Enterprise Architect

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Role: Enterprise Architect

Location: Prague

Contract type: full time

About Carrier

At Carrier we make modern life possible by delivering innovative and sustainable ground-breaking systems and services that matter for people and our planet. We exceed the expectations of our customers by anticipating industry trends, working tirelessly to master and revolutionize them. This is why we come to work every day. And we do it The Carrier Way.

Join us and we can make a difference together.

About the role

Senior Enterprise Business Systems professional with significant experience. Identifying and analyzing business needs, conducting requirements gathering, and defining scope and objectives.

Benefits

We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees and enhancing our programs when necessary.

Among the many benefits, Carrier offers Exciting innovative environment, possibility for further development and international career opportunities, high-profile team, daily use of English and other foreign languages, language courses, Competitive remuneration and other benefits (meal vouchers, contribution to life or pension insurance, holidays etc.), Flexible working hours, possibility for home office, sick days.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field preferred

• Management/work experience which includes practical experience in Information Technology, Information Services Architecture, IT Security, Technical architecture with Minimum 4 years' experience in cloud-based enterprise infrastructure architecture and/or operations required.
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, software as a Service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven systems, and modern patterns of advanced analytics including Data Lake, ML, AI, and others
• Familiarity with Information management practices, Master data management, System development life cycle management, IT services management, Agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks
• Well versed in formal Enterprise Architecture frameworks like TOGAF and with architecture modeling languages like ArchiMate; certification preferred
• Experience managing an Enterprise Architecture repository based on software like Sparx EA, Orbus, LeanIX or BiZZDesign
• Comfortable working with all levels of the organization including senior executives
• Strong passion for technology and staying abreast of industry trends
• Strong leadership and coaching skills
• Excellent analytical and technical skills
• Excellent written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills
• Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting, and risk management
• Understanding of the different types of agile principles, methodologies, and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level like SAFe
• Balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications of individual decisions and organization goals
• Translate business needs into EA requirements
• Rapidly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
• Ready to think, behave and act in an innovative consulting manner to drive the organization's digital business strategies
• Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting, and risk management.
• Understanding of the different types of agile principles, methodologies, and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level.
• Understanding of existing, new, and emerging technologies, and processing environments.
• Balance the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term implications of individual decisions and organization goals.

Desired Certifications:

• LeanIX
• TOGAF and/or other EA frameworks
• CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional preferred
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) preferred
• Certifications in IT governance, and EA standards (Certified IT Architect, CSSBB,  ITIL, TOGAF, COBIT, etc.)

Travel:

You will be required to travel as is determined by the needs of our businesses. This position may require travel to business sites up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Proactively and holistically helping guide the enterprise through technology transformation and optimization initiatives.
• Understanding and applying existing, new, and emerging technologies to transform and optimize business and operating models.
• The Enterprise Architect focus is to help the organization plan, design, innovate, orchestrate, facilitate, navigate, and operationalize the digital enterprise.
• The Enterprise Architect is a leadership role that collaborates with a team of domain architects (business, data, solution, technology, security and other) in a direct capacity.
• Responsibility for helping business leaders enable their future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive the organization's targeted business outcomes through the choice of initiatives the organization chooses to invest in.
• Helping business leaders understand, monetize, and operationalize existing, new and emerging technologies.
• Responsibility for running the EA practice as an internal management consultancy that offers a portfolio of services to business leaders and enterprise stakeholders.
• Responsibility for defining the advisory process, EA process, and architecture review and governance, and for leading the integration of those processes with related business and IT functions and processes.
• Leading and coordination all aspects of the EA practice (Business, Data, Solutions, Technology, Security Architecture)

Our commitment to you

Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way.

Join us and make a difference.

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Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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