Director Architecture Job Description
Director architecture
provides comprehensive knowledge of integration patterns, APIs, UIs, infrastructure, data architecture, security, and new technologies.
Director Architecture Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Participate and support review of RFIs, RFPs and RFQs, to architect and propose end-to-end infrastructure and platform engineered solutions
Participate across all phases of the solution lifecycle related to infrastructure and platform engineering starting with pre-sales solutions architecture support, resource identification, and implementation support with emphasis on the planning, analysis, testing, integration, documentation, and presentation of solution
Utilize detailed understanding of the FedRAMP and ATO certification processes to ensure corresponding infrastructure and platform alignment
Work with business leaders to create Conceptual Architectures that align business and data needs with Target State Architecture
Translate high-level concepts and requirements into intuitive, highly functional, and visually stunning digital products across existing and emerging technology platforms (social, mobile, web, TV)
Manage external partner information and visual design professionals, their priorities and deliverables, and provide vision to produce pre-production and production materials for new and innovative digital products
Play a key role in new initiatives by participating in stakeholder meetings to help define product requirements that best achieves business goals
Define and develop information architecture best practices and user-centered design, establishing common patterns, style guidelines, and functional consistency
To broaden the framework developed within Content Development Group to reflect the needs of and interdependencies with other business areas, including Global Supply Chain, Services, Sales, and Product Management
To examine/improve/replace existing processes and workflows in the development and delivery of both print and digital content-including concepting, requirements-gathering, product setup, QA, and production-tracking and management-using information gathered across functional groups and business areas to target specific development challenges and pain points
Director Architecture Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Director Architecture
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: AWS, ITIL, TOGAF, CISSP, PMP, MCSE, CCNP, SANS, HIPAA, CCSA
Education for Director Architecture
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the director architecture job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Computer Science, Associates, Engineering, Information Technology, Education, Information Systems, Mathematics, Technical, Physics, Technology
Skills for Director Architecture
Desired skills for director architecture include:
Engineering and continuous delivery practices
Schedules and budgets
APIs
Data architecture
Infrastructure
Security
Continuous integration/deployment
UIs
Architecture and an ability to translate business objectives into technology strategy
Aspects of technical architecture
Desired experience for director architecture includes:
Experienced in various software delivery methodologies (waterfall, Agile & continuous delivery)
Knowledge of software development life cycle practices, including Agile
Experience in software development life-cycles (Agile)
Experience and understanding of development with .NET, J2EE/Java, SQL, XML, HTML/DHTML, CSS3/HTML5, jQuery and other Javascript libraries open Source frameworks
Experience with web middleware such a Websphere application and portal servers, JBoss content management solutions like Adobe CQ5, Opentext/Vignette and SDL Tridium
BFA in Illustration, Graphic Design or Computer Graphics required
Director Architecture Examples
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Director Architecture Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a director architecture. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for director architecture
- Externally, drives technology roadmap of key vendor partners
- Collaborate with business and IT leadership teams to outline the benefits and challenges of implementing and transitioning to the future architecture
- Act as an advocate for architecture, internally and externally
- Be a part of a world-class architecture team
- Define and design business & information architecture in support of business strategy (e.g., provide the architectural framework and models for the implementation of BPM
- Provide enterprise and systems architectural consultations to management, system sponsors, stewards and team members
- Provide technical solution architecture and design support, including propose technical architecture, solution design, and implementation methodology
- Explore newer technologies and platforms to leverage and include in newer program pursuits
- Architect custom, reusable solutions that can be leveraged across the organization
- Define and implement architectural governance to ensure scalable and extendable architecture
Qualifications for director architecture
- AA, BA, BS in Computer Science (plus)
- AA, BA, BS in Psychology (plus)
- Minimum 10 years leading product design initiatives in a production environment
- Information architect role across a minimum of 10 published products
- Experience with performing usability research and studies required
- Experience with entertainment properties and branding required
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Director Architecture Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a director architecture. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for director architecture
- Develop technically and operationally feasible long-term IT strategies and plans
- Identify, explore and recommend emerging technologies including analysis of impact
- Collaborate with project leads, program managers, and managers to develop detailed project plans and work breakdown structures for division, center level projects
- Provide technical documentation of consultations to management and system sponsors and stewards
- Set, communicate, and govern technical standards throughout the product development organization
- Collaborates and partners with various functional business leaders, technical leaders and executive stakeholders to understand long and short term business strategies, provide thought leadership and engage in proactive planning of an executable business capability roadmap addressing the strategic and tactical business priorities and challenges and intended business outcomes and values
- Provide vision and leadership for all aspects of establishing and managing the architecture discipline
- Works with other Application Architects to provide technical direction and mentoring to Product Development team members
