Enterprise Architect

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Key Skills & Competencies In-depth understanding of public cloud, private cloud, on-prem, and SaaS Well-Architected Frameworks, especially the resiliency and reliability pillars. Familiarity with SaaS architectures and the unique aspects of SaaS resilience and shared responsibility. Strong experience in vendor risk assessments, including SLA analysis, disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational reliability. Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical findings for business stakeholders.

Ability to create architectural diagrams.

Key Competencies Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to influence without direct authority. Skilled at translating technical issues into regulatory-friendly language. Comfortable operating in high-pressure, high-visibility situations.

Tasks & Responsibilities Conduct detailed resiliency assessments for 3rd party vendor-hosted and SaaS solutions using principles from the Well-Architected Frameworks, focusing on reliability, operational excellence, security, cost optimization, and performance efficiency. Evaluate the architecture or develop the architectural diagrams of external SaaS workloads and confirm alignment with organizational resilience, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements. Assess vendor readiness for high availability, failover, data integrity, and recoverability, including review of disaster recovery plans, backup procedures, SLA uptime guarantees, and testing/validation routines.

Document findings and remediation recommendations, track remediation efforts, and provide regular reporting on vendor resilience posture, risk, and compliance status.