ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

My client is a Fortune 500 Company voted one of the best places to work in "The Cities"We are seeking a Software Architect who is a highly motivated, and creative, software professional who is as comfortable leading and influencing as they are doing technical research.This is a great opportunity for an experienced Enterprise Architect to work across all application development teams and other areas of IT to influence and drive consensus for IT wide standards. These standards can save development teams effort, provide common approaches between teams, and improve supportability of our systems. You will have a great opportunity to work across all teams, build relationships, and implement key technical solutions. The salary range on this position is 110-140K plus great benefits and bonus.Qualified LOCAL candidates respond with WORD.DOC RESUMES ONLY to: dhf@vermilliongroup.com   or call David Fink at 800-203-0705 x 104 Here is my take on the position:The purpose of the position is to drive the adoption of development standards across the Company's application development teams. Adopting standards will enable the use of key technology within an environment that is understood, defined, and with reduced complexity and support. In the adoption of standards there are many stakeholders with many individual needs. The candidate must understand the stakeholder needs and then steer the solution in the direction that is best for the enterprise. The candidate will have a balance of strong technical skills, communication skills, negotiation skills, conflict resolution skills, change management skills and visionary leadership. The candidate will be able to influence highly technical senior development staff through actual experience, solid research, and good working relationships across teams. In addition the candidate must be comfortable presenting technical concepts in non-technical terms to business leaders. Successful applicants are technology leaders who have 10 plus years of strong experience architecting, designing, and building enterprise class systems. We seek a candidate with strong Microsoft technology, Service Oriented Architecture, and Object Orientation experience. The candidate should have skills in areas such as leadership, communication, and change management. You will work in a demanding and exciting environment that is creative, detail oriented, and absolutely vital to the success and strength of the company.What You Will Do:• This position works across Application Development, Service Delivery and Infrastructure to identify, research, discuss, design, and implement key standards. Other responsibilities include: • Research, design, document, build, and pilot prioritized topics for standards. • Manage the list of potential standards and work with the application development management to prioritize efforts. • Work closely with Development, Infrastructure, and Service Delivery teams to understand their needs and ensure the best enterprise standard is implemented. • Work closely with development teams to pilot and prove out the standard. • Drive the identification, development and implementation of key new standards in areas such as: Contract First, Performance Testing, Security, World Ready, Event Management, Web UI Framework, .NET Design Standards, Application To Application Communication, Caching, etc • Propose new enterprise standards based on business need, IT need and technology advances. Assist development teams to implement the standards into business applications. Investigate new technology and techniques that should be developed into a Company standard. • Lead key enterprise architectural design projects as necessary. • Operate as business savvy technical leader across the organization. Influence development teams to design high-quality technical solutions that fit the Enterprise Architecture and standards. • Educate application development managers, developers, and BA’s on the Company's Enterprise Architecture Standards.What You Need to Have:• Must have excellent design and architecture skills and proven track record delivering well designed complex enterprise class systems. • Must have proven interpersonal and influencing skills at the management and developer level of the organization. • Proven experience performing successful change management. Experience and knowledge of common strategies for resolving conflict. • Proven communication skills both one on one and in larger presentation settings. Demonstrated expertise in a variety of application development technology concepts, practices, and procedures. • Must have proven advanced experience using and migrating to leading technologies especially Microsoft Technologies. • Advanced demonstrated experience with object oriented design and development techniques using Microsoft technologies and Service Oriented Architecture. • Demonstrated use of .NET application development technologies as well as a solid understanding and practical use of specific Microsoft development technologies such as VB.NET, C#.NET, ASP.NET, XML, SQL, and SOA • Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. • Must be able to quickly establish trust and credibility within the application development and other areas of IT both at the individual contributor and management levels. • Must have excellent written and verbal communication. • Must have excellent technical development and design skills and be able to mentor others to improve their skills. • Proven track record of effectively delivering results in a fast paced, flexible environment while managing multiple priorities. • Minimum of 10 years of professional information systems experience with 3 to 5 years of leadership experience. • Demonstrated creativity solving technology problems. • Must be a self-starter with proven experience accomplishing goals with little direct oversight.David Fink, CSAM is recognized as one of the top Information Technology recruitment specialists in the country. Working for one of the top IT specialty recruitment firms, he is extremely well connected within the industry. Here is some insight into his recruitment philosophy: 'My approach to recruiting is to try to see through the eyes of my candidates and clients. I am very aware of quality of life issues and also very sensitive to the quality work environments. As a concerned specialist, it is important to find and present opportunities to individuals that really fit their continuing professional development needs. I make it a point to get to know people; consequently, I am able to recognize a good fit when I see it. Maintaining strict confidentially (please visit our website to review), I present to my candidates only those positions that are in line with their professional objectives.’ Our goal is to surface the top 5% of Information Technology candidates in the country.Qualified LOCAL candidates respond with WORD.DOC RESUMES ONLY to: dhf@vermilliongroup.com   or call David Fink at 800-203-0705 x 104At Vermillion Group our team has an outstanding grasp of the Information Technology community because we 'live in that community' every day. When you become open to new challenges, we will know the organizations that have a need for your specific expertise and talents, enabling us to match you with a position that satisfies your professional, cultural and financial goals.We cannot acknowledge receipt of each resume. If a strong match is found between your qualifications and the requirements of the position, we will contact you to further discuss the opportunity. In the event that you are not contacted within a 1 to 2 week period of time, it is likely that we are pursuing other applicants whose qualifications match more closely. However, your resume will be maintained in our database should your skills and qualifications present a strong match to future positions.  MRINetwork, one of the world's largest search and recruitment organizations, has over 1,000 offices in more than 35 countries. Each office is a single point of contact that allows candidates to access high-quality positions virtually anywhere in the world. MRINetwork recruiters are industry specialists who typically have real-world experience in the industries they serve. LOCATION: Statewide, MN JOB CATEGORY: IT/Software Development TYPE: Full Time, Employee SALARY: 110,000.00 - 140,000.00 USD /yearBonus JOB REFCODE: DHFARCHITECT2 COMPANY: Vermillion Group CONTACT NAME: David Fink PHONE: 800-203-0705 x 104 EMAIL: Apply by Email