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Posted Date: 03/20/2024
Status: Active
Job Type: Full Time
Country: Australia
Primary Skills: Enterprise,Architect,EA frameworks
Experience: 11-15
Overview:
This role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. About the Company
This company engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration, field development, and production. The Downstream segment focuses on refining, logistics, power generation, and the marketing of crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and related services to international and domestic customers. The Corporate segment offers supporting services including human resources, finance, and information technology. The company was founded on May 29, 1933 and is headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Job Summary We are seeking an Enterprise Architect to join the IT Strategy & Technology Planning Division. The IT Strategy & Technology Planning Division is responsible for providing IT strategic directions, technology roadmaps, investment strategies, service models, and solutions architectures covering all Digital & IT disciplines such as Computing, Communication, Application, and Information Protection. The Enterprise Architect primary role is to develop strategic Digital and IT roadmaps, define applications and technology architecture required to deliver and enable core business capabilities; optimizing short- and long-term architecture plans, identifying new IT capabilities that leverage the installed base technologies and solutions, and developing plans and programs to introduce new IT services ensuring alignment with business demands and company digital transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities: Work with Business and Leadership Stakeholders to Develop StrategyLead analysis of the business' future-state capabilities and Digital & IT environment to detect critical gaps and opportunitiesRecommend solutions for improvement to drive the business towards its targeted outcomesLead analysis of the IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutionsDevelop an implementation plan for enterprise architecture based on business requirementsFacilitate alignment between business and Digital & IT, connecting strategy to executionVisualize the future state and trigger long-term planning through storytellingDefine Digital & IT's technology architecture and develop roadmapsIdentify important Digital & IT technology trends impacting the Company's businessDefine adoption plans for introducing new technologies or switching between themProvide consultation on complex Digital & IT-related matters to other entities or business unitsDevelop Technology Statements of Direction as applicableIdentify new Digital & IT capabilities leveraging existing technologiesEnsure enabling technologies for consistent Digital & IT architectureAlign Digital & IT master appropriations and capital projects with technology roadmapsReview compliance of Digital & IT plans against technology roadmapsParticipate in Technology obsolescence reviews and conduct technology updatesProvide consultation on technologies and solution architecturesCoordinate external technology consultations and refresh workshopsOriginate ideas for enhancing Digital & IT solutions, efficiency, and user serviceEnsure technical work meets accepted professional and internal computing standardsDrive evolution of EA team's services and operating modelBuild EA value proposition as internal management consultancy supporting business strategyCommunicate the value of enterprise architecture and its servicesCoach and mentor other architects.Requirements: Willingness to permanently relocate to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.Hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Communication Engineering, or Software Engineering; advanced degree preferred.Possess a minimum of 12 years of experience in Digital and IT systems analysis, programming, computing hardware, cloud computing architecture, mobile software implementation, data networking, telecommunication, and information protection, with at least 10 years applying EA frameworks, designing Digital and IT solution architecture, performing quality assurance, analyzing investment strategies, developing Digital and IT services costing structures and TCOs, and designing Digital and IT integration platforms.Education: Master's or Bachelor's Degree in disciplines such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Information Systems (CIS), Engineering, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Finance, or Business Administration.Experience: At least 12 years of industrial work experience in complex Digital & IT environments, including digital transformation, systems analysis, programming, computing hardware, software implementation, and mission-critical facilities. Eight or more years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis or experience as an enterprise architecture consultant.Language skills: Excellent spoken and written English is essential, with knowledge of Arabic desirable. Ability to compose and edit concise, well-organized reports and presentations for various management levels.Requires a high level of professionalism, maturity, multidiscipline technical knowledge, and interpersonal skills to manage senior personnel. Must possess business knowledge and acumen to select appropriate Digital & IT solutions. Excellent negotiation, influencing, and moderating skills.Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT, and predictive analytics.Understanding of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting, and risk management.Familiarity with enterprise architecture tools, graphical models, and frameworks.Insight into information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, EA, and ITIL frameworks.Understanding of operating models (project-centric and product-centric) and various agile principles, methodologies, and frameworks scaled at the enterprise level.#J-18808-Ljbffr
