Architect Lead, Shipboard

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s IT Architecture has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Architect Lead for Shipboard reporting to the Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture.

This position will work on-site in Miramar, Florida.

 

Position Summary:

 

The Architect Lead for Shipboard technology is an individual contributor reporting to the Sr. Manager of Enterprise Architecture.  The Shipboard Technology Architect Lead is responsible for enterprise-wide initiatives affecting RCG’s shipboard environments providing technology leadership, road maps, solution design, and oversight of products & services within the various business divisions.  This role ensures that the shipboard IT architecture is aligned with the business goals.  While this role will not have direct reports, it is responsible for leading matrixed teams of IT professionals through the Enterprise Architecture methodology. 

 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

 

• Contribute to the definition of the architecture vision which supports the overall business strategy.
• Develop and maintain technology roadmaps that guide the evolution of the IT landscape.
• Supports the development and implementation of the organization's IT architecture across multiple operational brands and associated vessels within the parent company of RCG.
• Understand and support the architecture for the vast number of capabilities distributed throughout hospitality and maritime technologies.
• Exhibit deep understanding of the shipboard technology landscape.
• Aid in oversight of the integrated solutions consisting of a blend of COTS and custom products.
• Ensure that the appropriate amount of architecture is applied to the requested initiative.
• Help with the creation and maintenance of architectural frameworks, guidelines, and strategies that align IT resources with business goals.
• Support enterprise architecture leadership with corporate initiatives in collaboration with various stakeholders, effectively communicating and managing customer expectations.
• Work closely with business leaders, IT leaders, and other stakeholders to understand their motivation, goals, requirements, constraints and share the architecture vision.
• Assist in the deployment and integration of IT solutions, ensuring that they are consistent with the enterprise architecture.
• Working closely with development teams, product analysts, and other stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements and designs.
• Translate business priorities into information security requirements that ensure protections regarding the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and privacy of the organization’s information technologies and its data.
• Review and approve the design of IT solutions to ensure they fit within the overall enterprise architecture and comply with established architectural standards and governance frameworks.
• Create and maintain documentation for systems architecture including diagrams, models, and reference architectures that detail the structure and components across architectural technology domains.
• Depict enterprise data & information conceptually, logically, and physically.
• Ensure that the architecture supports the organization’s security policies and practices.
• Stay abreast of changes in the business and business environment, as well as the evolving regulatory landscape and privacy practices likely to influence the organization.