Senior Architect - remote

Novalink Solutions LLC; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Novalink Solutions LLC seeks an Enterprise Architect to guide IT strategy, governance, and modernization across US-based business units. The role focuses on Generative AI, RPA, and cloud platforms to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and strategy.

The Architect will collaborate with senior leadership, BRMs and SMEs to create technology roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and drive high-impact architectural decisions for digital transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or related discipline, or equivalent & extensive project experience.
• 5–7 years of IT experience with Enterprise Architecture, including 2 years in Solution Architecture.
• Experience leading AI implementations (Generative AI, RPA, Virtual Assistants).
• Experience providing EA governance for cloud modernization efforts.
• Exposure to multiple technologies and processing environments.
• Experience with AWS, GCP and/or Azure for AI/RPA technologies.
• ABACUS EA tool experience preferred.
• TOGAF certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and drive strategic planning discussions with senior leadership and SMEs.
• Partner with IT staff to establish technology standards and guidelines for design and implementation.
• Lead PoCs using emerging technologies to validate concepts.
• Analyze business requirements, market trends and provide senior leadership recommendations.
• Maintain a holistic view of the organization’s strategy, processes, information, and technology assets.
• Provide architectural guidance for modernization efforts across projects.
• Collaborate across IT to align enterprise architecture with business goals.
• Develop cross-LOB enterprise solutions that integrate business processes with technology options.

Skills

Strategic technology planning

Emerging technology analysis

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Customer trust-building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

TOGAF Certification preferred

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

ABACUS EA

Lucidchart/Visio

Job description

JFS OIS supports multiple business units. The hired Architect creates and leverages Business Capability Modelling artifacts, creates Customer Journey Maps as needed and facilitates Business and IT Strategic planning in collaboration with Business Relationship Managers and Senior Leadership. Architectural guidance must be provided for new projects and ensure that current projects follow the JFS technical and application standards and is in alignment with enterprise strategy. Conduct market research, Technology evaluation and tool comparison and operationalize modern technology and application standards. OIS is focused on Modernization and Cloud Smart Strategy execution projects, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), AI/ML including Virtual Assistants and Generative AI, in Family Assistance, Unemployment Compensation, Workforce Development, Community Support Services and other areas.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Facilitate and drive Business and IT Strategic Planning discussions with Senior Leadership, Business Relationship Managers and subject matter experts ensuring alignment with organization’s goals and objectives.
• Partner with IT staff and technology experts to create IT Strategy, establish technology standards and guidelines for design and implementation of projects
• Plan, Initiate and spearhead proof of concept initiatives using emerging technologies
• Partner with business and technology experts to understand business requirements, analyze market trends, conduct technology evaluation and comparison analysis and provide recommendations to senior leadership
• Maintain a holistic view of the organization’s strategy, processes, information and technology assets.
• Require Technical Architecture skills and experience in Generative AI, Conversational UI, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable digital business transformation and provide guidance for modernization efforts.
• Technical writing leveraging Word, Powerpoint, Lucid Chart, Visio, Avolution ABACUS, Sharepoint

The Architect will be working with business strategists’/process owners/SMEs comprised of Business Unit managers across Family Assistance, Unemployment Compensation, Workforce Development and various admin areas like Finance.SMEs are within OIS at various roles eg: Application Development managers/leads, Requirements teams, Client Partners, Operations leads. The Senior Architect role will be primarily aligned to one or more Business Units while providing backup support to others.

Scope of Activities

• Provide strategic consultation to assigned line-of-business (LOB) customers for business and IT strategies as well as in researching, internally marketing and enabling the use of standard technologies based on customer requirements.
• Create IT Strategies and guidelines by collaborating with subject matter experts across different IT teams
• Provide architectural input and technical consultation services to implement the strategies and guidelines in projects
• Participate in business opportunity identification and business innovation portfolio development by conducting research, leveraging emerging technologies and adhering to market trends.
• Participate in enterprise architecture development, including business architecture, information architecture, application portfolio and technical architecture and create models to drive informed business and IT decisions.
• Assess near-term needs, using structured interview processes, to establish business priorities; consult with technical subject matter experts and develop alternative technical solutions; advise on options, risks, costs vs. benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities.
• Conduct informal learning sessions for the organization on developed strategies and cutting-edge technologies
• Collaborate with other IT functional areas to remain informed of project status and inform LOB customer management of progress; conversely, keep IT's technology and service managers aware of key LOB customer issues, identifying and resolving potential problems and conflicts.
• Facilitate development of cross-LOB (enterprise) solutions that combine knowledge of business processes and issues, general technological options, and process facilitation techniques.
• Collaborate with the enterprise program management office on reporting project status, issues, risks and benefits.

Skills and Credentials

• Experience developing strategic technology plans and roadmaps, business capability models and customer journey maps
• Ability to present and communicate both business and technical concepts
• Ability to lead and conduct emerging technology analysis initiatives
• Experience in leading efforts to create technology solutions and architectures impacting critical areas of the business
• Strong leadership and negotiation skills with business and technical groups
• Ability to establish and maintain a high-level of customer trust and confidence.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects.
• Ability to think critically and solve problems
• Demonstrated technology skills across multiple IT domains (e.g. application, security, infrastructure)
• Strong consultative skills at a cross-functional level

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information systems or related discipline, or equivalent and extensive related project experience; master’s degree preferred.
• TOGAF Certification preferred
• Five to seven years of experience in IT, with a minimum of two years’ Enterprise Architecture experience and two years’ Solution Architecture experience.
• Technical Experience, leading AI implementations that include Generative AI, RPA and Virtual Assistants
• Experience providing EA Governance for Cloud modernization efforts
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
• Solution Architecture Experience using AWS, GCP and (/or) Azure ecosystems for AI and Robotic Process Automation technologies such as UI Path
• Enterprise Architecture experience using ABACUS EA tool is preferred

Requirements

• Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information systems or related discipline, or equivalent & extensive related project experience; master’s pref
• TOGAF Certification preferred
• Highly desired 5-7 of experience in IT, with a minimum of 2 years’ Enterprise Architecture experience and 2 years’ Solution Architecture exp
• Required 7 Years Technical Experience, leading AI implementations that include Generative AI, RPA and Virtual Assistants
• Required Experience providing EA Governance for Cloud modernization efforts
• Required Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
• Required Solution Architecture Experience using AWS, GCP and (/or) Azure ecosystems for AI and Robotic Process Automation technologies such as UI Path
• Required Enterprise Architecture experience using ABACUS EA tool is preferred
• Highly desired