Sr Enterprise Architect II

Description* Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future.

A Fortune 200 leader, we’re the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges.

The Enterprise Architect (EA) is responsible for overseeing and maintaining an organization's IT architecture strategy and ensuring it aligns with business goals.

This senior-level position bridges the gap between business strategy and technical implementation, while driving innovation and digital transformation initiatives.

• What you will do : Develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks and standards, models, and guiding principles to help define and govern the future state architecture, business processes, information systems and infrastructure* Define and develop platform roadmaps and technology lifecycles, transformational initiatives, M&A technology due diligence and integration plans, and solution design and oversight across a wide and diverse portfolio of solutions.
• Provide consultative services on projects focused on architecture compliance, development and implementation of strategic technological directives.
• Lead vendor selection process and provides recommendations for investment in technology solutions, supported by appropriate ROI, total cost of ownership, and / or cost benefit analyses.
• Lead innovation initiatives and proof of concept projects* Develop and present business cases, for high-level initiatives, for approval, funding and prioritization.
• Solution architect providing technical guidance and training others within capability scope.* Represent the EA organization for application, data, and infrastructure domain specific initiatives by managing, and at times leading these initiatives from an EA perspective.
• Support architecting cloud-based applications, mobile applications and infrastructure, web services, middleware and databases needed to support the future state technology platform.
• Ensures coordination and completion of design review based on formalized standards.* Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities.
• What we expect of you : Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of professional experience in Information Technology, OR 11 years of professional experience in Information Technology.
• 5 years functioning as an Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Architecture certified or equivalent experience using industry standards such as TOGAF).
• Experience developing architectural standards and road maps.* Experience being an evangelist for a bigger picture strategy, integrating the business and technological vision, connecting the dots across business needs, technologies, processes, and information.
• Proven experience in large-complex technical efforts, maximizing current investment and optimizing process complexity.* Proven experience with future state architecture, taking business to the next level, creating competitive advantage to the business.
• Proven experience in large, complex scale projects.* Solid presentation skills, ability to effectively influence.* Experience developing architectural standards and road maps.
• Able to work autonomously and exhibit excellent judgment.* Strong Technical leadership of development teams and vendors.
• Possess a strong business and technical acumen to contribute to the strategic business plan and operational direction.* Proven track record of driving innovation initiatives*Who we are : *CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe.

Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates.

With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small. *What you can expect from us : Culture, coworkers, careers.

CDW is not only the People Who Get IT but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way.

Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together.

At CDW, you’ll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with.

Bring your best true self and your best ideas to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status*Benefits overview : https : / / cdw.benefit-info.

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