Portfolio Business Architect: Strategy & Transformation

Socket.dev; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 88,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Express Corporation seeks a Business Architect to align business requirements with architecture, facilitating collaboration across units and guiding IT mappings to support digital transformation. You will model capabilities, analyze gap closure, and communicate strategy using BIZBOK/TOGAF standards.

Hybrid position with preferred locations in Memphis, Pittsburgh, or Plano; occasional on-site work is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, software engineering, information systems, operations research, computer science, or related quantitative discipline.
• Two years’ directly related experience.
• Knowledge of BIZBOK, TOGAF or other architectural frameworks.
• Strong knowledge and experience in the creation of UML class diagrams.
• Experience in end-to end analyses, including data gathering and requirements specification, analysis, and presentations.
• Strong understanding of the transportation industry, competitors, and evolving technologies.
• Experience as a member of multi-functional project teams.

Responsibilities

• Engages with requirements analysts to address the root cause of capability gaps and to move the capability toward its future state
• Aligns business requirements to the business vocabulary defined within the business architecture body of knowledge
• Communicates business strategy and the desired value delivery and capability outcomes
• Advises executives on available options to satisfy customer demand during decision making using the business architecture
• Actively collaborates with Solution Architects through capability mapping to application architecture to provide business and IT with a concise set of conceptual business/IT mappings
• Involved in the creation and utilization of standardized architectural communications and templates
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

UML class diagrams

Architecture frameworks

Requirements gathering

Multifunctional teamwork

Strategic frameworks (OKR, Porter)

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, software engineering, information systems, operations research, computer science, or related quantitative discipline

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect

IRIS Business Architect

Job description

Federal Express Corporation seeks a Business Architect to align business requirements with architecture, facilitating collaboration across units and guiding IT mappings to support digital transformation. You will model capabilities, analyze gap closure, and communicate strategy using BIZBOK/TOGAF standards.

Hybrid position with preferred locations in Memphis, Pittsburgh, or Plano; occasional on-site work is required.