IT Senior Enterprise Architect; Hybrid

Position: IT Senior Enterprise Architect (Hybrid)
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 example: emergencies, training, or other business needs  or should the policy change _

Responsible for leading the development of business aligned strategies that transform the capabilities of the enterprise and guiding the evolution of the enterprise to take advantage of those capabilities  Provide direction and governance processes over the development, evolution, and delivery of enterprise outcomes that span all areas of IT  Specifically, this position will be supporting the Electric Transmission business area

Will work across application and technology silos to provide 'big picture' leadership and direction to the supporting application and technology teams that results in one cohesive ecosystem working together to achieve the business outcomes   This includes developing, communicating, and maintaining the strategic roadmap of a complex ecosystem that will coordinate across all silos of the individual application and technology roadmaps working together to make up the entire business solution

Other tasks include identifying assessment and testing approaches for the business solution to ensure resiliency characteristics are understood, risk can be mitigated, and the ongoing solution evolves to sit on current and standard platforms  This effort includes leading analysis and design of the technical solution for comprehensive resiliency, disaster recovery, performance of the ecosystem   Operational responsibilities include leading multiple support teams, vendor partners and business partners during critical incidents, scheduled changes or testing initiatives for the entire ecosystem

Requires the ability to identify and escalate issues that will impact the ability to achieve desired enterprise outcomes  Must maintain a relationship with current vendors regarding future direction   Must maintain a close relationship with all domain and business areas to ensure synergy   Must have the ability to develop and lead projects and achieve goals  Must have the ability to work across silos and keep the 'big picture' in focus while making decisions and progress that optimize the enterprise desired outcome  Must be able to maintain an Enterprise perspective even when making tactical decisions and trade offs

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* Essential Functions:

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* + Responsible for Enterprise Architecture  EA  deliverables including reference architectures, application guidelines and metrics
+ Subject matter expert for the EA tool set and enterprise governance processes
+ Stays updated and explores the latest relevant technologies to design and implement infrastructure to support innovative IT solutions and new user experiences
+ Ensures IT solutions fit with the current and planned enterprise architecture and standards
+ Works with other team members and other Architect teams to educate and communicate EA practices
+ Works with other team members to deliver technical solutions with both client side and server side functionality
+ Works with internal and external customers to define new features
+ Works with vendors as required, to deliver technical solutions
+ Communicates technical solutions to executive level roles in terms of business outcomes and meeting IT objectives
+ Ensures that the solution infrastructure is supportable and can be transitioned smoothly into production support organizations
+ Provides cross…