GM Financial Looking for Enterprise Architect at Arlington, TX Full Time

Why GM Financial?

If you have a vision for ensuring technology investments (tools, information, processes, people and other resources) are effective, efficient, sustainable, and aligned to the business’ strategic needs and can work with business leaders as well as technical teams – we have the role, career, and challenge that you are looking for. Enterprise/Solution Architect provides information to GMF leadership, helping them identify initiatives for change to achieve our organization’s goals.

At GM Financial, we’re looking for an experienced and highly motivated Enterprise/Solution Architect. The successful Enterprise/Solution Architect at GM Financial has:

• A keen interest in solution architecture in every facet of the Product Delivery Life-Cycle (PDLC) to include business, infrastructure, software, data, security, cloud, DevOps, change and configuration management, and quality.
• A drive to deliver value to the customer through the application of technology, process and other GM Financial assets.
• A deep desire to understand all aspects of GM Financial’s business – both operational and supporting.
• A firm understanding of process, standards and governance with an appreciation of how to apply these without getting in the way of value/product agility and delivery.
• A continuous learning mindset.

Why Work Here?

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
• Flexible work options based on business needs.

• GM Financial is committed to strengthening the communities where we live and work. Each year, through our Signature Events program, each year we select several philanthropic organizations to support.
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement.
• GM Financial 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company’s match.
• Paid holidays and paid time off and floating holiday’s
• All full-time team members receive eight hours of paid time off to volunteer each quarter

Responsibilities:

What you will be doing:

The Enterprise Architect is responsible for the development of fundamental, validated and optimized architectures, principles, patterns, processes and standards.

The successful candidate will provide:

• Consulting guidance on technical issues, business strategy and program planning, and architectural oversight to ensure GM Financial’s systems conform to our core values, architectural standards and strategic priorities.
• This team member has contact with Information Technology and Business leaders so excellent communication (verbal and written) and storytelling (presentation) skills are required.
• Provide technical and business insight in a consultative manner to build scalable, distributed and integrated systems that satisfy current business needs with agility.
• Collaborate with Business and IT leadership to establish, capture, and communicate strategic initiatives and trends
• Develop and enhance business architectures, eg, capability maps, roadmaps, value streams
• Leverage industry and enterprise architecture best practices to advance the EA discipline and our team strategy
• Establish and communicate EA value to stakeholders
• Collaborate with other architects on the evolution of developed system design
• Facilitate information sharing across the enterprise
• Maintain current state landscape of system hardware, software and data
• Assist in the development and maintenance of architectural standards and patterns globally
• Define and document EA products and development standards for the team
• Act as a mentor providing guidance to all team members on technical, business and architectural issues

Qualifications:

Knowledge

• Solid and broad understanding of information systems technologies
• Advanced knowledge of business, application, data and technology modeling, eg UML, ArchiMate, BPMN
• Advanced knowledge of modern solution architecture patterns (N-tier, microservices/APIs, orchestrations)
• Practical experience with cloud technologies (Azure preferred) and how to apply them AZ certifications are a plus
• Practical experience with Agile, SAFe and waterfall development/deployment methodologies SAFe certifications are a plus
• Practical experience with typical EA deliverables (roadmaps, capabilities, value streams and value stream mapping, pattern capture, reference architectures)
• Working knowledge of or practical experience with EA frameworks a plus (eg, TOGAF)

Skills

• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to meet time sensitive deadlines required
• Ability to make sound decisions and exercise good judgement when direction is unclear
• Ability to manage business and technical customers

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work experience required
• Master’s Degree preferred

Experience

• 2-3 years of solution or enterprise architecture experience required
• 7-10 years business and systems analysis experience required
• 7-10 years of systems development experience Microsoft stack is preferred required

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