Essential Responsibilities:

• Serves as a technical SME in the areas of Cloud Architecture, Digital Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Standards Management and Architecture Governance 
• Possibly have matrixed Cloud and Solution Architects
• Collaborate and partner with business leaders and IT BRMs to understand business strategies and develop, own and govern our overall Cloud and Digital technology strategy 
• Provides Cloud architecture and technology advice and guidance to Business leaders, IT SLT, their direct reports and delivery teams on Architecture and Technology elements. 
• Leads the development of Cloud architecture artifacts, gains consensus from other technical teams and governs the implementation of these artifacts. Own Cloud Architecture Review Boards (CARB)
• Leads and drives architecture, design and solution discussions that have a cloud of Digital dependency both with business and other IT personnel
• Organizes and leads cross-functional discussions within the IT and business organizations in support of key strategies and initiatives
• Works with the other product and solution architecture groups to develop and govern technology standards and capabilities within the organization
• Guides and directs cross-functional cloud/digital project teams throughout project execution life-cycle, but partnering with product and solution architects
• Manages architecture and governance activities across multiple initiatives and teams simultaneously
• Evaluates technical capabilities of vendors and owns the technology lifecycle for all technologies within the Cloud and Digital technology domains
• Creates and presents solutions with varying options covering both tactical and strategic needs as necessary
• Leads the resolution of technical or architectural disputes
• Ensures adherence of solutions to established cloud architecture standards and processes. When needed works within and across other organization to develop/ modify appropriate standards
• Represents the Architecture and/or IT organizations as a whole in discussions with third parties (vendors, clients, joint venture partners, etc.)
• Can step in when needed to provide technical leadership for cross-functional projects from design through to deployment as needed, specifically for Cloud or Digital initiatives
• Provides managers with technical performance assessments 
• Recognizes new/evolving trends and ensures personal growth and skill maintenance as a contributor. Analyzes new technologies to resolve business problems 
• Works with vendors to better understand how features and interfaces of outside applications can facilitate the fulfillment of customer requests

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM from an accredited institution required
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in the Technology Architecture and/or Cloud development discipline
• Relocation benefit is not provided for this position.  Candidates must reside within a 50-mile radius of any Eaton US facility to be considered for this opportunity.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship

Position Criteria:

• Experience and knowledge of enterprise architecture and technology architecture functions and processes. Familiarity with EA frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman etc.
• Demonstrated Experience in developing Cloud native and Cloud agnostic application architectures that leverage the primary cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) as well as regional Cloud platforms (for e.g. Alibaba)
• Demonstrated experience with private cloud implementations (on-prem, leveraging vmWare) and Hybrid Multi-Cloud implementation models 
• Demonstrated Experience in developing Cloud reference architectures, technology blueprints for specific technology and functional platforms. Additionally, expertise in keeping these artifacts relevant and governing against this artifact
• Experience in Cloud based software development (leveraging various Cloud deployment models such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS etc.). Experience in Cloud based database and AI/ML technologies is a plus 
• Demonstrated experience in DevSecOps and leveraging Agile and DevSecOps in the software delivery process
• High level understanding of IoT, Automation and Orchestration capabilities
• Experience in resolving technology disputes and influencing stakeholders to leverage and follow enterprise architecture decisions and cloud architecture specific patterns
• Demonstrated experience in architecting enterprise-wide solutions (as a solution architect, infrastructure architect or an information architect)
• Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors
• Experience diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems
• Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems
• Experience working with technical teams with limited knowledge of your subject matter (Cloud/ Digital)
• Experience interacting at the executive level
• Experience managing multiple architecture disciplines across multiple organization levels
• Experience influencing leadership and key stakeholders on architecture decisions and technology solutions
• Experience applying knowledge of the new processes and concepts in IT management, structure and organization
• Drive consensus and dispute resolution to ensure architecture decisions are managed and governed
• Management Consulting experience preferred
• Ability to teach teams you support on Cloud areas that you have expertise in