- Lead the development and maintenance of capability architecture blueprints and roadmaps for the digital enterprise business units that support the short, medium and long-term business objectives
- Apply a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views and high level processes of the business unit in the context of the enterprise
Qualifications for director architecture
- MFA in Illustration, Graphic Design or Computer Graphics preferred
- Experience defining and communicating creative conceptualization and direction required
- Experience working across multiple platforms (Mobile, Web, TV) required
- Experience with lifestyle and marketing apps a plus
- Experience with video driven web portals a plus
- Experience with holding UX workshops
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of director architecture. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for director architecture
- Able to make suggestions based on the company’s quality, time, and cost needs
- Attention to detail and concern for quality and accuracy of final product
- Serve as a senior member of the Enterprise Cloud leadership team, with direct responsibility over Enterprise and Solutions Architecture, and the team supporting it
- Create documentation that includes standard operating procedures, qualification documents and self-help
- Serve as the primary liaison between the Enterprise Cloud Team and the Corporate Cloud Team, and act as the primary escalation point for the same
- Serve as the primary liaison between the Enterprise Cloud Team and Amazon, Microsoft, and other Cloud providers, and act as the primary escalation point for the same
- Execute on proofs of concept and exploratory projects to identify, evaluate and eventually adopt the most suitable Cloud Computing (Public & Private Clouds, IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) model for the customer with respect to the customer’s business context
- Lead and oversee the career growth of the Architecture team as a whole, and individually
- Introduce and explain the benefits of using new software development tools, frameworks, and methods to enable execution of target architectures and roadmaps
- Familiar with Open Source development process and communities
Qualifications for director architecture
- 2-5 years in a Senior Enterprise Architecture or similar role
- 10 years in an IT Leadership role
- Expert knowledge of tools used by Info Architect designers and researchers (Axure, Balsamiq)
- Expert knowledge of Information Architecture practices including user-centered design, information architecture, lab based testing, and behavioral studies
- Expert knowledge with typography, interface usability issues, layout, design, motion concepts/design, storyboarding
- Strong knowledge of native and online development technologies (HTML, CSS, AS, Objective-C, Java)
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Director Architecture Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a director architecture. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for director architecture
- Contribute to a holistic enterprise-wide information security program
- Research, analyze, and select the best tools and frameworks available to help technical teams adopt best practices
- Consult on highly complex projects requiring in-depth knowledge across multiple business areas
- Influence a wide-range of stakeholders to obtain consensus on optimal technical solutions
- Create and communicate documented standards and practice regarding application development, integration, and architecture to enable hybrid cloud and scaling system deployments
- Develop and hold training sessions and workshops to facilitate implementation and adoption of best practices
- Encourage inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking and diversity
- Stay abreast of new technology, standards and methodologies
- Attends, creates and presents at industry-relevant conferences
- Recruit, develop, mentor, and train best-in-class technical talent
Qualifications for director architecture
- Strong knowledge of popular development SDK’s and emerging platforms (iOS, Android, Windows 8, HTML5)
- Basic knowledge of popular development API’s
- Basic knowledge of video streaming protocols, codecs, and DRM
- Must have excellent communication and presentation skills able to clearly communicate and sell creative concepts to clients and stakeholders
- Must be able to collaborate in large organizations and work towards a “clients” vision
- Must have strong knowledge of UX best practices and trends
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Director Architecture Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a director architecture. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for director architecture
- Leads the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers, in partnership with the Chief Digital Officer, to develop enterprise technology solutions designs that fit infrastructure, data networking, and application architecture requirements, with considerations of impact on data architecture, application security authentication, integration architecture, and documentation of architecture for solutions and landscapes
- Facilitates coordination of activities and people to the appropriately balanced pursuit of solutions design with consideration of enterprise business processes, customer facing technology platforms, enterprise mobility, analytics, integration, and security elements
- Sets standards and controls the necessary infrastructure process associated with the database(s) of the enterprise
- Demonstrated success in driving teams and individuals to adopt best technology practices
- Works with JHU Design & Construction units during the development and construction of Capital Projects
- Lead the overall core system architecture of solutions of large scale, transformational programs to ensure consistency, quality and architectural integrity
- Develop and support secure software development lifecycle (Secure SDLC) capabilities for the enterprise
- Commercial management of your sector studio
- Project leadership where necessary
- Influencing the technology strategy, business strategies & technology investments that will realize the business strategy
Qualifications for director architecture
- Must have proven hands-on skill-set able to jump in and aid design team when necessary
- Proven ability to manage a team of professionals across multiple projects on budget and on time
- Portfolio representing breadth of work across digital platforms
- Game design background a plus
- 5+ years of experience in enterprise web architecture and application development (Java and .NET)
- Sound working knowledge of IBM/Lenovo Systems AS/400, P-Series, X-Series