Manager, IT Architecture

Technology Architect

We can use TPVs but candidates must be USC or GC. C2H or FTE:
Ideally this will start as a contract to hire but they are okay to go FTE for the right person. Pay & conv salary: 78/hr | $150k + Benefits and

Location:

Must be in Danvers for this role (hybrid | 2-3 days onsite) Anything else outside of the JD you'd like us to focus on? I need someone who will be able to talk to both business stakeholders and IT stakeholders. The first task this architect will do will be to work with both IT and Business stakeholders (including shadow IT) to create an architecture diagram and a data flow diagram for all of Abiomed.

In your submissions please include the answers to these screening questions:

• 1) Please list and expand on any teams you have overseen with the following technologies: public/private cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), virtualization, AI/ML, IoT, micro-services, data warehousing and ETL
• 2) Do you have experience working in a regulated environment (e.g. GxP, HIPAA, GDPR …)? Where?
• 3) Have you ever led a team that was responsible for designing scalable, flexible and supportable technical systems and system architecture? Where and what part did you/your team play?

Key Responsibilities:

• I. Technology Architecture
• Proactively partner with product and platform teams, and other enterprise architects, to design scalable, flexible and supportable technical systems that add business value and are aligned with the Abiomed technology strategy as well as enterprise patterns and standards.
• Coordinate and lead an Abiomed Architecture guild, driving architecture engagement throughout the product development, including:
• Design, development, maintenance and socialization of reference architecture patterns.
• Development, approval and enforcement of standards.
• Creation and/or approval of solution designs and modifications.
• Co-design of critical metrics and measurements.
• Evaluation of technologies and partnerships.
• Work with product and platform owners in the creation of multi-year roadmaps that are aligned to established architectural principles and patterns, as well as business strategy.
• Continually evaluate the technology landscape for pioneering and/or ground-breaking technologies that confer a competitive advantage to the business.
• Become a key enabler to drive down the total cost of ownership and complexity across the application landscape.
• Selectively embed with product development teams when strong architecture engagement is required.
• II. Application Lifecycle Management
• Continually drive the identification of opportunities for application rationalization to simplify the Abiomed application portfolio with Business Unit IT (BUIT) partners.
• Work with architecture tools and datasets such as MEGA/ALM Dashboards and application inventories to gather, maintain, and effectively use application and technology lifecycle management (ALM, TLM) data.
• Drive the education of application owners to raise awareness on the importance and adoption of ALM standard processes.
• Lead targeted application inventory activities sought at curating the CMDB and engaging technical application owners (TAO) to accurately maintain business services and applications.
• Collaborate with solution leads, technology services, product line owners and other enterprise architects to align the total cost of ownership findings into our annual business planning and portfolio management processes to ensure lifecycle management is incorporated into multi-year investment plans.
• III. Global Enterprise Teamwork
• Partner with technology services, product lines, and other enterprise architects within the larger J&J organization to influence enterprise technology strategies and find opportunities for bi-directional leverage across sectors and business units.
• Periodically represent Abiomed within the global J&J enterprise realm during knowledge sharing activities.

Qualifications

• Required:
• BA/BS degree in a technical, engineering or scientific field and 8 years of equivalent business or technology experience is required.
• 6 years of technology experience architecting platforms and solutions in an enterprise context with a consistent track record of success operating in a complex, ambiguous, fast paced environment.
• Hands-on experience with at least several of the following technologies: public/private cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), virtualization, AI/ML, IoT, micro-services, data warehousing and ETL.
• Experience with system development lifecycle methodology.
• Experience leading technical conversations, workshops and work streams to consensus/conclusions/actions.
• Proven ability to understand and articulate business requirements, direction, and initiatives, including ability to balance requirements from an enterprise, sector and franchise/region level.
• Ability to translate business strategy into technology strategy within a complex and matrixed environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to translate and transform complex topics into concise architectural diagrams and…