Domain Architect, Infrastructure; Hybrid

Overview

Eversource will not offer immigration-related sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B, O-1, J-1, TN, E-3, etc.). Applicants requiring visa sponsorship to start employment with Eversource will not be considered.

Eversource supports work-life balance by offering hybrid schedules for certain roles. Eligibility is based on job responsibilities, operational needs, nature of work and team dynamics. Current guidelines require employees to work at least three days in the office, including Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the third day set by the employee and supervisor based on department needs. These guidelines apply to roles approved for remote work and are subject to change, based on managerial discretion and work performance.

All applicants must be able to work up to five days in the office if needed (for emergencies, training, or other business needs) or should the policy change.

The Domain Architect has technical expertise within his/her domain focus area. A domain area could be a technology area (for example, network, middleware and desktop), or may encompass business functionality supported by technology (for example, Maximo architect, Digital Architect, Metering Architect, Billing Systems Architect). The Domain Architect has an understanding of the capabilities of a business application family and/or set of technologies within the domain and ensures that these capabilities are fully utilized and effectively optimized to make leveraging them efficient.

He/she evaluates the technologies against vendor product roadmaps, competitive products, and market trends to ensure that the domain meets current and future Eversource needs.

The Domain Architect is responsible for contributing to the domain roadmap, standards and practices into the overall Enterprise Architecture as well as supporting solution development efforts guided by Solutions Architects that involve their assigned domain. Efficient governance over the domain is necessary to ensure that the technologies are incorporated into solutions in compliant, standard, and supportable ways.

The Domain Architect is responsible for governance over solutions that leverage their domain technologies and for collaborating with enterprise architecture processes to align architects. The Domain Architect communicates domain standards, practices, guidance and roadmaps via architecture documents, meetings or other channels. Periodically review and maintain the accuracy of the information. Develops standards, practices, roadmaps for integration in the Eversource EA and for use in developing solutions leveraging the domain technology.

Provides technology consulting to solution architects and others who are using or modifying multiple domain technologies within a solution, ensuring the technology operates coherently to meet overall needs. Effectively integrate knowledge from subject matter experts and peers from other technical areas.

• Responsible for successfully applying the technology in their domain to solve business problems in a supportable, cost effective, way.
• Understands how the domain supports Eversource needs and assesses current capabilities and future needs to identify necessary changes to the domain technologies or practices.
• Develops guidance for incorporating the technology within their domain into solutions, including defined standards, reference architectures, solution guidelines and metrics. Define patterns and building blocks that leverage domain technologies in an optimal way.
• Understands technology trends and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business needs, including those of IT.
• Defines high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the current and future state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes.
• Analyzes the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement. In addition, analyze the technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise as well as on the enterprise technology architecture.
• Mentors and collaborates…