Senior Director Enterprise Architecture

Are you experienced and fluent in Enterprise Architecture with the ability to drive the overall technical and solutions architecture across the enterprise? Do you have proven experience turning business strategies into defined technology roadmaps, and governing the enterprise IT architecture program across the company?

We are seeking a Sr. Director Enterprise Architecture to lead our dynamic Architect team!

We offer meaningful and engaging careers to support you and your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance, and we are proud to provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains the best talent:

Competitive compensation and quarterly bonuses

Tuition reimbursement

A 50% company match of your pre- and post-tax contributions up to 6% of your salary, including immediate vesting of company contributions

Generous paid time off (minimum of 14 days/year), as well as 10 paid holidays

Access to flexible benefits, including health and wellness programs, long and short term disability, an employee assistance program, employee referral bonuses, credit union access and flexible spending accounts

An inclusive and ethical work place

Job Summary

The Sr. Director Enterprise Architecture drives the overall technical and solutions architecture across the enterprise, collaborates across multiple operations and business units influencing and driving the technology modernization and maintenance efforts, turns business strategies into defined technology roadmaps, and governs the enterprise IT architecture program across the company.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Builds and develops an effective Enterprise Architecture team with appropriate skills, and strategy to satisfy current and future business needs

Develops and owns architecture vision, reference architectures, and overall enterprise architectural blueprint aligning with Business and IT goals

Collaborates with business and IT stakeholders to develop short-term and long-term Enterprise Architecture roadmap

Pro-actively engages with business, Information security & compliance, and technology delivery teams across the Office of Technology and Strategy and Office of CIO to identify key business, security & compliance drivers, requirements and capabilities gaps

Coordinates the development of Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Application Architecture, and Technology Architecture

Implements and maintains the Architecture Change management and Architecture Governance process

Leads and coordinates architecture review board meetings

Works closely with Innovation and Operations Improvement and New Markets and Emerging Technologies on the validation and operationalization of new products and enterprise architecture approaches

Provides guidance on technology selection and implementation

Builds rapport, credibility and cohesion across all business, operational and technology teams to achieve strategic goals

Provides strategic communication to business and technology stakeholders

Selects external vendors and third parties by working with technical and business stakeholders including contract management by following corporate vendor selection processes to meet business needs and manage the relationships through implementation

Provides IT architectural oversight for existing large programs (e.g. VA MDE, RHRP) as well as new opportunities to ensure consistency, repeatability and enhanced time-to-market through further configuration-based architecture

Ensures the new enterprise architecture platform can continue to sustain the ongoing company growth across existing programs and is aligned towards the new markets and geographies as outlined in the overall company strategic plan

Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Competencies:

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Comfortable with presenting to leadership.

Proven ability to visualize end-to-end system components across a wide range of technologies and translate into architectural design patterns for implementation

Knowledge in supporting Oracle and Microsoft SQL Database Platforms

Knowledge of document-oriented DB systems (i.e., Mongo

DB, Couch

DB, etc.)

Aptitude and desire to learn new technologies, as required

Strong analytical, problem-solving skills

Outstanding collaboration and communication skills

Proficiency with security compliance for healthcare system and federal guidelines e.g. Fed

Ramp controls

Proficient with SDLC processes

Ability to manage competing priorities and ability to adapt to change

Desire to coach, teach, and build the team’s knowledge base

Ability to lead individuals to meet the changing daily database requirements while meeting the business schedule requirements

Must possess the ability and flexibility to work extra hours and weekends

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience

10+ years of experience in Enterprise Solution Architecture

15 years of relevant leadership experience desired

Certified in a recognized enterprise architecture framework (like TOGAF) with relevant experience in implementing that framework to drive technology efficiency preferred

Experience with cloud-based technologies (AWS, Azure, etc.) strongly preferred

Proven experience developing highly scalable solutions based on microservices architecture

Proven experience as a solution architect and track record in architecting, implementing and maintaining complex enterprise line of business solutions and workflows

Experience in one or more platforms like .

Net, ASP.

Net, C#, Angular, React, SQL Server, and Oracle Database

Experience with ETL tools, data synchronization and replications

Dev

Ops, and CI/CD experience

Containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience with Apache Kafka, Rabbit

MQ

Experience in Healthcare industry is a plus

Must be able to successfully pass National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) background investigation

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, performance-related bonuses, health and wellness programs,student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement,paid leave and retirement.

More details are availablehere.

The QTC pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

QTC Management Inc. is a VEVRAA Federal contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company has an ongoing commitment to affirmative action and the creation of a workplace free of discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The company recruits, hires, trains, and promotes individuals in all job titles without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, people with disa

Education

Preferred

Bachelors or better

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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