Enterprise Architect

As an Enterprise Architect at Gritter Francona, Inc., your key responsibilities include designing and developing comprehensive enterprise IT architectures that focus on process optimization and data integration. You will lead initiatives to enhance and redesign organizational frameworks, ensuring alignment with the VHA's strategic goals. Collaboration with business owners and modeling of business processes and data flows will be central to your role, along with ensuring compliance with VHA's Capability Architecture framework.

To qualify for the Enterprise Architect position at Gritter Francona, Inc., candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of experience in enterprise IT design. A strong background in enterprise architecture methodologies such as TOGAF or Zachman is highly desirable. Experience supporting federal or state governmental entities, especially in health informatics, is also a significant plus.

The Enterprise Architect role directly supports the VHA's goals by ensuring that the architecture models are effectively integrated into business processes, thereby enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. By aligning enterprise IT architectures with VHA's strategic initiatives and providing guidance on best practices, you will drive significant improvements that meet the organization’s evolving needs.

As an Enterprise Architect at Gritter Francona, Inc., you can expect extensive collaboration with various stakeholders, including other architects, business owners, and cross-functional teams. You'll share VHA Business Information Model (BIM) content to support solution design and work together to ensure that architecture models are seamlessly integrated into business processes for better outcomes.

Benefits for Enterprise Architects at Gritter Francona, Inc. include a comprehensive health care plan, a retirement plan with 401k and IRA options, life insurance, paid time off, and both short-term and long-term disability options. Additionally, the company emphasizes training and development to foster professional growth.

In your response, highlight specific frameworks you’ve worked with, such as TOGAF or Zachman. Discuss how you’ve applied these frameworks in real-world scenarios to deliver effective architectural solutions. Emphasize any tailored approaches you brought to meet the specific needs of your past projects.

Explain your methodology for collaborating with stakeholders to model and document business processes. Sharing examples will help illustrate how you ensured coherence and traceability in data flows, enhancing the overall effectiveness of the architecture.

Discuss specific challenges, such as resistance to change or data silos, and how you addressed them. Provide details on your problem-solving strategies and the positive outcomes that emerged from your interventions.

In your answer, focus on the importance of understanding the organization's vision and incorporating strategic goals into your architectural designs. Mention any tools or techniques you use to maintain alignment throughout the project lifecycle.

Highlight your ability to tailor your communication style to the audience. Provide examples of how you’ve successfully used visual aids or analogies to break down complex concepts into understandable terms for non-technical team members.

Share a specific instance where you led an architecture initiative, providing details on your role, the objectives, challenges faced, and the outcome. Highlight metrics of success or improvements that occurred due to your efforts.

Discuss key performance indicators (KPIs) you track, such as process efficiency, cost savings, or user satisfaction. Provide an example of how you’ve effectively measured these metrics post-implementation.

Share your approach to engaging stakeholders, emphasizing how you build relationships and facilitate collaborative discussions. Providing examples of successful stakeholder engagements will strengthen your response.

Mention specific best practices you adhere to, such as documentation, regular reviews, and maintaining compliance with established standards. Discuss how these practices have contributed to the consistency and interoperability of architecture models.

Highlight your commitment to continuous learning through attending industry conferences, participating in relevant online courses, or engaging with professional communities. Mention how you apply the latest trends and innovations in your work.