direction, guidance, and definition of IT architecture to effectively support the PPFA business strategy.
Supports all enterprise architectural disciplines (Data, Application, Infrastructures) and champions architectural initiatives.
Reviews existing business processes and establishes metrics to improve business processes, as well as supports all architectural disciplines under their direction.
Leads programs to develop, maintain, and govern the enterprise architecture across the organization.
Works on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across multiple specialized architecture domains.
Leads the EA review board and ensures that the solutions are compliant with target-state architecture models.
Aligns architecture strategy with business goals and leads teams in developing technology plans.
Reviews and/or analyzes and develops architectural requirements as needed for the organization.
Develops and communicates architectural policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
Directs the research and evaluation of emerging technology, industry, and market trends.
Ensures recommendations are based on business relevance, appropriate timing, and deployment.
Key partner role with technology services to ensure all tech services are scalable and aligned with strategic plans.
Advises on options, risks, costs versus benefits, system impacts, and technology priorities.
Owns and leads enterprise initiatives to define, design, and implement solutions, including reference architectures, estimates, and costs.
Acts as a key partner with technology services to ensure all tech services are scalable and aligned with strategic plans.
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