Head Enterprise Architect – Platforms and Infrastructure

At T. Rowe Price, the mission of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) function is to empower the firm to achieve its strategic objectives through the optimal use of technology. The EA function will align technology with business capabilities to enable effective strategy execution and business transformation. By monitoring and adopting emerging technologies, EA will drive technology enabled innovation and keep the firm ahead of industry disruption. 

Position Summary:  

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head Enterprise Architect – Platforms and Infrastructure to join our team. This role will be responsible for the strategic design, development, and implementation of common platforms and underlying infrastructure across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in enterprise architecture, excellent leadership abilities, and a comprehensive understanding of both technical platform ecosystems that accelerate software delivery, and underlying infrastructure design, including but not limited to cloud, networking, compute, storage, and end user computing. 

Focus: 

• Oversee enterprise perspective on common enterprise platforms that are leveraged firm-wide to unlock scalability and improved productivity. 

• Drive for common standards and usage of platforms and infrastructure across the firm while pushing to eliminate legacy redundancy. 

• Leverage the Voice of Developer and Software Development Lifecyle as a guide, to define the future state of technical platforms, which absorbs heaving liftings of solving recurring technical problems into the platform layer, and free up developers to focus on business features. 

• Focus on the outcomes delivering business value faster, in a reliable and secure way. 

• Focus the future state architecture across public cloud and on premise infrastructure at the conceptual and logical level, and partner closely with platform engineering, and infrastructure teams to translate into physical design. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Strategic Planning and Development: 

• Develop and maintain the technical platform and infrastructure architecture strategy and roadmap. 

• Ensure alignment of platform architecture with the organization’s business objectives and IT strategy to increase speed of delivery. 

• Ensure alignment of infrastructure architecture with the organization’s business growth ambition for scalability and flexibility. 

• Advise and provide consulting for new technologies to modernize infrastructure capabilities and improve efficiency. 

• Architecture Design and Implementation: 

• Lead the design and deployment of robust, scalable, and secure technology platforms and infrastructure. 

• Ensure technical platforms and infrastructure adhere to enterprise architecture standards and best practices. 

• Oversee the integration of various platforms and infrastructure components within the enterprise technology landscape. 

• Leadership and Collaboration: 

• Lead and mentor a team of architects and engineers, promoting a collaborative and innovative culture. 

• Collaborate with IT leaders, business stakeholders, and external partners to ensure the successful delivery of platform and infrastructure modernization projects. 

• Provide expert guidance on technology platform and infrastructure architecture to various teams within the organization. 

• Governance and Compliance: 

• Establish and enforce policies, standards, and guidelines for technology platform and infrastructure architecture. 

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies for all platform and infrastructure solutions. 

• Conduct regular reviews and audits of platform and infrastructure architecture to ensure compliance and identify improvement opportunities. 

• Continuous Improvement: 

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in technology platform and infrastructure architecture, focusing on optimization and modernization. 

• Stay informed about the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies to maintain a competitive edge. 

• Implement best practices for platform and infrastructure performance tuning and optimization. 

Qualifications: 

• Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field and 12+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5 years in a senior Enterprise Architecture role. 

• Proven experience leading technology platform architecture and infrastructure modernization projects in large, complex environments, and managing team of architects. 

• Technical Skills: 

• Deep understanding of platform architecture, infrastructure design and engineering principles, patterns, and best practices. 

• Experience with a variety of technical platforms (e.g., APIM, Messaging Middleware, DevSecOps, Observability, Developer Portal or Experience Platform, etc ). 

• Experience with major enterprise software platforms (e.g. Salesforce, Workday, Appian, etc.) 

• Proficiency in multi-cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their platform services. 

• Knowledge of enterprise architecture patterns and practices (e.g., , design patterns for microservices, loosely coupled architecture, DevSecOps practices, etc. ). 

• Experience with a variety of infrastructure technologies (e.g., networks, servers, storage, virtualization, cloud services).  

• Proficiency in a multi-cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and related services.  

• Leadership and Soft Skills: 

•  Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, guide teams and develop global teams. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders while building trust 

• Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving and analytical abilities. 

• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a dynamic environment. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• TOGAF 9 Enterprise Architecture Practitioner certification. 

• Experience with DevSecOps practices, developer tools, infrastructure, and data center operations. 

• Knowledge of security and compliance standards relevant to technology platforms and infrastructure components.