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Williams Companies Enterprise Architect in Houston, Texas
Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours!
The IT Architect V – Enterprise Architect is instrumental in collaborating with domain SMEs in developing current and future state architectures for different areas including Operations, SCADA/Measurement, Commercial, Finance, Corporate, Infrastructure, and Networking. The focus of these efforts is tied to cross domain business optimization and transformational efforts which involve system integration, data alignment, enterprise-wide technologies, IT governance, and thought leadership. As part of the Enterprise Architecture team, you will be responsible for understanding the IT application portfolio and overall data landscape to identify duplication, gaps, technical debt, risks, data alignment, integration opportunities, and new technologies as part of assisting the business in translating strategy into capabilities and future state to achieve strategic business outcomes.
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Responsibilities/Expectations:
Decomposes systems into smaller components and viewpoints, along with the enforced rules that enable consistent design across the enterprise
Defines the application tiers, frameworks, components types and interfaces; specifies and provides ownership of reusable application components or reusable application code and supports the Enterprise Application Integration
Defines the visual roadmap and performs design reviews
Monitors emerging standards, sets standards and technologies to be used by the enterprise
Crafts the architecture vision, conceptualizes and experiments with alternative architectural approaches; builds models, components and interface specification documents; validates the architecture against requirements and assumptions
Translates business requirements into repeatable design strategies, systems qualities and patterns
Solves problems with developers, addresses ongoing revisions/improvements of the architecture
Analyzes competitors, products, strategies and product generation processes
Surveys external emerging developments, new technologies, standards and methodologies
Mentors, teaches, consults with other team members
Provides technical governance with the facilitation of the creation/modification of technical standards, models, and reference architectures
Provides technical consulting, roadmap development, and facilitation of solution design
Develops current and target state architecture blueprints with transition roadmaps and incremental architectural sequencing
Translates business requirements into repeatable design strategies, systems qualities, and patterns
Develops system data flows for large cross domain projects focusing on business processes, data flows, and integration standards
Researches, evaluates, and recommends technologies that support current and future Williams strategies
Acts as a trusted advisor to IT and business leadership as it relates to the technology enablement of business capabilities
Other duties as assigned
Education/Years of Experience:
Required: Bachelor’s degree in IT related field; a minimum ten (10) years’ developing software systems and IT experience
Preferred: Minimum of twelve (12) years’ experience and prior oil/gas industry experience
Shift/Work Hours/Travel Requirements:
Hybrid work schedule: 3 days in-office and 2 days remote weekly
On-call as needed to deal with critical incidents and outages
Less than 20% travel required
Other Requirements:
Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
Needs proficient knowledge of architecture principles design
Needs knowledge of application/interface design
Working knowledge of all areas of IT, especially data center functions (servers, DB, networks, security)
Experience creating and maintaining large enterprise architectures
Proficient knowledge of scripting and how scripts work
Broad knowledge of the IT industry including technology components, concepts, models/frameworks, standards, and major industry trends
Experience with application portfolio management and rationalization
Experience with master data management techniques
Needs understanding of standard methodologies for networking and security standards
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications particularly Visio and PowerPoint to build, modify, and present sophisticated technical architectural diagrams and presentations
Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, microservices, event-driven IT, and predictive analytics
Insight into information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA frameworks
Awareness of existing, new, and emerging technologies
Effective leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, internal partner management, and business development
Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills
Excellent data analysis skills
Ability to multi-task while adhering to multiple timetables of completion
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Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire . With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
Competitive compensation
Annual incentive program
Hybrid work model - one to two work from home days each week for most office-based roles
Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
Wellness Program with annual rewards
Employee stock purchase plan
Robust employee learning and development
High internal mobility (we promote from within)
Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
Domestic partner benefits
Educational reimbursement
Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
Employee resource groups
Employee assistance programs
Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes
Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit https://www.williams.com/careers/total-rewards/ .
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Why Williams?
Looking to apply your passion and skills to the innovative and vital work that helps fuel the clean energy economy?
As the world demands reliable, low-cost, low-carbon energy, Williams will be there.
We currently handle one third of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat homes, cook food and generate electricity.
We don’t offer jobs; we offer career opportunities that include:
Competitive compensation and inclusive benefits
Growth and development opportunities
An inclusive culture where you can be yourself
Opportunities to get involved in the community where you work and live
Flexible work arrangements for many positions, including hybrid schedules
We’re proud of our innovative people who want to make the world a better place and invite you to explore how you can help us make clean energy happen. Apply now!