IT Architect V

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The IT Architect V is responsible for designing the structure of specific IT systems and supervising programs to ensure the architecture is properly implemented. This role will apply technical skills and work with internal/external business partners to create a vision and roadmap.

• Operate as the architectural owner of the enterprise geospatial platform, responsible for stability, compliance, data integrity, and future‑state direction.
• Validate enterprise GIS health and architectural compliance daily, enforce guardrails, and ensure the platform follows Esri‑supported workflows.
• Steward SDE architecture and geodatabase integrity across Dev/Test/Prod, enforce sound schema and integration patterns, diagnose root causes of performance and stability issues, and prevent ETL‑driven anti‑patterns.
• Lead and sustain the governance framework, championing it as the guardrails that keep delivery speed and operational stability in balance.
• Lead readiness and execution for major platform upgrades (Esri, databases, supporting components, ancillary tools), coordinating across teams to minimize disruption and translate upgrades into measurable reliability and capability gains.
• Drive an integration‑forward approach for geospatial data products, establishing durable applications that downstream teams can consume safely and repeatedly.
• Enable geospatial data to be machine‑readable and analytics‑ready, supporting automation and AI‑assisted workflows such as repeatable pipelines, quality controls, and scalable delivery to analytics platforms.
• Work across the aisle with teams such as Pipeline Safety, Asset Integrity, Project Execution, Commercial, and IT to optimize geospatial processes and automations, focusing on inputs, outputs, quality controls, and supportability.
• Mentor teams, clarify “why” behind architectural constraints, and raise the baseline technical fluency across Delivery, Support, and DBAs, reducing risk by creating shared frameworks.
• Translate business requirements into repeatable design strategies, systems qualities and patterns, and develop current and target state architecture blueprints with transition roadmaps and incremental sequencing.
• Research, evaluate, and recommend technologies and standards aligned with current and future strategies to maintain a competitive advantage.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to IT and business leadership, focusing on technology enablement for business capabilities while fostering collaboration and alignment between technical teams and stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field.
• Minimum ten (10) years’ developing software systems and IT experience.

• Minimum twelve (12) years’ experience and prior oil/gas industry experience.

• Exhibits strong analytical and data analysis capabilities, supported by excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Demonstrates proficient knowledge of architecture principles, frameworks, and standards, with experience designing and maintaining large‑scale projects.
• Possesses broad working knowledge of IT domains, including infrastructure and operations, data centers, databases, networking, and security standards.
• Demonstrates effective leadership and consulting skills, with strong interpersonal capabilities including teamwork, facilitation, negotiation, targeted communication, stakeholder engagement, and internal partner management.
• Applies awareness of existing, emerging, and new technologies, with proficient knowledge of scripting concepts and how scripts operate.

• Competitive compensation and annual incentive program.
• Hybrid work model—one work‑from‑home day each week for most office‑based roles.
• Flexible work schedule for most field‑based roles.
• 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Generous company‑paid life insurance and disability benefits.
• Health savings account support.
• Paid time off, including floating and company holidays.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Robust employee learning and development.
• Parental leave up to 6 weeks for each parent.
• Fertility coverage, adoption benefits, domestic partner benefits, educational reimbursement, and donation matching.