Category:

Software Design, Analysis & Programming

Location:

St. Paul, MN

Salary:

$115,000 - 120,000/yr

Duration:

Permanent

Job Summary:

 The Enterprise Architect is responsible for providing leadership from an enterprise-wide perspective in the design, review, and selection of solutions to most effectively realize the company’s business strategies.  The Enterprise Architects are a part of the IT Strategy and Planning department which is responsible for: a) technology strategy, direction, and usage, b) solution architecture for strategic initiatives, c) IT architecture to support business architecture, and d) technology investment planning.

 The position is expected to produce Architecture Blueprints and Roadmaps that describe the necessary IT strategies needed to realize multiple business strategies.  Additionally, the position will contribute to the company’s IT architecture foundation by creating and maintaining principles, best practices, guidelines, and standards as needed.  Finally, this position will be engaged with leading the overall architecture realization for multi-year, multi-project business initiatives.  This is a highly collaborative position where the person will need to identify and partner with key thought leaders across the organization to deliver a cohesive enterprise strategy that is actionable by the company’s delivery teams.  The ideal candidate will have experience in the PBM & Healthcare industry, have expert knowledge of multiple technology platforms in the information and applications space, have strong experience in the architecture discipline, and has demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across an organization.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and communicate strategies, guidelines, standards, and solutions
• Provide analysis, design, technology selection, risk assessment, review, and governance services to strategic development projects as they relate to the company’s enterprise architecture requirements
• Perform “program” level architecture activities, deliverables, and oversight for multi-year, multi-project strategic business initiatives.  Work with project level solution architects and other domain architects to ensure overall IT strategic architecture is realized in project level solutions.
• Inform business and IT leaders of opportunities and constraints presented by the organization’s current and potential architecture and capabilities. Actively manage and communicate the enterprise architecture strategy and techniques via creation and maintenance of architecture Blueprints and Roadmaps
• Research, introduce, and transition new technology into the organization
• Manage exceptions to standards to help reach corporate objectives
• Bring and drive an enterprise perspective to all initiatives
• Provide the central contact point for enterprise architect issues and include other team members and IT subject matter experts as appropriate
• Ensure that projects comply with the enterprise architecture
• Contribute to the ongoing enhancements and evolution of the Architecture Practice
• Keep abreast of technology advances and issues across all enterprise architecture domains at a high-level
• Assume delegated ad hoc tasks from the Senior Director of the Architecture Office
• Other duties as assigned

 Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years overall IT experience with 5+ years direct experience working as an Application Architect developing new systems.  Enterprise Architect experience preferred.

• Minimum 5 years experience in design, development, and implementation of application development solutions at an enterprise level.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.  Advanced degree (MIS) preferred
• In-depth knowledge of application, information, infrastructure, middleware, and security architectures
• Knowledgeable in software engineering languages, tools, and platforms; proficient in new and emerging technologies, particularly with N-tier architectures (J2E and .NET based preferred) and Messaging solutions including ESB, Web Services, and Event Based architectures
• Experience as a senior level architect working on significant enterprise change initiatives
• Demonstrated experience leading teams as well as creating individual contributions/deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience presenting architecture concepts and goals to IT leaders and Individual Contributors

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical skills (macro and micro) and process orientation
• Strong self-management skills in multiple-priority, high ambiguity situations
• Ability to proactively communicate at multiple levels: executive to individual contributor
• Ability to communicate via words and pictures
• Comfortable with resolving conflicting viewpoints and achieving consensus
• Collaborative work-style
• Strong sense of personal accountability for results
• Healthcare industry experience including PBM
• Experience creating and consuming Business Strategies within a formal Business Architecture framework