Job Description
Location: Tulsa, OK or Houston, TX
Description:
The IT Architect V is responsible for designing the structure of specific IT systems and supervising programs to ensure the architecture is properly implemented. This role will apply technical skills and work with internal/external business partners to create a vision and roadmap. This is a challenging position that will enable you to utilize your technical, problem solving, communication, and leadership skills. We appreciate a new perspective on solutions for our ever-evolving IT needs!
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
- 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:
- Less than 20% travel required, including the possibility for some international travel
Other Requirements:
- Preferred: Extensive knowledge of computer operations, security, wireless systems, and network protocols (BGP, OSPF, MPLS, DMVPN)
- Preferred: Experience with network/security implementation, management, and standardization across large networks
- Preferred: Proficiency in SD-WAN (Velocloud, Cisco), scripting & automation, monitoring tools, IPAM, B2B VPNs, and 802.1x
- Preferred: Familiarity with Cisco platforms (ACI, ISE, Wireless), network security principles, Microsoft Azure Networking, DNS, and security frameworks (SASE/SSE/ZTNA)
- Preferred: Certifications such as CCNP and CCIE are desirable
- 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
- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority