IT Enterprise Architect III/Senior - Utility Business Technology

Arizona Public Service generates clean, reliable and affordable energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

 

Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country’s fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.

 

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.  

Summary

The Enterprise Architect III/Senior - Utility Business Technology plays a critical technology role at APS.  EAs drive the aligned enterprises vision and multiyear plan across our technology portfolio.  They manage the activities that ensure we drive leverage from our investments while creating an aligned vision across technology and our other lines of business.  This EA role will focus on electric utility and supporting enterprise systems.

Minimum Requirements

Level III

• Bachelors' degree in Information Technology or related field and7 years of prior relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.

• Requires technical knowledge, typically obtained through advanced education and experience across multiple business areas or systems to improve technology planning and development

Level Senior

• Bachelors' degree in Information Technology or related field and 10 years of prior relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.

• Requires mastery level technical knowledge, typically obtained through advanced education and experience across multiple business areas or systems to improve technology planning and development

Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications

• 5+ years architectural experience across multiple solutions domains

• Experience managing, leading and mentoring architecture or engineering teams

• Experience communicating and interacting with C-Suite executives.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

• 8+ years of experience as a Tech Lead or Solution architect

• 5+ years Solution delivery with a demonstrated track record of delivering high-value business outcomes.

• 5+ years of working in regulated Utility environment with FERC and ideally NERC regulations.

• Proven track record of collaboration and influence across multiple organizations, business partners and stakeholders in large scale business transformation.

• Exceptional communication skills verbally, in writing, and presenting with all levels of employees and management.

• Demonstrated experience in multiple business processes, ability to architect and design technology solutions and manage cross functional teams, projects, vendor management.

• Experience delivering structured decision and trade-off analysis, influencing recommendations w/stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Familiarity with an industry architecture framework and modeling languages.

   

Major Accountabilities

1. Leads technology strategy development to identify foundational solutions and align the org to an implementation plan.

2. Define principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns and reference architectures to ensure technical decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture.

3. Visualize and plan for outcomes in the future and sustain work in achieving the outcomes.

4. Strong experience in utility operational technology supporting electric generation, transmission or distribution

5. Define roadmaps and transition architectures to bridge the gap from current to future state for business, information, and technology capabilities.

6. Technology thought leader with strong business acumen and ability to map technology trends and emerging business demands to define future enterprise technology landscape.

7. Maintains relationships with senior leaders and technology subject matter experts.

8. Partners with application, infrastructure, security, integration, business operations, data & analytics teams to b