Domain Architect

Job Title : Domain Architect

Location : PlanoTX

Duration : 6 MonthsContract to Hire

Rate : $105Hourly

Hybrid Opportunity 3days a week Onsite

• Description :
• Hiring Manager is looking to hire a DomainArchitect for this requisition who are skilled in ITtechnologies.
• These DomainArchitect should have handson experience acting as Architects intheir current 45 years of professional experience with backgroundof being technological experts in Cloud AWS services InfosecMicroservices APIs Data and other integration patternsetc.
• Manager is alsolooking for candidates who are skilled in enterprise applicationportfolio management technology portfolio management.

Havingexperience with any EA framework such as TOGAF Zachman etc. as wellas with any EAM tools such as LeanIX Ardoc ArchiMateetc.

They should have greatcommunication solution providing and articulation skills who cannot only provide technical solutions in the domain but can alsohave it communicated to highlevel leadership technical delivery aswell as nontechnical teams.

Duration : 6 months of contract topermanent.

Location : PlanoTX; Should be local to Plano TX and willing to work onsite at least3 days a week.

Interview process

• 45minute MS TEAMs videointerview with the Hiring Manager and team.
• Technical 4560 minute preferably inperson or MSTEAMs video interview with the Hiring Manager andteam.

DomainArchitect

The Domain ArchitectureOwner is responsible and accountable for all Architecture anddesign decisions within a Domain. They ensure proposed technologysolutions are designed to meet or exceed functional requirementsnonfunctional requirements adhere to the Architecture Standards andaligns with the longerterm digital transformationstrategy.

The candidate would possess strong leadership excellentoral and written communication skills and a proven ability topresent and discuss technical functional and managerial informationclearly and concisely to various stakeholders from BusinessExecutives to Developers.

Expertise in architecting and developingsecure scalable reliable faulttolerant distributedapplications.

The Domain Architecture Owners partner with their assignedDomains to drive key technology decisions. They create and maintainbusiness architecture artifacts and domain technologyroadmaps.

What youll be doing :

• Be part of the Domainleadership team to create technology strategy and influencetechnology direction.
• Responsible and accountable for all architecturefunctions within the domain.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders andarchitects to drive consensus.
• Responsible for creating and maintainingBusiness Capability map for the domain.
• Creates and maintains Technology Strategycurrent and target State architectures for thedomain.
• Participates in allCrossdomain architecture routines.
• Support solution architecture to createapplication high level and lowlevel designs and document thenecessary artifacts.
• Otheractivities as assigned by the Domain ArchitectureLeader.

Job Accountabilities

Accountabilities should be grouped into blocks of10% to 25% of time. If any activity is 5% or less combine it withrelated activities.

If any activity is more than 25% break it downinto smaller activities. Begin each job accountability with anaction word such as develop analyze coordinate advice approvemanage lead etc.

Primary JobAccountabilities

of Time

DomainLeadership Engagement

o Engage with the domain as partof the Domain Leadership Team.

o Drive consensus amongthe leadership on Technology Strategy.

o Validatetechnology feasibility of business case and conceptproposals.

Engagement on assignedDomain OKRs and other miscellaneous projects

o Work withdomain stakeholders to understand business requirements.

o Ensure all designs are approved per architecture guidelines andstandards.

Supporting SolutionArchitecture

o Partner with Solution Architects tocreate High level design.

o Validate low level designspresented by Solution architects.

o Provide guidance andthought leadership to drive fit for purpose solutions.

oMentor Solution Architects

Creating andmaintaining Business capabilities and target state technologyarchitecture

o Create business capability maps byinterviewing various business stakeholders.

o Performcapability assessments on new projects and initiatives.

o Create various relevant capability heatmaps to help createtechnology roadmaps.

o Create value streams for thedomain.

Documenting Key decisionsartifacts or other items as required

o Capture decisionsrisks impediments and open items on any design items beingdiscussed.

o Capture proper evidence ofdecisions.

o Ensure consensus of all relevantstakeholders is captured.

ArchitectureGovernance

o Provide oversight on all high level andlowlevel designs presented in Domain Architecture OfficeHours.

o Approve designs that meet gatingcriteria.

o Make decisions using approved processes suchas buyvsbuild.

o Represent the domain in allarchitectural governance routines.

