Senior Portfolio Architect: Strategy & Business Architecture

Federal Express Corporation; Moon Township (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Express Corporation seeks a qualified professional to align business requirements with architecture concepts such as value streams, capabilities, and initiatives. The role fosters collaboration across business units to reflect reality in the business architecture and to drive decision-making based on clear, fact-driven analyses.

The candidate will contribute to end-to-end analyses, model complex systems with UML diagrams, and support IT alignment from an enterprise architecture

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 Capability-Based Planning frameworks; UML class diagrams; end-to-end analyses; data gathering; requirements specification; and presentations.
• Strong understanding of transportation industry, competitors, and evolving technologies; experience in multi-functional project teams.
• Advanced degrees may offset experience requirements.

Responsibilities

• Engages with requirements analysts to address root causes of capability gaps and move toward future state.
• Aligns business requirements to the business vocabulary defined within the business architecture body of knowledge.
• Communicates business strategy and desired value delivery and capability outcomes.
• Advises executives on options to satisfy customer demand during decision-making via business architecture.
• Collaborates with Solution Architects through capability mapping to provide concise business/IT mappings for design and modernization options.
• Creates and utilizes standardized architectural communications and templates.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

UML diagrams

Architecture tooling

BIZBOK/TOGAF

Gap analysis

Strategy frameworks

Regulatory compliance

Product portfolio mapping

Strong communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in systems engineering / related quantitative discipline

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect

IRIS Business Architect

Job description

Federal Express Corporation seeks a qualified professional to align business requirements with architecture concepts such as value streams, capabilities, and initiatives. The role fosters collaboration across business units to reflect reality in the business architecture and to drive decision-making based on clear, fact-driven analyses.

The candidate will contribute to end-to-end analyses, model complex systems with UML diagrams, and support IT alignment from an enterprise architecture