IT Architect; ADI

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The Integration Solutions Architect is responsible for leading the creation of a technology architecture framework and providing technical leadership in support of the organization’s initiatives in on‑prem & cloud computing by leveraging both on‑prem and cloud integration services and automation. The Architect will implement and deliver the organization’s Enterprise Integration strategy, introduce emerging technologies and public cloud services, API services, and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategies.

The Architect will work with development teams and stakeholders, providing architecture leadership, best practices, and driving migration and refactoring of on‑premises applications to cloud‑native design and deployment methodologies.

• Demonstrate deep subject‑matter leadership of cloud architecture and implementation features.
• Manage development and implementation of Integration strategy, architecture governance framework, and define architecture foundations.
• Define integration standards, Dev Ops, CI/CD tool chain and Standard Operating Environment (SOE).
• Define and enforce Enterprise Integration, SOA, Business Process Integration standards, and associated tools/platforms/frameworks.
• Lead proof‑of‑concepts and implementation, building deployment automation pipelines and automated CI/CD pipelines, integrating new technologies like containers, multi‑cloud and preventing cloud provider lock‑in.
• Define and execute the Enterprise Integration strategy for cloud migrations and on‑premises evolution aligned with overall IT strategy.
• Define and enforce integration architecture best practices (availability, redundancy, performance, disaster recovery, DB, interfacing systems).
• Serve as SME for organization’s end‑to‑end architecture, including SAP, Azure, Success Factors, HANA API, networking, provisioning, and management.
• Develop a library of deployable and documented design patterns for cloud services.
• Provide leadership to back decisions with research, articulate options, pros and cons, and recommendations.
• Maintain industry knowledge of latest trends and technology applicability.
• Develop solutions architecture and evaluate alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models.
• Contribute to Dev Ops activities and complex development tasks.
• Define optimal design patterns for high availability and disaster recovery.
• Communicate functionality that reliably moves messages/data among endpoints.
• Support fundamental web and web services standards.
• Design functionality that dynamically binds consumer and provider endpoints, message validation, mapping, transformation, enrichment.
• Handle orchestration and support multiple interaction patterns.
• Provide consultation across architecture domains.
• Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment.
• Ensure delivered solutions meet technical and functional/non‑functional requirements.
• Provide technical expertise and ownership in diagnosis and resolution of issues.
• Ensure solutions are realized on time and manage scope and risk, communicating project health and risks to stakeholders.
• Provide support and technical governance related to cloud architectures, deployment, and operation.
• Mentor team members and external staff on cloud standards, frameworks, and cultural change for cloud adoption.
• Lead definition and development of cloud reference architecture and management systems.
• Conduct product work reviews with team members and provide thought leadership.
• Advocate and define cloud architecture vision from a strategic perspective.

Direct supervisory responsibility for assigned resources and may…