Cross Domaincollaboration

o Work with other SME / Domain Architects todrive design consensus.

o Collaborate with other domainarchitects and domain architecture leader to identify cross domainimpact on design.

o Provide education on any reusabledesign aspects that can be used across domains.

oCollaborate on other crossdomain initiatives.

Requirements :

Challenges Examples

Approach / Solution

Describe two to three most commonchallenges this job faces and how they may besolved.

1. There are multiple vendorsdevelopment teams and business users involved to create andfinalize endtoend technical solutions.

It can be challenging toensure that everyone is aligned and working togethereffectively.

Should understand current and future IT technicalofferings and identify appropriate solutions that are fit forpurpose. They should establish clear communication channels toguide and mentor involved parties in the ongoing collectiondevelopment review and adoption of architecture standards and bestpractices.

2. Designing too close to a delivery sprint willlead to a potential compromise on architectural standards and bestpractices.

Early engagement with key stakeholders andunderstanding requirements and viewpoints will help create a designthat can be better aligned with the delivery timelines.

3. Vendor engagements without proper technicaldue diligence can impact domains strategicgoals.

Enable decisioning of product selection throughproper technology duediligence and alignment with business andtechnology strategy.

DecisionMaking

Describe whatkind of decisions this job will regularly makeand be held accountable for.

1. Articulatingand solving critical business problems while demonstrating a strongbusiness acumen.

2. Owning and managing thefull technology architecture and the relevant parts ofSDLC.

3. Approving system design aschanges / enhancements are designed that are alignment withArchitecture standards and guidelines.

WorkingRelationships

Describe the jobholdersmost frequent internal and / or external contacts. Do not includecontacts with the direct manager / supervisor orsubordinates.

Contact (e.g. Asst. LegalCounsel ITX external vendor)

Purpose of Contact

Frequency (e.g. dailyweekly quarterly)

1. Solution & SMEArchitects

Coordination of systemsolutions

Weekly

2. PlatformTeams (Platform Cloud Infosecurity governanceSRE)

Coordination of systemsolutions

As needed

3. DesignStakeholders

FactoryLeaders)

Coordination of architecture and developmentwalkthrough and signoffs

As needed

4. DomainLeadership

Create and maintain Capability maps andtechnology strategy

Weekly

Knowledge andSkills

Describe the minimum education andexperience required or preferred to perform this job. Include anylicenses certifications or specialized skills that are eitherrequired or preferred to perform the job.

Education

Required

Preferred

Degree

HighSchool Education or Equivalent

Associate TwoYear CollegeDegree

FourYear College Degree (BA orBS)

Advanced Degree.Specify :

Experience Subject MatterExpertise

Required

Preferred

Work Experience

02years of work experience

02years of relevant work experience (in similar field and / orindustry)

25 years of relevant / progressivework experience (in similar field and / orindustry)

510 years of relevant / progressivework experience (in similar field and / orindustry)

10 years of relevant / progressivework experience (in similar field and / orindustry)

Licenses Certifications& Specialized Skills IH1 (ifapplicable)

Required

Preferred

Degree

Cloudexperience :

Migrating ortransforming legacy solutions to the cloud.

Architecting / designing solutions built on cloudideal but not required (AWS Azure GCP).

Broadtechnology experience including cloud architecture applicationsdevelopment relational databases NoSQL databases analytics machinelearning networking security storage DevOps containers serverlessCI / CD management and monitoring cloud migrations and ITtransformation.

Software DevelopmentExpertise such as

Solidunderstanding of domain specific applications.

Mastery of distributed applications project lifecycle and the basics of technical operations (networks data centerdatabase integration and migration activities).

Development Methodology has mastered andunderstands common development models including waterfall and agileprocesses.

Mastery of unittesting software change management software releasemanagement.

Project managementskills :

Working knowledge ofproject management principles.

Experience in estimating and measuring projectsize and scope.

Businessskills :

Presentation andwhiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking withinternal and external executives IT management and technicalteams.

Excellentcommunication skills with an ability to right levelconversations.

Supervision orManagement

List the number of team members thisjob oversees directly or indirectly (through subordinatesupervisors or managers) if any.

CollectiveNumber of Team Members Direct and IndirectReports

N / A

Responsible for oversightof contingent workers (typically how many)

Associates : ad hoc teamsno direct reports

Contingents / Consultants : N / A

Vendor / Partners : Varies

Additional CommentsIncluding Unique Circumstances

Ability to workindependently with strong organizational and flexibility skills ina teamoriented environment and exhibit characteristics of excellenttime management.