Role Overview:This role involves partnering with technology and business leaders to define and execute architecture roadmaps for HR, Finance, and employee-facing technology platforms. The focus is on developing target-state architectures, identifying opportunities for platform modernization, cloud adoption, and technical debt reduction, while also providing architectural guidance for AI-enabled solutions.
Key Responsibilities: - Partner with technology and business leaders to help define and execute architecture roadmaps for HR, Finance, and employee-facing technology platforms.
- Develop target-state architectures that align with enterprise technology strategies, business objectives, security requirements, and operational goals.
- Identify opportunities for platform modernization, cloud adoption, technical debt reduction, and application rationalization.
- Provide architecture guidance across platforms including Workday, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365, AWS, Azure, and related employee technology solutions.
- Design scalable, secure, and resilient solutions that enable a seamless end-to-end employee experience.
- Define integration patterns, API strategies, data flows, and architectural best practices across the employee technology ecosystem.
- Ensure architectural decisions support enterprise standards, performance requirements, security controls, and regulatory compliance.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve employee productivity, operational efficiency, and business processes.
- Provide architectural guidance for AI-enabled solutions, including governance, security, and responsible AI considerations.
- Collaborate with engineering and business teams to assess emerging technologies and recommend practical adoption strategies.
Required Skills: - Experience in one or more technology domains, such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data and analytics.
- Experience in solution design, implementation, or consulting for applications and infrastructure.
- IT development, implementation, or consulting experience in the software or internet industries.
Qualifications: - 10+ years of experience in one or more technology domains.
- 3+ years of experience in solution design, implementation, or consulting for applications and infrastructure.
- 8+ years of IT development, implementation, or consulting experience in the software or internet industries.
Preferred Skills: - 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience.
- Hands-on experience with Azure and/or AWS technologies from a DevOps or engineering perspective.
- Workday Integration knowledge.
- Strong technical presentation and communication skills, including whiteboard sessions and presentations to both small and large audiences.
- Experience working directly with end-user communities and/or developer communities.
