Chief Architect - Enterprise Strategy

Company: National Black MBA Association
Location: Santa Rosa
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

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Unlock Your Career Potential: Technology at ADP. Do you enjoy exploring, identifying and inspiring the future of the workplace and the lives of millions of people? At ADP, the world’s largest B2B cloud company, our Technology team is comprised of brilliant engineers, architects, data scientists, infrastructure experts, and more. We were first in our industry to offer a SaaS solution and continue to push the envelope utilizing the latest operating platforms to deliver the highly automated, intelligent and predictive solutions that are redefining what is possible. Named one of Forbes’ “ Most Innovative Companies ” and one of Computerworld’s “ 100 Best Places to Work in IT “, we are committed to leading the way in product development and research, empowering you to bring to life the latest innovations that will forever change the way businesses manage their most vital asset, employees.

Chief Architect – Enterprise Strategy

ADP Enterprise Architecture

Position Summary:

ADP is searching for a successful Chief Enterprise Architect to join our high performance Enterprise Architecture team. The successful candidate will have a strong command of software architecture, programming, latest web technologies and frameworks. This is a key senior position that will help to define the Technology Blueprint for ADP and will collaborate with architects across the organization as well as present to Executive Leaders.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the Architecture Vision and Technology Roadmap that aligns to the business strategy and objectivesÂ

Define architecture standards and governance/review processes needed to support the Enterprise Architecture

Work with business partners to understand the strategic priorities and translate them to Enterprise Architecture requirements

Collaborate with Line of Business Architects to understand current state and develop migration plans to target state

Develop and support strong cross functional partnerships with CIO, Global Security, Product, and Line of Business architects

Advocate within the organization, from line level to C-level, to ensure architectural priorities are known and executed within the broader business contextÂ

Provide technical leadership, motivation, and mentorship to other architect, engineers, and developers throughout the organization

Evaluate and select new and emerging technologies based on business need and fit within the architecture vision and strategy

Work with the Infrastructure, Operations, and Development organizations to ensure system architectures are robust, scalable and secure, with appropriate overall system design and integration points/APIs, to deliver a high quality customer experience

Collaborate in building a culture of continuous delivery and improvement, ensuring that key systems are regularly analyzed, maintained, and resilient

Establish a Deep and Powerful Network outside the company, including technology and resource suppliers. Assimilate industry trends and ideas as a means of cultivating innovation, recruiting great people and leveraging partner resources in solving tough business challenges

Qualifications :

B.S. /M.S. degree in Engineering or Computer Science

10+ years of experience building and leading the development of complex systems

Versed across the Technology Spectrum with Business AcumenÂ

Internally and externally recognized as a key and Influential Leader

Understands Technology vs Business Impact

Expertise in one of the following with working knowledge of all at high levels:Â

IT Infrastructure

Security Architecture

Business Architecture

Deep understanding of the fundamentals required to build highly available and scalable services, including the benefits and trade-offs between asynchronous and synchronous processing, various methods for sharing and segmenting services, and how to anticipate and prevent scaling bottlenecks

Experience designing, rolling out and iteratively improving enterprise architecture across a large number of tightly and loosely-coupled distinct products, including successful integration of core platform capabilities that are leveraged across the entire product suite

Demonstrates knowledge and practice of Advanced Architectural Skills , including creation and management of key solution and enterprise tools and artifacts, such as strategy development, roadmaps, blueprints; sequencing and system, software and process models

Mastery of object oriented design and design patterns

Experience with Microservice Architecture patterns

Experience with Agile / Scrum Development

Generic Skills:

Leadership : not only at the management level, but at the individual level — having the confidence and resilience to take risks — be self-empowered

Advanced Communication Skills : Oral, written and presentation. Able to distill highly complex or abstract technical issues into clear, actionable points, accompanied by authoritative details.Â

User Focus : an absolute focus on the user (internal or external) experience — every aspect of a solution should be productized for ease of use

Improvisation : the ability to think across disciplines and existing boundaries (technologies/business/geographies) – lateral thinking

Collaboration : teamwork with a positive approach to ambiguity

Research : an inclination to continuous research inside and outside the current focus fieldsÂ

Influence by example : scientific proof of an idea (success or failure) as the presentation tool — represent an idea in order to promote it

Abstract Thinking : view of ideas and solutions as abstractions/patterns that can be leveraged/adapted/reused — deliver frameworks instead of point solutions

Passion : A need to be “passionate” about producing exceptional solutions in a collaborative environment (e.g., Agile methodology preferred). Must always be curious and excited to try new technologies.

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Software in the Cloud. Experts on the Ground:

ADP powers the working world with comprehensive solutions that drive business success. Consistently named one of the “Most Admired Companies” by FORTUNE® Magazine, and recognized by Forbes® as one of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies,” ADP has over a half-million clients around the globe and 65 years of experience as one of the largest providers of human capital management solutions world-wide.

At ADP, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. ADP is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.

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