• Architecture Strategy: Develop and refine enterprise architecture framework for Velera Systems, around business, application, and technology architectures. Able to create TOGAF Artifacts: Matrixes, Diagrams, Building Blocks, and Principles w/ ArchiMate. Willingness to learn and create business architecture: business capability models, gap analysis’s, risk impact assessments, value stream maps, heat maps, and decision matrixes. Business capability score metrics, total cost of ownership metric, and return on investment metric formula understanding is needed, along with roadmap and business case creation. 

• Leadership: Mentor and guide junior architects and technical teams, fostering collaboration and best practices in architecture design and implementation. Providing oversight, consulting, and mentoring on architecture, design, and integration of software across complex system integration with data, security, performance, and scalability in mind is required.

• Project Oversight: Oversee major architectural projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and timely delivery of solutions. Reviewing and creating solutions using Architecture Review Board (ARB), Permit to Build (PTB), and Permit to Operation (PTO) artifacts, along with capacity forecasting planning and overseeing /own a technology-based end of support and rationalization program is required.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with senior stakeholders and business leaders to understand their needs and ensure that architecture solutions effectively address business challenges. Working with Velera’s Business Liaison team to establish leadership roadmaps and business cases is required.

• Innovation: Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending innovative solutions to enhance system performance and competitive advantage. Creating solutions and hands-on Proof of Concept creation (POCs) is required.

• Standards and Governance: Establish and enforce architectural standards and governance frameworks to ensure consistency, security, and compliance with industry regulations. Reviewing product solution artifacts is required.

• Risk Management: Proactively identify potential risks related to architecture and develop strategies to mitigate them, ensuring system reliability and resilience. Working with Velera’s security risk and compliance team needed to push enterprise level governance is required.

• Documentation and Reporting: Create and maintain detailed architectural documentation, including models, diagrams, and specifications, and provide regular reports on architectural progress and impact.

Pay Equity

Actual Pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Great Work/Life Benefits!

• Competitive wages

• Medical with telemedicine

• Dental and Vision

• Basic and Optional Life Insurance

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Maternity, Parental, Family Care

• Community Volunteer Time Off

• 12 Paid Holidays

• Company Paid Disability Insurance

• 401k (with employer match)

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• Supplemental Insurance

• Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Wellness program

• Benefits are subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions