Overview
The Director of Enterprise Architecture (EA) will act as a thought leader and key advisor to Audacy IT leadership and other executives on technology and architecture topics. Responsible for technology and process architecture design and review in context of desired business outcomes.
The Director of EA will liaise with Enterprise Infrastructure, Applications, and SecOps teams in architecting an integrated technology platform. People, process and technology designed solutions aligned with established technology vision, mission, and goals. This individual is responsible for gathering business requirements, researching, architecting, prototyping, and working with vendors on integration and development of a range of systems. This role will be both a resource for IT and SecOps teams and a leader in driving overall enterprise system development.
Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.
Responsibilities
What You'll Do:
Responsible for driving secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise solution roadmaps in alignment with corporate growth initiatives, ensuring systems are designed to achieve uptime and availability requirements, appropriate monitoring, automated resiliency, appropriate security, and enterprise level performance
Partners with peers and team members inside and outside Information Technology to translate business and technical requirements into architectural frameworks and solution designs leveraging enterprise platforms, while ensuring security and operational integrity are incorporated during initial design and sustainable
Develops practical yet advanced solutions to maximize technology and business success
Provides technical leadership and oversight to ensure alignment with the original proposed architecture and design
Proactively identifies and suggests architectural improvements to as-is systems and solutions
Participates in project scoping, resource planning, and timeline estimation
Supports multiple projects simultaneously
Responsible for Service Transition on delivered projects, ensuring appropriate governance processes and standard operating procedures are in place to turn over architectural solutions for appropriate platform maintenance and support teams
Providesmentoring, training, and support for platform owners, engineers, and administrators to develop their technical, business, and professional skills
Acts as an enabler of EA standardization across the enterprise leveraging The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) and Business Process Management (BPM) industry standards and best practices. Defines architectural standards, and guiding principles in alignment with business, security, privacy and IT standards
Acts as technical escalation contact for the resolution of Problems with transitioned services and unresolvable by build, maintenance, and support teams
Qualifications
More About You:
Required/Preferred:
Bachelor's degree (Engineering, Computer Science), Master's degree preferred
10+ years relevant experience as a Systems Engineer / Architect working in Hybrid, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and multi-cloud environments
TOGAF Certification preferred, required within 12 months
Experience in developing high-level architectural design and technology roadmaps, and then driving hands-on development of those roadmaps
Expert in developing detailed network system diagrams, flow diagrams, and state diagrams
Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills, with strong interpersonal skills
You possess leadership qualities, including ability to facilitate technical discussions with diverse and cross-functional groups and good negotiation skills.
Ability to tailor communication to the target audience to achieve desired results
Ability to quickly research new topics and technologies and understand how to apply them to our problem space.
You can juggle multiple projects and change priorities as the business needs change
Vaccination Requirements
To help promote and ensure the safety of all of our employees and the communities we serve, we require all incoming employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination, which will be kept confidential. If you are not vaccinated, or partially vaccinated currently, but willing to become fully vaccinated, we invite you to still apply.
Audacy is committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all and we recognize that some individuals may have a sincerely held religious belief as it pertains to the practice of immunization or a medical disability which may prevent them from becoming vaccinated. Individuals who cannot be fully vaccinated due to a sincere religious belief or medical disability may request an accommodation. We request that you refrain from discussing religious beliefs or medical conditions during the interview process. If you believe you need an accommodation, you will have an opportunity to submit your request during the interview process. All requests for accommodation will remain confidential and reviewed by selected individuals within the HR department. We cannot guarantee that all requests for accommodation will be granted. Please refer to our EEO policy and statement below.
About Us
Audacy, Inc. (NYSE: AUD) is a scaled, multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country's best radio broadcasting group, a leader in virtually every segment of audio, and America's #1 creator of original, premium audio. Audacy engages over 170 million consumers each month, bringing people together around the news, sports, podcasts and music that matter to them. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com , Facebook (Audacy Corp) and Twitter (@AudacyCorp).
EEO
Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Job Locations USA-PA-Philadelphia
ID 2022-4080
Category Information Technology
Type Regular
