Job Description
Lead the long range planning for the business, application, data and technical architecture for the solutions in a specific domain. Ensuring all solutions within that domain work logically and coherently together.
Essential Functions
Current State:
- Document current state architecture, including data flows, integration points, and system interactions in anticipation of reimagination.
- Work with development teams to diagnose and resolve complex, multi-system spanning production issues.
Future State Design & Execution:
- Develop detailed roadmaps for the preferred future state of the technology & solutions architecture.
- Identify gaps between current and future states and propose strategic solutions to bridge these gaps.
- Work closely with business leaders, IT teams, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and understand business needs.
- Analyze business requirements and develop functional/system specifications.
- Facilitate workshops and discussions to align technology strategies with business architecture as well as data & information systems architecture.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and alignment of architectural solutions.
Architecture Design:
- Create and maintain architectural models, including diagrams, flowcharts, and documentation to support proposed solutions.
- Track, manage and define plans to mitigate technical debt and includes debt associated with individual applications, system integration, and other software engineering aspects.
Technology Evaluation:
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies to drive continuous improvement.
- Partner with the Technical Architecture organization on evaluation emerging technologies, tools, and platforms to recommend enhancements to the information systems architecture.
Mentoring and Leadership:
- Guide and mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and growth within the team
- Lead cross-functional teams in architecture-related initiatives and projects.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Hands-on involvement in solving complex coding challenges and implementing efficient solutions.
- Functional domain experience in one or more of the following: Clearance, Airline Operations, Shipment Operations, Sort Operations, Commercial/Digital Experience.
- Knowledge of the organization's industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations
- Experience working with and deploying systems which incorporate best practice principles, patterns, and tools
- Collaboration skills and ability to work in a dynamic team environment and interact with global talent from technical and non-technical organizations
- Strong understanding of business capability management strategies and solutions with hands-on experience architecting, designing, implementing, and delivering solutions
- Ability to identify opportunities for reusable data services to reduce data duplication
- Knowledge of and ability to design, apply and evaluate new information technologies for business environments to improve work productivity and accuracy.
- Experience working with Business and IT Architects in architecture roadmaps and modeling tools (e.g., IRIS, Sparx, or other similar tools).
- Knowledge of Business Architecture Guild (BIZBOK) and The Open Architecture Framework (TOGAF) or similar architectural frameworks.
- Extreme Programming (XP) and/or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience and architecture practice experience
- Proven initiative execution skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Lead the long-range planning and execution for the application and technical architecture for solutions in the Global Clearance & Brokerage domain. Ensuring all solutions within that domain work logically and coherently together.
A career in the Global Clearance organization will provide you with a unique opportunity to reimagine the preferred future state of the Global Clearance architecture and see the execution & actualization of core capabilities that will deliver market differentiation and bankable value for FedEx.
The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of information systems, architecture frameworks, sharp critical thinking skills, systems thinking mindset and a history of transitioning from legacy applications to modern-engineered software.
As the Domain Architect, you will be a key player in the development team, deeply engaged in all aspects of project execution. You will ensure your architectural vision is realized by collaborating with development teams and stakeholders. In this role, you will actively design, code, test, and optimize solutions until the product is successfully implemented in production.
Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information Systems, business and/or equivalent formal training or work experience.
Minimum Experience
Five (5) years work experience in information technology or engineering environment. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirement.