Platform Architect

Overview

Job Summary:

Connected is a technology ecosystem of Sales Recruiting and Marketing products designed to support Allegis Group and its operating companies and empower employees customers and talent worldwide. The Allegis IS (Information Services) team is looking for a Platform Architect (PA) for the Connected team.

The PA is a pivotal leadership role responsible for unifying business strategy product vision and technology to support cohesive user experiences at scale. Therefore you must have considerable experience defining and implementing high-level architectures for critical enterprise business systems. The Platform Architect must thrive in a fast-paced agile product-driven environment. You will lead a team of Domain Architects to define and enable platform strategy build architectural runway and provide clear direction to Product Operating Company and IS stakeholders regarding how to achieve business-critical outcomes.

Required in-office presence at least 4 days per week

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

The PA is responsible for the end-to-end architecture of the Connected Platform which includes the following duties:

• Mentor and lead a team of technical Domain Architects across business systems composing the platform
• Establish technology platform strategy and roadmap and work with Enterprise Architecture to align to multi-year Enterprise Roadmap
• Ensure Reference Architecture documentation is maintained and accurate (e.g. Conceptual Logical Integration Data)
• Ensure Enterprise Portfolio Management (LeanIX) reference data is maintained and accurate
• Identify innovative technologies or approaches to enable experimentation new capabilities or efficiencies
• Enable agile planning and delivery processes with thought leadership consultative guidance high-level estimation and architecture support
• Advise platform solutions to ensure compliance with leading Architecture practices Information Security/Compliance requirements and adhere to enterprise standards.
• Document As-Is and To-Be Architecture solutions. Presents complex solution options and benefits to key Program Product and IS stakeholders.
• Understand Enterprise roadmap initiatives and their Platform dependencies to incorporate into Product / Program backlogs
• Ensure that high-level solution designs are reviewed and approved by the Architecture Review Board (ARB) when required
• Define Platform and Product standards to manage technical debt reduce risk of service disruption and ensure Platform availability and scalability.
• Anticipate technical and business changes on the horizon that require Platform roadmap/architecture adjustments raising awareness and visibility to business and IS leadership.
• Identify opportunities for process efficiencies and continuous improvement to translate into technology investment

Supervisory and Management Responsibility:

• Direct reports - Technical Domain Architects

Budget Responsibility:

• May include budgetary responsibilities to support Delivery teams

Qualifications

Minimum Education and/or Experience:

• B.S. in Computer Science Information Systems related major or equivalent IS/IT experience
• 10 years of experience designing and supporting multiple large-scale (e.g. enterprise-wide) products or applications
• Experience working across diverse cultures and geographies in a mid-sized or large organization
  

Preferred/Optional:

• 3-5 years management experience
• Technical certifications (Salesforce Technical Architect (CTA) Salesforce Certified Platform Developer SAFe for Architects TOGAF Zachman ITIL Master etc.)

• Has expert-level technical knowledge and understanding of Architecture Systems Design Software Development and Integration practices across a broad array of technologies and cloud platforms (e.g Salesforce Snowflake Object-Oriented Programming MuleSoft Heroku Elasticsearch Microsoft Azure Google)
• Behaves in accordance with objectives and strategic plans; provides strategic or conceptual advice to achieve business objectives.
• Anticipates and solves unique and complex problems with broad business impact; uses conceptual thinking to propose high-level solutions and recommend process product and service improvements using industry and technology expertise
• Possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to adjust messaging for leadership technical and non-technical audiences
• Fosters a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
• Collaborates within and across teams to creatively solve problems across the business design reusable solutions and bridge gaps between functionality and delivery

• Build relationships
• Develop people
• Lead change
• Inspire Others
• Think critically
• Communicate clearly
• Create Accountability

Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections plan or program terms. This role is eligible for the following:

• Medical dental & vision
• Hospital plans
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Company paid Short and long-term disability
• Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance
• Time Off/Leave (PTO Allegis Group Paid Family Leave Parental Leave)

• $129100.00 - $209900.00
  
• This position is bonus eligible
• Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors including qualifications skills relevant experience job knowledge geographic location internal equity and other pertinent job-related factors .

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race sex age color religion national origin veteran status disability sexual orientation gender identity genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability please email Lauren Lara at or call for other accommodation options.

Required Experience:

Staff IC