Enterprise Architect Associate

SN Aboitiz Power Group; Makati; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

SN Aboitiz Power Group is seeking an Enterprise Architect Associate to help shape and execute the organization’s enterprise architecture framework and roadmap. You will plan, govern and drive digital transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and improving operational efficiency.

You will engage with multiple stakeholders, develop architecture diagrams, and evaluate solutions across business and IT domains while supporting agile teams and technology leadership.

Qualifications

• Excellent analytical, planning, organizational and technical skills.
• Strong collaboration skills; Ability to work with developers in an in-and-out outsource environment.
• Excellent business communication skills and ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Exposure to multiple technologies, platforms, and processing environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise technology architecture domains: business, information, data, network, security.
• Knowledge in infrastructure and network design, servers/storage, database management, virtualization, cloud, AD and protocols.
• Understanding of IT service management (ITSM) and ITIL.
• Understanding of IT standards and controls.
• Excellent understanding of application development methodologies and architecture.
• Awareness of technology trends and practical application to business models.
• Solid understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Understand business drivers and capabilities to determine system solution designs and change requirements.
• Develops and maintains Enterprise Architecture diagrams and artifacts (business process, data models, technology diagrams).
• Contributes to integration principles, standards, and patterns in line with EA vision.
• Evaluates technology solutions for seamless integration with existing infrastructure.
• Analyzes current tech environment to identify deficiencies, legacy debt and recommends improvements.
• Provides analysis to support integration investment recommendations aligned with business outcomes.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure EA initiatives deliver business value.
• Guides internal stakeholders on technologies, platforms, and vendor offerings.
• Assists in planning, monitoring and maintaining the EA tool.
• Manages technology standards from development to review, trend monitoring, and release planning.

Skills

Analytical skills

Planning

Organizational skills

Technical skills

Collaboration

Communication

Architectural debt management

Vendor evaluation

Stakeholder management

Agile principles

Technology leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Job description

The Enterprise Architect Associate contributes to the development, implementation, maintenance and continuously improves the enterprise architecture framework and roadmap of the organization. This position supports the planning, governance, and execution of enterprise architecture strategies to esnure that digital transformation intiatives are intergrated and aligned with the organization's overall plans and objectives. In additiona, this role assists in evaluating technology solutions to ensure they promote operational efficiency and technological advancement.

The responsibilities associated with the position include:

Enterprise Architecture Planning and Design

• Understands business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state), as well as end-to-end processes, to determine corresponding system solution designs and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes.
• Develops and maintains the Enterprise Architecture diagrams and artifacts such as business process, data models, technology diagrams.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of the integration principles, guidelines, standards, and patterns in alignment with the enterprise architecture vision.
• Evaluates the design and implementation of technology solutions to ensure seamless and effective integration within existing infrastructure.
• Performs an analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement. In addition, analyzes the technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise, as well as on the enterprise infrastructure architecture.
• Provides analysis and evaluation to support integration investment recommendations, ensuring alignment with targeted business outcomes.
• Works in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders to ensure that enterprise architecture initiatives and solutions support the requirements of line organizations and deliver identified business value.
• Provides guidance to internal stakeholders on a broad range of technologies, platforms, and vendor offerings to support targeted business outcomes.
• Assists in the planning, development, monitoring, and maintenance of the enterprise architecture tool.
• Assists in managing technology standards from its development, periodic review, trend monitoring and scanning, POC and evaluation, periodic release, and creation of programs and projects to implement the changes (invest, maintain, contain, disinvest).

Position Requirements:

a. Excellent analytical, planning, organizational and technical skills.

b. Strong collaboration skills; Ability to work with developers in an in-and-out outsource environment.

c. Excellent business communication skills and with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

d. Possesses the following technical knowledge/skills/abilities:

• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, platforms, and processing environments
• Knowledge of various aspects of an enterprise technology architecture like business, information, data, network and security.
• Preferably with deep knowledge in the following technical disciplines: infrastructure and network design, servers and storage, database management and operations, clustering technologies, virtualization, cloud technologies and active directory and protocols.
• Understanding and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
• Understanding and knowledge of IT standards and controls.
• Excellent understanding of application development methodologies and infrastructure and network architecture.
• Good understanding of strategic and new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.
• Solid understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt.
• Experience in developing architecture diagrams, strategies and roadmaps.
• At least 2-3 years of relevant experience as a technical SME and with experience in a technology lead/technical management capacity
• Relevant Experience in business process and data modeling and analysis and design tools
• Relevant certification is a plus but not required (i.e., program/technology-specific certifications)
• Experience in a relevant industry (i.e., utilities or energy sector) and familiarity with relevant regulatory requirements and industry standards is a plus but not required
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience
• At least 1-2 years of relevant experience as a technical SME