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Primary Purpose of the Position:

The Senior Enterprise Architect - Cloud Computing will develop strategies, requirements, and roadmaps across a multitude of domains to ensure the integrity, viability, performance of the set of domains within his or her purview. He/she is committed to developing long-term domain-specific roadmaps, assuring that technology solutions meet business requirements, while aligning with long-term architectural goals, integrating seamlessly across multiple platforms and systems while having a positive impact on the TCO of the IT portfolio. Senior EAs will be accountable for the work of Enterprise Architects within their teams, each with more focused domain accountabilities. Senior EAs also have indirect accountability for the performance of the solution architects within the Service Delivery teams to assure their solutions adhere to the roadmap for the domain

Essential Responsible Areas:

1. Accountable for a team of EAs to develop long-term (3-5 year) roadmaps for Cloud Computing domain (e.g., network, compute)
2. Collaborate with other IT architectural domains to develop cohesive architectural roadmaps and designs, and a governance method (including documentation standards, reference architectures, tools and processes) to montior and assure compliance
3. Maintain deep subject matter expertise within the respective domain, and communicate domain-specific capabilities, strategies, goals, and relevance to other IT Leaders and Business Partners
4. Analyze technical needs, requirements, and the current perfomance of domain architecture (e.g., designs, integrations, and operations), and provide prioritization and guidance to CoE teams in development of remediation plans for current state systems that are not aligned with long term roadmap
5. Define, develop and maintain domain architecture standards and principles; set domain architecture standards, methodologies, and requirements
6. Plan and recommend domain-specific hardware, systems management software and firmware
7. Provide subject matter expertise for proof of concept design efforts
8. Provide guidance and leadership to CoE Leaders and engineering support teams in performing design, test, and implementation efforts with respect to the domain
9. Understand the lifecycle requirements of the domain infrastructure/applications, and work proactively with COE Leaders to drive recommended/required investment
10. Evaluate emerging domain-specific technologies and recommend those that will increase performance, reliability, cost effectiveness, infrastructure flexibility or otherwise provide value to Ball Corp
11. Drive end-to-end domain architecture integrity
12. Broker effective communication between suppliers, architects, or other stakeholders as necessary to resolve test issues or develop alternatives should issues arise
13. Have a cross-functional understanding of the IT architectural domains, while also having deep subject matter expertisewithin the domain, and the ability to communicate its role and importance to the business
14. Supports the definition and selection of enterprise technology and solutions
15. Directs, manages, and develops the capability and professional standards of the IT function (individual and organizational capability); continuously assesses talent and develops future leaders for Ball; inspires individuals and creates an environment of feedback, collaboration, and team achievement
16. Participate in the annual AOP process and budgeting as needed

Position Requirement & Competencies:

• Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college degree level education or work-related experience
• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience, Master’s degree preferred 
• 5+ years of experience as an Enterprise Architect, or equivalent with increasing levels of responsibility in a large, complex corporate information technology environment

• Establishing multi cloud strategy (public/private, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and identifying long term roadmap of workloads to the cloud

• Deep technical understanding of cloud-native design, strong middleware, API security (gateway), service first and platform component experience

• Microsoft Azure background preferred

• Strong understanding of IaaS and PaaS and configuration management and automation (infrastructure as code, etc.

• Experience implementing mission critical components, HA/DR/BCP

• Experience with networking technologies and cloud load balancing, F5/App gateways/WAF, etc.

• Manufacturing industry experience preferred
• Experience in leading global, multinational and remote teams, including off-shore, in matrix organization with demonstrated ability to work across and deliver multiple critical paths and develop schedules in a collaborative environment
• Experience leading a team of developers, technologists and/or domain architects in large scale enterprise software implementations and proof-of-concept initiatives
• Understanding of cloud (on-premises and off-premises), APIs, microservices, mobile applications and, building solutions to deliver a desired user experience
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies including Agile

Ball has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing compensation ranges to ensure we remain competitive and inclusive.

Compensation & Benefits:

For all applicants, the appropriate local market competitive Salary ranges will be applied based on your experience and local market position.

For applicants that will be hired in the U.S., the anticipated salary range for this position is: $ 98,500 - 150,500. In all other markets, more information will be provided during the application process.

Other Compensation:

This role may be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan appropriate to the country of hire.

Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, specific to each country of Hire.

For applicants that will be hired in the U.S., please go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more about our U.S. Benefits. In all other markets, more information will be provided during the application process.

Work Location: 

This role can be Fully Remote. Ball is a global company that seeks the most talented candidates, no matter their location. We currently operate in several countries around the world and are willing to consider qualified candidates that have work authorization in any of our locations.

Applicants seeking a position in a country that is different than their residence may be required to provide personal information based on local regulatory requirements. For example, if an applicant lives outside the United States, but is applying to a U.S.-based position, applicants will be required to provide data that is required under U.S. law during the application.

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