Web Chief Architect Job
Date: Oct 11, 2011
Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States
Job Number: 1448969
Business: GE Aviation
Business Segment: Aviation
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Posted Position Title: Web Chief Architect
Career Level: Experienced
Function: Information Technology
Function Segment: Application and Enterprise Architecture
Location: United States
U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces: Ohio
City: Cincinnati
Postal Code: 45215-1988
Relocation Assistance: Yes
Role Summary/Purpose: The Web Chief Architect has accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives. In this role you will integrate and develop processes that meet business needs across the organization and is involved in long-term planning, manage complex issues within area of expertise, and contribute to the overall business strategy.
Essential Responsibilities
- Serve as technical thought leader in one or more critical central IT service areas
- Monitor business needs and translate into technology application opportunities
- Engage global teams and experts to create and propose technology designs, standards, and solutions with high impact to business and/or its customers
- Advise project teams on technology implementation
- Develop and maintain relationships with key strategic vendors and peers
- Teach and mentor others to develop their technical expertise
- Develop new computing concepts into innovative solutions to complex architecture and operations business challenges
- Plan and manage technical architecture and operations projects and ensure business deliverables are committed, communicated clearly and delivered on time
- Participate in the long-range strategies and planning for technical architecture and operations
- Provide directives and leadership for project members in analyzing and resolving computing infrastructure challenges
- Create and frequently communicate the business’s computing infrastructure vision to ensure all architecture and operations activities directly or indirectly support that vision
- Maintain and apply current knowledge of information technology; keep abreast of new and emerging technologies and help determine how they can be used to add value to the business
- Provide strategy and direction for our Web technologies for the GE Infrastructure businesses
- Will gather requirements from key stakeholders including application teams, design / build / run teams and security teams will be critical for success
- Leverage market research to stay ahead of web trends
- Evaluate and recommend opportunities to better utilize existing technologies as well as cost out opportunities
- Develop annual web roadmaps as well as assist in Growth Playbook development
- Provide leadership and direction to web resources across TSG in support of the web strategies
- Participate in the long-term strategies and planning for technical architecture and operations
- Support the creation and frequently communicate the enterprise web vision to ensure all stakeholders understand and support the strategy
- Collaborate with peer Technologists and Chief Enterprise Architect to ensure web strategy supports the Enterprise Architecture strategy
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Information Technology (IT), Computer Science or Engineering
- At least 5 additional years of experience in the implementation of information technology
- At least 3 years in leadership positions within information technology
Additional Eligibility Qualifications GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
Desired Characteristics – Ability to identify business needs and use them to drive strategy and technology introduction will also be essential
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