30 Nov
IT Architect
Michigan, Dearborn , 48120 Dearborn USA

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IT Architect #428218

Job Description: The Product Development IT Architect position will be involved with the definition of Business and IT Architecture for value streams concerned primarily with Product Development and its integration with Purchasing, Manufacturing and Customer Experience.

Skills Required:
  • 3+ years of architecture modelling methods experience to include:
    • Information/Data Modelling (Conceptual, Logical, Physical)
    • Process Modelling (e.g. Process Flow, Critical Path, Swim lane)
    • Business Integration Models (e.g. Business and IT Landscape, Interfaces)
    • Architecture models (e.g. Zachman framework)
    • Diagramming (e.g. Rich Picture, Metaphors, Information Systems, Value streams)
  • Experience with methods/tools for data integration and transformation (ETL, Profiling, Cleanup)
  • 3+ years of experience with Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Experience with Agile development methodology

Experience Preferred:
  • Strong business consulting skill set (facilitation skills, written and oral communication skills)
  • Strong ability to self-manage and develop work plans which employ appropriate methods to resolve ambiguity and build consensus for an architectural solution
  • Excellent time management and digital worker skills (MS Office, WebEx)
  • Proven leadership skills in working with senior-level management to guide decision making
  • Experience working as a DBA on database design, implementation and maintenance
  • Good presentation skills with ability to communicate architectural proposals to diverse audiences (user groups, stakeholders and senior management)
  • Excellent problem-solving skills that include leading problem-solving teams
  • Self-Starter with ability to work both independently and within group/team environment
  • Knowledge of Product Development process/tools in Ford or another company including PLM, ALM, and Model Based Systems Engineering
  • Experience with establishing Master Data (MDM) and Information Standards
  • Knowledge and experience with full application/system development lifecycle
  • Knowledge of TOGAF Architecture Standards
  • Experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) methods and implementation technologies such as web services and enterprise level APIs
  • Experience in dealing with external suppliers/vendors with respect to consultancy and/or purchase solutions
  • Knowledge of architecture frameworks, patterns, and reference architectures
  • Familiar with Ford Agile Framework, Rally and other backlog management solutions
  • Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Experience with architecture governance processes and conducting architecture reviews and evaluations
  • Previous experience as architect on large scale product or enterprise initiatives
  • Self-researcher with ability to research a technology and provide insight to project team

Education Required:
  • Bachelor’s in computer science or related field

Additional Info: At Fast Switch – Great Lakes (FSGL),

Our Purpose is

Our People and

Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are

helping people find their success stories. Isn’t that cool? Also,

Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve, and have a little fun along the way. We at FSGL, have been doing this for

22 years with pride, dedication and plain old-fashioned hard work. We're a financially strong, privately held company that is

100% consultant and

client focused. We've differentiated ourselves by being

fast, flexible,

creative and

honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things, and we do them for Fortune 10 companies, Inc. 500 companies, and technology start-ups. Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our

flexible benefit options you can choose just the benefits that you need or want, options include:
  • Medical and Dental (Fast Switch pays majority of the medical program)
  • Vision
  • Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
  • Long Term Disability (100% paid)
  • Life Insurance (100% paid)
  • 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture. One of our pride points as that in

2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Fast Switch was named one of the

Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press. To view all of our open positions, please go to: https://clientapps.jobadder.com/45103/fast-switch Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/FastSwitchGL Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/fastswitchgl/ Find us on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fast-switch-great-lakes And you can become a fan of Fast Switch on Facebook at: https://tinyurl.com/v4p9yy7

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