Principal IT Architect

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At Exelon, our people are the heart and soul of our business. Whether it's powering lives, supporting communities or collaborating with colleagues, an Exelon employee is talented, compassionate, forward-thinking and inspired. We are a Fortune 200 company united by our values and shared vision for a cleaner and brighter future. We encourage curiosity, value diverse perspectives and we never stop looking for ways to be, work and do better. We know the future is in our hands. That's why we're looking for people like you, who have the power to make a difference.

As the nation's largest utility company, we serve more than 10 million customers through six fully regulated transmission and distribution utilities -- Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco). All 18,000 of us are committed to delivering safe, reliable and affordable energy to our customers, strengthening our communities, supporting a clean energy future and reducing our impact on the changing climate.

Our people are empowered to evolve and advance their careers in an open and inclusive environment. We pride ourselves on being the kind of place where people want to come, stay and grow -- whether that's in the role and path they start in or in new and exciting career opportunities across our business. We know that investing in our employees' futures strengthens ours, which is why we offer competitive compensation, incentives, opportunities for career path changes, and health and retirement benefits.

Primary Purpose Of Position

Partner with IT and business teams to provide the necessary leadership to drive technology solutions by weighing advantages of technology standards, market availability of products, and risks and benefits of technology introduction into Exelon's computing environment. Provide comprehensive consultation to business unit and IT management and staff at the highest technical level for assigned architectural domain.

Primary Duties And Accountabilities

• Provide technical expertise to IT and business teams to identify technology solutions and strategies to achieve business results. Ensure appropriate implementation of technology within both the development and production environments. (35%)
• For architecture: Design and develop enterprise-wide architecture and strategy for assigned architectural domain in alignment with the business strategy. For engineering: Perform engineering and design functions for software applications and infrastructure in support of the corporate-wide strategic information technology plan; oversee the introduction of new technology into the operations environment by utilizing Exelon's standard governance process. (30%)
• Provide technological expertise and advice to IT leadership in the development of strategic information technology plans to support business strategies. (10%)
• Establish, maintain and enhance relationships with business and IT partners. Communicate status to key stakeholders on a regular basis. (10%)
• Maintain awareness of trends and issues in area of technical expertise, evaluate new technologies or technology opportunities, and provide analysis of their potential impact to advantage the business. (10%)
• Provide input to IT managers on performance of IT personnel to assist in performance evaluations, career development, and recognition. (5%)

JOB SCOPE

• Maintain deep knowledge of technology and its application across Exelon.
• Promote knowledge via seminars, presentations and publications within IT and Exelon.
• Determine appropriate theories, practices and principles that relate the technology to Exelon's business.
• Contribute technological innovation to drive new business opportunities and solve complex business problems.
• Operate independently with little or no supervision.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline and typically 8 to 10 years in solid, diverse experience in IT, with a focus in Architect or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Appropriate technical skills (one or more of these areas): Oracle Fusion, Apigee, Boomi, Tibco.
• In-depth knowledge of business unit functions and applications.
• Comprehensive understanding of change management techniques associated with new technology implementation.
• Experience producing an economic business case.
• Demonstrate leadership ability.
• Strong judgment, excellent analytical ability and consulting skills.
• Excellent communications skills and ability to work effectively with all levels of IT and business management and with vendors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree in area of technical specialty.
• Expertise and understanding in numerous integration and API management platforms (Apigee, Boomi, Tibco, Fusion, etc.)
• Knowledge of Exelon architecture policies and procedures.
• Drives design for a secure, efficient, and adaptable future state model.
• Proactively researches IT enterprise architecture best practices and methodologies and determines relevancy to IT and business organizations.
• Matches technology services to specific business architecture requirements.
• Develops and participates in the governance of Enterprise Architecture principles and framework to assure compliance to the EA strategy.

Primary Location

US-MD-BALTIMORE

Other Locations

US-IL-OAKBROOK TERRACE, US-IL-CHICAGO, US-PA-PHILADELPHIA, US-PA-KENNETT SQUARE, US-Hybrid Remote

Work Locations

Point Street

Job

Information Technology - Staff

Organization

BSC Information Technology

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Job Posting

Nov 17, 2022, 2:47:35 PM

Unposting Date

Dec 2, 2022, 12:59:00 AM