Enterprise architecture capabilities demonstrated through experience and a proven track record, at an expert level, across multiple of the following dimensions:
Enterprise Architecture: Enterprise design patterns, multi-platform architectures, enterprise customer data management, enterprise architecture governance, multiple delivery models (off-shore, outsourcing, SDLC); Ability to translate business concepts and strategy to technology imperatives and designs; Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachmann);
Service Oriented Architecture: services architecture, service registry/catalog, ESB/middleware, patterns (pub/sub, scatter/gather); Understands key value drivers; Understands delivery approaches;
Business Process Management: Workflow, task management, business rules management, document management, business activity monitoring, workforce fungability); Understands value drivers; Understands delivery approaches;
Enterprise Data Architecture: customer identity and data management, operational data stores, data warehouses/mart, data distribution, data modeling, XML, data movement/ETL, data lineage, data governance; Understands delivery approaches; Experience using (one or more of) DB2, Oracle, Vertica;
User Interface Architecture: browser-based development, mobile platforms, phone platforms, user interface patterns, event-based architectures; Understand key value drivers and role in enterprise architecture
Business Architecture: Functional modeling, business services, process flows and metrics; Understand key value drivers and role in enterprise architecture
Additional Job Requirements:Required Technical Skills:
o Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
o 15+ years experience large scale product development and/or support environment
o Extensive Experience working in telecommunications and wireless industry knowledge
o Extensive experience working with Microsoft Office applications
o Statistical and benchmark testing experience
o Extensive experience in applications with heavy RDBMS interaction
Required Interpersonal Skills:
o Strong analytical, business logic and problem resolution skills
o Strong oral and written communication skills
o Strong control and follow-up skills
o Strong leadership skills
o Solid decision making skills
o Strong conflict resolutions skills
Supervisory Skills:
o Minimum 3 years of Supervisory experience managing 10-20 direct reports
o Thorough knowledge and understanding of HR policies and procedures
o Thorough knowledge and understanding of Procurement policies and procedures
o Extensive experience creating and administering Performance Evaluations
o Experience with Performance Improvement Plans
o Experience building teams successfully
o Solid decision making skills
Required Project Management Skills:
o Manage end-to-end project execution and compliance by customer and standards
o Resource allocation and management
o Estimate/Project risk analysis
o IProgress tracking for projects/tasks
o Contractor management
External Description: General Summary:
This position will provide architectural leadership, strategic direction and vision for the Syniverse IT application portfolio. He/She will provide architectural direction in structure, design, technology and infrastructure, as part of the process of developing, customizing, integrating and maintaining systems for Technology Solutions. The incumbent will provide solutions and technical architecture guidance and oversight to business, project delivery, and system support teams as they develop and maintain client technology solutions.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible and accountable for implementing a target applications architecture consistent with the Business Reference Architecture Model (BRAM), Target Architecture and Technology Reference Architecture Model (TRAM), and for ensuring that new projects and programs meet enterprise architectural and technology standards.
Responsible for developing and managing the applications architecture portfolio management for the Syniverse systems. This includes applying the application life cycle strategies for modernizations, enhancement, consolidation and retirement of applications as well as ensuring architectural reuse, consistency and integrity across the applications within the Application Portfolio
Work collaboratively with other of Syniverse Architecture leads to identify synergies and reuse opportunities across the organization.
Leading Solution Architecture teams. Develop and coach a team of highly skilled Architecture professionals and provide Architectural thought-leadership to complex issues and ensuring enterprise architecture view has been covered.
Building Shared components and re-using the shared components according to Enterprise guidelines
Thought leadership in overall execution of the Syniverse technology strategy
Leadership of program/project initiation as required
Governance and advisory activities for projects as they are initiated by business requirements, SDLC, statements of work, vetting the use of OSS, vetting of customizations to vendor products, etc
