Sr Architect IS

With a focus on Digitalization, Delivery Optimization, Modernization, and Outstanding Work Efficiency, you can expect to be part of something exciting when you join the Nissan team. From the sleek design of our vehicles to the unique opportunities we offer as a global company, Nissan exemplifies ingenuity in everything we do. Our people are what drive the business forward.

We’re currently looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to join our team in Franklin, MI.

The Senior Enterprise Architect (EA) establishes and maintains the Nissan Digital Technology Stack (DTS) and associated architectural patterns, is an active member in the Enterprise Review Board (ERB) meetings, and supports peers within Nissan Digital as needed to solve business problems with digital capabilities and solutions. The EA will guide the application development teams in building solutions that are well designed, standards based, secure, robust and with focus on operational excellence. The EA will support the activities of application development, infrastructure, network, storage, application security, integration, RFI/RFP procurement processes, and data/analytics. In addition, the EA will be familiar with the existing digital landscape to drive the teams in the decisions regarding reuse, make or buy. The EA will have knowledge of domain business processes and ability to engage with Solution Architects in other domains for cross-functional solutions. The EA is considered a senior level individual contributor and is expected to present technology solutions to business management and executives using language appropriate to the audience.

Job functions include but are not limited to performing the following:

• Establishes and maintains contacts within business units and information system programs to understand business activities and business drivers, business requirements, solutions strategies and alternatives, etc., being considered and/or implemented
• Provides architectural leadership in the resolutions of inter-program and inter-project issues
• Conducts ongoing publicity and communication of the Enterprise Architecture both within the information community, and the business units
• Conducts ongoing research and assessment of new analysis approaches for potential use within the Enterprise
• Develops and coordinates architecture plans
• Keeps abreast of current trends and developments in the IT industry.
• Assists in aligning business and enterprise initiatives with the Enterprise Architecture
• Audits compliance within the Enterprise Architecture standards
• Communicates with business and technology leaders, both within and outside the organization
• Influences the organization to accomplish goals and needs through architecture activities
• Serves as a technology leader within Nissan Digital having thorough knowledge on various technologies and platforms
• Participates in Enterprise Review Board (ERB) architecture review sessions, provides feedback and approves architecture for all applications across all lines of business
• Collaborates with enterprise, solution, and platform architects
• Assists in partnering with senior/executive IS/IT leaders to layout technology roadmaps and strategies. Establishes relationships with IS/IT leaders and technology subject matter experts with excellent verbal and written communication skills appropriate for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Reviews and consults on third party vendor products for technical, architectural and technological soundness during vendor and product purchasing
• Coaches and mentors junior enterprise and solution architects. Reviews their designs to ensure they are aligned to Nissan’s architecture, legal, compliance and security standards
• Creates and maintains reference architecture patterns
• Conducts information sharing (ex, lunch & learn) sessions with all architects to educate and transfer knowledge within IS/IT
• Establishes standards and best practices across technologies and platforms
• Strategizes digital transformation of legacy applications across line of business
• Provides guidance of cloud migrations of applications on data center
• Seeks innovative solutions to problems through evaluation and proof of concepts with new and existing technology capabilities to determine compatibility with current and future architectural standards and business requirements
• Promotes operational excellence through stable, supportable solutions.
• The architect for cross-program, and cross-project architecture strategies, opportunities, and problem resolution

Minimum Qualifications include the following:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related discipline, or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years with IT experience.
• 4+ years of experience in architecting and building complex systems
• Solid familiarity with development best practices to ensure end-to-end fit and design
• Solid Communications, both verbal (e.g.:  presentations, seminars, etc.), written (e.g.:  reports, articles, etc.) and interpersonal / relationship skills
• Solid group session facilitation skills
• Solid skills in complex system design
• Solid understanding of cloud, cloud native and serverless technologies
• Solid technical breadth and depth across a number of technical disciplines, technologies, platforms and tools
• Solid persuasion and negotiation skills
• Good familiarity with method driven Enterprise Frameworks
• Experience with system delivery with full project scopes
• Solid understanding of architectural design patterns and best practices to address application, data and technology in the context of business processes within the context of existing and new architectures and standards
• Solid ability to articulate and document high-level and detailed architectures, system designs and other architectural artifacts
• Solid expertise in designing highly resilient, highly scalable, cost efficient, highly secure and easily maintainable application solutions
• Solid expertise in and of digital transformation and cloud migration
• Solid understanding of technology infrastructure, network, compute, storage, and virtualization
• Proven ability to quickly comprehend, learn and adopt new technologies
• Understanding of production support concepts, importance of application observability / monitoring, and stable, supportable design concepts

All of us at Nissan – regardless of functional area or expertise – share a passion to design, manufacture, and sell high-performance vehicles.

It is Nissan’s policy to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, gender, military status, disability, or any other status protected by law.

Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire. ***Visa sponsorship for this position is available

Nissan is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon the successful completion of drug and background screenings in accordance with Nissan policies and in compliance with federal, state, and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act and the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Nissan will consider qualified candidates with arrest or conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with these laws.

It is Nissan’s policy to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, gender, military status, disability, or any other status protected by law. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire; Nissan uses E-Verify to validate employment eligibility.

NISSAN FOR EVERYONE

People are our most valuable assets, and diversity and inclusion are the key to maximizing the power of each individual member of our team.  When everyone belongs, the power of NISSAN is undeniable.  Our Corporate Diversity Initiative aims to improve business results by ensuring that our workplace and core businesses meet the unique needs of our employees and customer base.

Nissan is committed to creating a culture where everyone belongs and employees, customers, and partners feel respected, valued, and heard.  We have over 10 Business Synergy Teams (BSTs) across the U.S. and Canada that connect employees – with shared characteristics or interests – build allies, and foster a company culture where all employees feel supported and included.

Nissan also values inclusion in all areas of our business as we strive to mirror the diversity of our customer base and the communities where we do business. We are committed to procuring innovative goods and services, retailing our products and communicating from a diverse perspective which will help us continue to offer our customers competitively designed, market-driven products.

Join us as we carry our commitment to diversity and inclusion into the future.