Enterprise Architect at Temple, TX _Permanent Role

Role: Enterprise Architect

Location: Temple, TX

Requirements for Enterprise Architect role:

Application Rationalization and Business ArchitectureStrategy and Road Mapping – THIS IS KEYMost important piece for this new hireGood generalist who can engage/assist and accelerate on a variety of topics – Cloud, Security, etc… needs to be able to define user needs and create application flow diagrams!Experience building out Reference Architecture, which is a component road mapping. Terminology: Business Capability Modeling, Reference Architecture, Road Mapping, Business Outcome StrategyStrong experience with diagram presentation and trainingManaging business capabilities and mapsIdeally have a TOGAF certification since that’s what they followInterpersonal and great soft skillsExpect this candidate will have a good depth of technical acumen – example: Cloud is not the focus, more on aligning what the business wants to implement/business goals with the solutions they can implement, so experience in Azure is great but not primary focus.AI is an area that has been a differentiator but is really becoming less of a wish list and more of a requirement. There are many ways of applying AI, and experience with more is better… EA Team needs to be able to go to the business and not only have a path forward, but an accelerated path forward showing how AI can help with that acceleration. Ideal candidate needs to know how to execute on AI solutions… assist with AI enablement in the business. This could come from various areas - they may not know what they need until they hear it.AI Analytics and Machine Learning with dataAutomation and Agentic AI to help accelerate processesKnowledge Base ‘Assistive AI’ Need to be able to articulate HOW they can leverage AI; should have some prior/proven experience EA candidate have expertise in the finance domain… working with financial applications and working with financial teams at the company they were/are with.