Senior Enterprise Architect

AAA Club Alliance is hiring a Senior Enterprise Architect to join our team!

*This is a hybrid position that will require you to work 2 days on-site at our Wilmington, DE AAA office.

This position is responsible for developing business and technology architecture and strategy across the company. The role will drive the creation and maintenance of enterprise business and technology capability architecture blueprints, integrated roadmaps, and enterprise standards that guide ACA’s strategic investments and enterprise initiatives.

To the qualified candidate, we offer:

• A competitive salary commensurate with experience

• Annual Bonus + Merit Increase Eligibility

• Hybrid schedule

• Comprehensive health benefits package

• 3+ weeks of paid time off accrued during your first year

• 401(K) plan with company match up to 7%

• Professional development opportunities and tuition reimbursement

• Paid time off to volunteer & company-sponsored volunteer events throughout the year

• Other benefits include a free AAA Premier Membership, Health & Wellness Program, Health Concierge Service, Health & Life Insurance, Short Term/Long Term Disability

The primary duties are:

• Drive and coordinate technology designs for large projects across multiple disciplines.

• Set technology direction through development of architecture, roadmaps, standards, and best practices.

• Create and maintain capability models, business architectures, and technology architectures.

• Lead resolution of lifecycle decisions on enterprise technology.

• Provide expertise to the significant project challenges, especially those spanning multiple projects, in the portfolio.

• Maintain a deep understanding of technology and information management approaches.

• Lead collaboration with solutions architects, other enterprise architects, and other non-technical business lines to gain enterprise alignment.

• Manage proof of concept activities to identify innovation and new technology opportunities.

• In addition to having broad enterprise architecture experience, each role holder will have deep knowledge in at least one of the following key areas:

  • Infrastructure

  • Applications and application development

  • Data development and management

  • Business architecture development and management

• Participate in project architecture reviews, technologic strategic planning and annual project planning processes.

• Provide mentorship, guidance and assistance to solutions architects.

• Maintain cross-system logical artifacts.

• Acknowledge and abide by Information Security Policies.

• Participate in PCI compliance activities as required, including providing evidence for quarterly and yearly audits.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, Science or Engineering. BS or BA in other disciplines is acceptable, supplemented with adequate relevant experience.

• 8+ years of relevant experience. 

• Prior experience as a solutions architect is a plus.

• Understanding of various architecture practices and methodologies.

• Understanding of ITIL processes and XaaS design and implementation; XaaS experience is a plus.

• Familiarity with industry trends driving change in the market.

• Strong situational analysis, conceptual thinking, and decision-making abilities.

• Ability to communicate with and influence technical and business colleagues, and technical and non-technical executives.

• Strong collaborative skills with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

ACA is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment practices laws. At ACA, we are committed to cultivating a welcoming and inclusive workplace of team members with diverse backgrounds and experiences to enable us to meet our goals and support our values while serving our Members and customers. We strive to attract and retain candidates with a passion for their work and we encourage all qualified individuals to apply. It is ACA’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all positions. Hiring decisions are based upon ACA’s operating needs, and applicant qualifications including, but not limited to, experience, skills, ability, availability, cooperation, and job performance.

Job Category: 

Information Technology