Sr. Enterprise Architect – Mobile Applications ​

Life at Nissan encompasses everything that inspires both the quality of our vehicles and the quality of our people. Company-wide, you'll find fast learners and self-starting engines as well as people who are quick to embrace change and take an idea into overdrive.

At Nissan, minds race. Imagination gets a green light. Each opportunity is the fuel that drives an idea from inspiration to real-life.

With a focus on Digitalization, Delivery Optimization, Modernization, and Outstanding Work Efficiency, you can expect to be part of something exciting when you join the Nissan team. From the sleek design of our vehicles to the unique opportunities we offer as a global company, Nissan exemplifies ingenuity in everything we do. Our people are what drive the business forward.

We’re currently looking for a Sr. Enterprise Architect – Mobile Applications ​ (will consider remote candidates with willingness to travel when required to HQ and work Central Time hours).

The Senior Enterprise Architect (EA) establishes and maintains the Nissan Digital Technology Stack (DTS) and associated architectural patterns, is an active member in the Enterprise Review Board (ERB) meetings, and supports peers within Nissan Digital as needed to solve business problems with digital capabilities and solutions. The EA will guide the application development teams in building solutions that are well designed, standards based, secure, robust and with focus on operational excellence. The EA will support the activities of application development, infrastructure, network, storage, application security, integration, RFI/RFP procurement processes, and data/analytics. In addition, the EA will be familiar with the existing digital landscape to drive the teams in the decisions regarding reuse, make or buy. The EA will have knowledge of domain business processes and ability to engage with Solution Architects in other domains for cross-functional solutions. The EA is considered a senior level individual contributor and is expected to present technology solutions to business management and executives using language appropriate to the audience.

Job functions include but are not limited to performing the following:

• Establishes and maintains contacts within business units and information system programs to understand business activities and business drivers, business requirements, solutions strategies and alternatives, etc., being considered and/or implemented
• Provides architectural leadership in the resolutions of inter-program and inter-project issues
• Conducts ongoing publicity and communication of the Enterprise Architecture both within the information community, and the business units
• Conducts ongoing research and assessment of new analysis approaches for potential use within the Enterprise
• Develops and coordinates architecture plans
• Keeps abreast of current trends and developments in the IT industry.
• Assists in aligning business and enterprise initiatives with the Enterprise Architecture
• Audits compliance within the Enterprise Architecture standards
• Communicates with business and technology leaders, both within and outside the organization
• Influences the organization to accomplish goals and needs through architecture activities
• Serves as a technology leader within Nissan Digital having thorough knowledge on various technologies and platforms
• Participates in Enterprise Review Board (ERB) architecture review sessions, provides feedback and approves architecture for all applications across all lines of business
• Collaborates with enterprise, solution, and platform architects
• Assists in partnering with senior/executive IS/IT leaders to layout technology roadmaps and strategies. Establishes relationships with IS/IT leaders and technology subject matter experts with excellent verbal and written communication skills appropriate for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Reviews and consults on third party vendor products for technical, architectural and technological soundness during vendor and product purchasing
• Coaches and mentors junior enterprise and solution architects. Reviews their designs to ensure they are aligned to Nissan’s architecture, legal, compliance and security standards
• Creates and maintains reference architecture patterns
• Conducts information sharing (ex, lunch & learn) sessions with all architects to educate and transfer knowledge within IS/IT
• Establishes standards and best practices across technologies and platforms
• Strategizes digital transformation of legacy applications across line of business
• Provides guidance of cloud migrations of applications on data center
• Seeks innovative solutions to problems through evaluation and proof of concepts with new and existing technology capabilities to determin