Manager - Enterprise Architecture

JOB SUMMARY

Leads a team of enterprise architects to align the organization's technology strategy with its business goals, defining frameworks, roadmaps, and governance for IT systems, applications, data, and infrastructure. This role will ensure scalability, security, and efficiency, while managing budgets, mentoring staff, and advising senior leadership on transformation and innovation. This role will focus on bridging strategy and execution, overseeing digital transformations, standardizing processes, and optimizing IT investments for agility and cost-effectiveness.

JOB DUTIES

• Responsible for hiring, coaching, training, and performance management of staff.

• Frequently interacts with reporting supervisors, customers, and/or functional peer group managers, normally involving matters between functional areas or customers.

• Responsible for the management of subordinate staff within a department. Typically has individual contributors as direct reports, but could have supervisory direct reports. Has full responsibility for direct reports.

• Generally provides input to budgeting and financial decisions that impact the department. Requests approval for financial actions beyond a limited scope.

ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES

• Leads the evolution and continuous improvement of the enterprise architecture function/program

• Develops the content for ERCOT’s enterprise architecture strategic plan

• Analyzes the current IT and operations environments to detect critical deficiencies and recommends solutions to the deficiencies

• Creates and publishes technical and business roadmaps based upon in-depth analysis and research

• Advocates and promotes using EA processes, outcomes, and results to ERCOT leaders

• Consults with project teams to align projects with the enterprise architecture and to identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise architecture to accomplish project needs

• Consults with application and infrastructure architects to align solution architectures with the enterprise architecture

• Evaluates and understands emerging technologies and market trends through research and study to help guide ERCOT to better ways to deliver reliable services

• Directs the standards setting process across all platforms including developing and maintaining technology roadmaps for platforms used at ERCOT

• Leads a standards committee across the organization to develop and maintain the architecture guiding principles and standards to guide technological investments at ERCOT

• Oversees the development and delivery of technology vendor strategies

EXPERIENCE

• Requires minimum 8 years job related work experience and 2 years in a leadership role in excess of degree requirements. Minimum years of job-related experience can include time in leadership roles.

• Strongly prefer experience in one of the following operational areas: grid operations, market operations, or transmission operations within the electric utility industry

• Prefer previous work experience at an ISO/RTO

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree : Computer Science, MIS, Electrical Engineering or related field (Required)

• Master's Degree : Computer Science, MIS, Electrical Engineering or related field (Preferred)

• or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required

CERTIFICATION

• TOGAF (Preferred)

WORK LOCATION – Taylor, TX:

• Employees will be required to be on-site in Taylor, TX at minimum 2 days per week, or more, as needed based on the business needs as determined by management
• On-site schedules are flexible or may be rotated based on business needs as determined by the Manager
• Remote work is required to be performed from your Texas residence.
• Employees may opt to work on-site more than required or 100% of the time

The foregoing description reflects the minimum qualifications and the essential functions of the position that must be performed proficiently with or without reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. It is not an exhaustive list of the duties expected to be performed, and management may, at its discretion, revise or require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. This job description is not intended to create a contract of employment with ERCOT. Both ERCOT and the employee may exercise their employment-at-will rights at any time. #LI-DN

ERCOT is firmly committed to equal employment for all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, medical condition, religion, age, creed, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected category under federal, state or local law.

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