Senior Technical Lead
Location : Los Angeles, CA, 90012
A Senior Technical Lead ensures IT architectural integrity and functions as the interface between systems developers and IT project managers. The Senior Technical Lead provides coordination, oversight and leadership for the analyses, planning, design, implementation, documentation, assessment, and management of IT architecture and infrastructure design framework to align IT approaches with an organization's mission, goals and business processes. The Senior Technical Lead will develop reference models of the enterprise and maintain the information in the IT repository; determine the gaps between the current and the target architecture and develop plans for transitioning to target architecture; define the policies and principles to guide technology decisions for the enterprise architecture; identify opportunities to improve enterprise-level systems to support business processes and utilize emerging technologies; promote and educate customers and stakeholders on the use and value of the enterprise architecture; provide enterprise architecture guidance, support and coordination to customers and IT project teams; document the enterprise architecture infrastructure, including the business units and key processes, using modeling techniques; ensure technical integration is achieved across the enterprise by participating in test planning, validation and reviews; evaluate the impact of enterprise architecture products and services on IT investments, business operations, stakeholder satisfaction and other outcomes; coordinate and conduct governance and portfolio management activities associated with ensuring compliance with the enterprise architecture; and ensure the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles and practices to all components of the enterprise architecture.
Skills Required The Senior Technical Lead will possess knowledge and experience in organizational mission, IT infrastructure, enterprise architecture principles and reference models, and program management principles sufficient to participate in the development of organizational enterprise architecture goals, objectives, plans and policies; organizational enterprise architecture models, policies and planning formulation process, strategic and IT goals and objectives, and IT program metrics and measurement techniques sufficient to ensure enterprise-level IT specifications align with the organizational business requirements, identify potential improvements to enterprise architecture to meet organizational goals, and establish and implement metrics for evaluating the accomplishments of enterprise architecture goals and objectives; methods and approaches for sharing information through the use of IT assets, project management concepts, methods and practices, enterprise architecture concepts and principles, and multiple IT disciplines sufficient to develop major components of the enterprise architecture plan including strategic drivers, current and target architectures, the sequencing plan, architectural segments and reference models and standards; technical documentation methods; and speak and write effectively and prepare effective reports.
Skills Preferred Problem Identification and solving: Strong analytical skills to identify and assess business problems and opportunities. Ability to conduct data analysis and research to understand the root causes of issues. Documentation Skills: Proficiency in documenting business requirements, including functional and non-functional specifications. Strong written and verbal communication skills to ensure clear and effective documentation. Ability to create process flowcharts, diagrams, and documentation that depict current and future-state processes. Experience in Data Governance process of documentation. Collaboration and Stakeholder Management: Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Ability to engage with subject matter experts and end-users to gather requirements and validate solutions. Project Management: Basic project management skills to plan, organize, and execute projects effectively. Familiarity with project management tools like Microsoft Project and/or Jira. Ability to track and manage project timelines, deliverables, and resources.
Experience Required This classification must have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience aligning IT systems with organizational business processes. At least four (4) years of that experience must have been in a lead capacity.
Experience Preferred Five years of experience in using data-driven methods and tools to identify business problems. Five years of experience in facilitating workshops, meetings, and discussions to elicit requirements and feedback. Two years of experience in Azure Databricks and Azure Resources: Indepth proficiency in working with Azure Databricks/ADF for data analytics, processing, and transformation. Familiarity with Azure resources and Unity Catalog. Power BI Dashboard. Five years of experience in configuring and implementing API.
Education Required This classification requires the possession of a bachelor's degree in an IT-related or Engineering field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
Education Preferred Certifications such as SCRUM Master and/or PMP. Any Azure certification and/or Databricks certification in development.
Additional Information Candidates will be required to pass a live scan conducted by Department. This position is an onsite role.