Sr. Business Architect

Maxar Intelligence is a provider of secure, precise, geospatial intelligence. We deliver disruptive value to government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost effectiveness.

We are hiring immediately for a Senior Business Architect for our corporate headquarters in Westminster, CO.

This position requires extensive knowledge and experience in a Fortune 500 Enterprise Architecture organization comprising teams providing Business Architecture, Solutions Architecture, and Business process modeling.

Job Details:

As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will play a pivotal role in transforming the future of our digital workplace. This senior role within the IT Architecture team involves close collaboration with business leadership and key personnel to identify and prioritize key initiatives. You will ensure these initiatives are completed in a practical, expedient manner and deliver high-quality business process efficiency and technology alignment. The Senior Architect is expected to be an effective communicator, collaborator, and change agent, possessing the necessary business process and technology acumen to meet or exceed the company's needs. This role also involves leading key programs, assisting in program discovery, design, and execution.

Responsibilities:

• Developing business workflows, optimizing process and aligning with technology
• Document value streams and drive business change management to enhance adoption of business practices in alignment with architecture framework.
• Drive business transformation through streamlined workflows and alignment with enterprise-wide business processes.
• Work with solutions architects to implement appropriate technology in alignment with revised workflows.
• Manage key initiatives as internal leadership consultancy, from business process through the technology stack, to deliver Enterprise Architecture services that advance the business.
• Champion business process improvement and innovation, driving flexibility, adaptability and the evolution of business processes across the enterprise.
• Analyze business, operating, and technical models, following market trends and technology industry developments to determine their potential impact on the enterprise's strategy, direction, and architecture.
• Provide perspective on the organization's change readiness and innovate through scenario planning techniques in support of business strategy formulation.
• Translate and guide the execution of business strategy to achieve the organization's targeted outcomes by leading the development of an implementation roadmap for the enterprise architecture.
• Engage business and IT stakeholders, building relationships while communicating the value of Enterprise Architecture and its portfolio of services.
• Lead key programs, collaborate and evaluate enterprise business initiatives, assist in designing in-depth technical solutions with a security first approach to align business processes and technology with security standards, policies, and guidelines.
• Demonstrate outstanding communication and collaboration skills with multiple levels of leadership, focusing on change management, business impact and supporting metrics to drive collaborative efforts.
• Adhere to established internal procedures, policies and guidelines with the ability to document using ITIL and ISO complaint formats.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance at the Secret level.
• BS in technical field, or equivalent experience, MS or MBA preferred.
• 7 or more years of experience in Enterprise Architecture at a senior level.
• 10 or more years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment.
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
• Understanding of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Specialized knowledge in security programs supporting NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP and CMMC.
• Demonstrated leadership in leading/planning/delivering technology projects/services in a Fortune 500 enterprise environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Thorough knowledge of Enterprise Process Design and Operations
• Security Certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, SSCP, OSCP, etc.
• Experience with Standard Enterprise Asset Management policies/procedures
• Experience in Enterprise Architecture Tools, Standards, Policies and Procedures
• Experience with Organizational Change Management
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Ability to establish collaborative teams with team members across multiple business units.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on Maxar's Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via Maxar's Career page.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.