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Director of IT Architecture

Director of IT Architecture

CompanyCity of Philadelphia
LocationPhiladelphia, PA, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Proficiency in architecture modeling tools and languages.
  • Strong knowledge of relevant technologies, frameworks, and design patterns.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex architectural challenges.
  • Ability to adapt to evolving technologies and business needs.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • Ability to manage project budgets, timelines, and resources while maintaining a high level of quality in deliverables.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee daily activities of the Enterprise & Solution Architects and related staff; provide direction and supervision to a cloud support team.
  • Establish and enforce architectural principles, standards, and governance to ensure consistency and interoperability across the enterprise.
  • Take a holistic view of the organization, considering how different projects and systems interact and contribute to the overall architecture.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive enterprise architecture models, encompassing business, data, application, and technology domains.
  • Develop and maintain technology roadmaps, guiding the evolution of the IT landscape to meet future business requirements.
  • Evaluate and recommend technologies and oversee the integration of these solutions into the overall enterprise architecture.
  • Consider factors such as reliability, scalability, flexibility, and security in the architecture decisions to ensure long-term success of the City.
  • Evaluate new technologies and tools to determine their suitability for integration into product and enterprise-wide architecture.
  • Collaborate with leaders from various departments to understand business needs and ensure that IT initiatives support broader organizational objectives.
  • Provide guidance to product, solution architects, development teams, ensuring adherence to architectural principles and best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Identify and mitigate potential risks related to technology solutions, ensuring security, compliance, and scalability.
  • Manages risks associated with technology decisions, considering factors like compliance, security, and long-term sustainability.
  • Collaborate with IT Security & Governance to ensure compliance and approved pathways to production for all domain initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Security and HIPAA compliance in networked solution(s)
  • Experience with monitoring and alerting software tools and systems, such as Solar Winds, What’s Up Gold, PagerDuty, Better Stack
  • Understanding of AWS/Azure Virtual and Cloud environments