Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

Role Summary

Enterprise Architects provide strategic technology guidance for the company, from opportunity through design and planning. This role develops, maintains, and communicates high-level plans for the overall technology architecture for the airlines. This role leverages expert skills in communicating, consulting and strategically guiding technology, as well as architecting solutions, and understanding emerging technologies

Key Duties

• Coordinate roadmaps across multiple product teams, future state modeling, and technology lifecycle plans.

• Examine application portfolios for potential gaps and weaknesses in capabilities and technologies.

• Guide architectural assessments and recommendations of potential key new systems.

• Provide strategic technical guidance on products to ensure they map to our overall business vision.

• Curate business capabilities and their associated technologies

• Develop, document, and share investment plans for technical architecture improvements.

• Communicate on a variety of technology topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Create and advocate principles, standards, practices, and guidelines for applying technology to improve and accelerate business outcomes.

• Research and aid in development of proofs-of-concept

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

• A minimum of 10 years of designing and/or developing solutions across a variety of technology landscapes.

• Bachelor’s degree or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.

• Background in at least two technology disciplines (such as technical/solution architecture, application development, integrations, information analysis, data management, or operations management).

• Demonstrated experience in clear and concise presentation abilities across multiple channels to different audiences.

• Experience creating guidance documents with respect to software and infrastructure.

• Experience producing effective proofs of concept with different technologies.

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

• Minimum age of 18.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• Demonstrated experience with a business-oriented EA practice.

• Working knowledge of one or more IT architecture standards (such as TOGAF, IT4IT, etc.)

• Established skills in leading and/or mentoring other technology professionals.

• Experience building and evaluating RFPs and providing technology recommendations.

• Experience architecting, implementing, and reviewing complex technology implementations.

• Familiarity with data privacy, compliance, and security principles/standards.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

Where permitted by applicable law, new hires must have received the COVID-19 vaccine. The Company will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities or for a sincerely held religious belief.

Total Rewards

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Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 1/31/2022
Employment Type Full-Time
FLSA Status Exempt
Regular/Temporary Regular
Requisition ID 2021-6708
Equal Employment Opportunity Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, genetic information (including family medical history) or other legally protected characteristics. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will also be considered for employment, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We are an E-Verify Â® employer, where required by law.