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Position Summary

The Senior System Architect will join the Gathering & Processing Product Line within the Midstream IT organization. The System Architect will participate as a member of the G&P Digital Operations Product Team. The G&P Digital Operations team is primarily responsible for incubating new digital ideas for our G&P business, providing dedicated innovation cycles to embed digital into our G&P Operations landscape. You will play a pivotal role in the strategic direction and delivery of innovative IT and OT systems driving the evolution and reimagining of digital capabilities for G&P and adjacent Midstream business segments.

The role involves becoming an expert in Gathering & Processing technologies, integrating digital practices into system design, and leading IT/OT convergence efforts. The individual will collaborate with product owners, solution architects, and teams to solve complex technical problems, aligning solutions with business goals. They will develop and assess IT/OT architecture models, ensure alignment with enterprise standards, and support architecture planning. The role also includes selecting new products/services, managing risks, and collaborating with leadership to enhance value delivery through agile practices.

This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill level. Actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists in designing governance and standards activities for technology architecture compliance. Participates in hardware and software technology and product standards selection. Participates and contributes in system architect reviews and ensures architecture adherence.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure system architecture alignment with business objectives. Identifies organizational and financial impacts of technology architecture.
• Evaluates and selects appropriate technologies, platforms, and frameworks for systems. Assesses technology industry and market trends and their impact on the enterprise. Evaluates technology options and advises on technology investment decisions.
• Analyzes and translates business and technical requirements into system designs. Designs and implements end-to-end system architectures that meet business requirements.
• Defines system integration approaches and ensures interoperability of system components. Provides guidance and support to development teams during system implementation. Leads technology change initiatives to deliver business outcomes. May oversee technology implementation and modification activities.
• Documents and communicates technology architecture design and analysis work. Leads the development of system architecture documentation and diagrams.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of relevant architecture experience required
• Scaled Agile Architecture certification preferred
• Operational Technology (OT) experience preferred
• Experience with AI/ML and data architecture and integration preferred

Skills

• Agile Methodology – Agile project management is an iterative approach to delivering a project throughout its life cycle, taking incremental steps towards the completion of a project.
• Architecture Frameworks – Proficiency in widely used architecture frameworks like TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) or Zachman Framework to structure and organize architectural artifacts and processes.
• Cloud Computing – Knowing how to manage cloud services, develop cloud applications, and use cloud architecture to meet customer needs.
• DevSecOps – A set of practices that automates the integration of security at every phase of the software development lifecycle, from initial design through integration, testing, deployment, and software delivery, with an aim towards shortening the systems development life cycle and pas well as  continuous delivery and a security first approach.
• Edge Computing – Edge computing refers to the decentralized processing of data near the source of data generation, reducing latency and bandwidth usage by performing computations closer to the devices or sensors producing the data. This approach aims to enhance efficiency, responsiveness, and real-time capabilities in computing system