Enterprise Principal Architect

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Job Profile Title:

Enterprise Principal Architect

Job Code:

12357

Business_Title

Principal Enterprise Architect

Profile Title:

12357 Enterprise Principal Architect

Grade / Band:

IC6

FLSA Status:

Exempt

MGM Resorts International is seeking a visionary Principal Enterprise Architect to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive Technology, Digital, and Data (TDD) strategy aligned with business objectives. This critical role plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of our technology landscape by ensuring all components, including infrastructure, applications, data management, and security, work cohesively and efficiently. The candidate will collaborate with stakeholders across various departments to translate business needs into innovative and scalable architectural solutions.

Define, drive and champion the adoption and implementation of a comprehensive enterprise architecture framework across all TDD domains (infrastructure, applications, data, security).

Champion the development and ongoing refinement of an enterprise architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals and the evolution of our technology landscape.

Define and drive the architectural processes to standardize documentation across conceptual, logical, and physical technology in multiple domains.

Lead architectural reviews to assess the alignment of current and proposed TDD solutions (infrastructure, applications, data, security) with defined architecture principles and industry best practices.

Recommend and champion the evaluation and selection of modern technologies across all TDD domains, ensuring their compatibility with existing architecture and adherence to industry best practices.

Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to translate business needs into clear and concise architectural requirements for infrastructure, applications, data management, and security.

Champion the development and maintenance of comprehensive architectural documentation, including reference models, blueprints, and solution descriptions for all TDD domains.

Foster a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment within the architecture team, promoting best practices across all IT disciplines.

Stay current on industry trends and advancements in enterprise architecture frameworks and technologies across infrastructure, applications, data management, and security domains.

Recommend updates to the architectural framework as needed, ensuring its effectiveness in supporting the evolving technological landscape.

Advocate for and promote sound architectural principles within the organization, fostering a cohesive and future-proof technology foundation.

Performs other job-related duties as requested

Proof of eligibility to work in the United States

Bachelor's Degree

Computer Science / Information Technology or related field

Required

Master's Degree

Computer Science / Information Technology or related field

Preferred

10+ Years of Prior Relevant Experience

Experience in enterprise architecture or a related field.

Required

Proven experience in applying industry-recognized architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman Framework, Agile based (SAFE 6.0) to all IT domains (infrastructure, applications, data, security).

Preferred

In-depth knowledge of design principles for IT infrastructure, application architecture, data management, and security architecture.

Preferred

Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to effectively interact with technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred

Demonstrated leadership qualities, including the ability to mentor and guide a team.

Preferred

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred

Dev/Ops Familiarity with tools/ cloud services/ pipelines.

Preferred

Understanding of UML 2.5 Drawing standards.

Preferred

Provide architectural examples (Diagrams Solutions Documents) of past projects where you were the lead and managed all aspects of an enterprise-wide system architecture from concept to implementation examples include (diagrams, solution documents, github repo, resume website etc.

Provide Presentation examples where you built and presented to a C level suite to champion and influence a positive outcome for an enterprise-wide architecture.

Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure Preferred) Pro Level Certs combined with Specialty Certifications.

Industry Certifications (TOGAF, Zachman, SAFE).

Multiple Enterprise level Architecture examples across diverse domains where you lead the initiative.

Presentation Skills at Executive C level, Board Presentation Experience.

Fluent with multiple development languages.

Understanding of Data Frameworks and Architectures.

Understanding and Utilization of Gen AI, AI/M in practical business case scenarios.

Architectural Experience in building Data Lakes with automation, data flows, security and compliance measures.

Architectural Experience with implementing Enterprise Cloud Patterns & Anti-Pattern standards.

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