Head of Enterprise Architecture
Frisco, TX

Job Description

Job Summary

The Head of Enterprise Architecture is a senior member of the technical staff who consults with business executives and information technology executive leadership in determining the strategic directions, major policy and directional technological plans of in support of current and future developments for the firm. The incumbent is accountable for the development of roadmaps to bridge the gap from current to future state for technology capabilities.

Primary Responsibilities

* Facilitates decision making at companywide and strategic levels.
* Responsible for being the primary technical resource, advisor, and consultant to senior executives and information technology leaders and staff.
* Provides architectural guidance, direction, and oversight for Technology Lifecycle Management and project engineering groups.
* Executes the vision for MGI through technology investments. This includes ensuring architectural direction is aligned with business requirements and capabilities, Enterprise Reference Architecture, Computing Models, Patterns, Technology Platforms, Solution Platforms, Technology Lifecycle Management, Capacity Management, and Regulatory Initiatives.
* Serves as the highest level of escalation in troubleshooting difficult system problems involving highly interoperable systems, applications and components.
* Ensures that technology vendor and product selection adheres to MGI technology principles and standards.
* Researches and maintains knowledge in emerging technologies and possible application to the business.
* Interacts with industry vendors to keep abreast of technology developments and to share business requirements and input on product designs.
* Recommends innovations that enhance operations and/or provide a competitive advantage to the organization. Reviews cross-platform hardware & software evaluations.
* Provides feedback to project management on design issues that could impact scheduling and allocation of resources for configuration, installation and support of large-scale, enterprise wide technology solutions.
* Creates, reviews, revises and articulates enterprise-wide IT standards and best practices.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of post-secondary education and work experience.
* Masters preferred.

Experience

* 12 years of progressively responsible technology experience, with a minimum of three years in enterprise architecture.
* Experience in at least two IT disciplines (technical architecture, solution architecture, network management, application development, middleware design, information analysis, database management or operations management).

Essential Skills

* UML Modeling of architectures.
* PowerPoint, Visio, Word.
* Frameworks & Methodologies: Zachman, MetaGroup/Gartner EA, TOGAF, MODAF, DODAF, ITIL, COBIT, PMBOK, Unified Process, SDLC, Product Management (Technology Lifecycle Management), etc.
* Professional Affiliations: IEEE, The OpenGroup or any other IT Industry Professional Continuous Improvement Programs.
* Application and Technology Architecture, Engineering, or Management Experience:
* Development of 3-5 Year Technology Strategies and Roadmaps.
* Possess technical subject matter expertise in one or more technology domains such as network, storage, computing, middleware, database, systems management, security, end-user computing, etc.
* Development of technology usage guidelines, patterns, and designs based on functional requirements.