Director, Enterprise Architecture

Position Summary The Director, Enterprise Architecture (EA) plays a critical role in ensuring the company\'s technological platforms are in alignment with business strategies. Proactively analyze current business and IT environments and operations to identify deficiencies or opportunities, and recommend solutions for improvement; define high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the current and future state of current systems; delivers technical visualization of proposed solutions Possess and maintain up-to-date practical knowledge of AI/ML technologies/disciplines and their trends including vendors, libraries, tools, and use cases BITCO can use to drive real business value Conceptualize and model legacy application work to minimize ongoing support costs and long term technical debt Provide architectural guidance and support to application development teams and project teams throughout the software development lifecycle and help resolve project/work interdependencies Establish architectural principles, standards, and guidelines to ensure consistency, interoperability, security, and compliance across all IT systems while enforcing development and design standards used by internal/external delivery teams Maintain methods and execution of interfaces with external products (on premise or in the cloud) while maintaining overall performance and appropriate response to end users Design and govern the integration of various applications and systems, ensuring seamless data flow and interoperability across the enterprise Collaborate with security teams to ensure that security considerations are integrated into the enterprise architecture and all solutions are designed with security in mind Work with infrastructure teams to define the underlying infrastructure requirements to support application needs and ensure scalability and reliability Collaborate with data architects to define data models, data flows, and data integration strategies that align with the overall enterprise architecture Audit compliance of business and IT operations against established standards, policies and strategies and partner with ORI/SOC counterparts to ensure alignment with broader ORI enterprise architectural standards and guidelines Provide technology contribution to business objectives, by conducting feasibility studies, producing high level technical models, and assisting in the preparation of business cases Provide input to strategic IT investment decisions through technical input and architecture services such as vendor and technical product evaluation and decision making Possess deep understanding of industry standards, platform technology, and integration frameworks and provide research on how BITCO could leverage new technologies for future gain Stay informed about emerging technologies and architectural trends, identifying opportunities to improve the efficiency, agility, and effectiveness of the organization\'s IT systems Maintains current company and department procedures. Assigns work, provides training and feedback to team members, and conducts timely and appropriate evaluations of job performance in the department As a management representative, consistently acts in the best interest of BITCO and provides leadership and communication to actively promote BITCO\'s mission, values, and culture All other functions and duties as assigned Qualifications Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Business Administration, related field, or equivalent experience required Significant hands-on experience using insurance/financial services based enterprise platforms (Duck Creek/Guidewire, Salesforce, Microsoft, etc.) At least 5+ years\' of experience in a leadership role Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and motivate high-performing teams. Get notified about new Director Enterprise Architecture jobs in Davenport, IA .

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