Applications Architect
TTX Company

Job Info

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Job Description

To provide technical vision and leadership for Application Architecture and Development and related initiatives; to evaluate and recommend solutions that support the overall application architecture vision; keep abreast of technology changes as they occur and modify the future directions as appropriate; to clearly communicate visions and solutions to both IT and Business Units; to assist applications staff in the implementation and use of software as in regards to application architecture and processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide technical vision and leadership for the whole breadth of Applications Architecture and ensure solutions are evaluated; recommendations are made that are supportive of the overall vision of Application Architecture, and are scalable
• Lead teams in determining solutions, planning, and implementation of strategic enterprise initiatives.
• Work with the directors, architects, and consultants to set architectural standards and policies and assess the feasibility of architectural changes across IT.
• Clearly and appropriately communicate application architecture solutions to senior leaders, technical managers and staff, and business partners.
• Work with all members of IT as a single point of contact to advise on application architecture direction.
• Review all technical specifications impacting or impacted by application architecture to ensure solutions are clearly understood and are in-line with the IT architecture vision.
• Provide appropriate leadership in ensuring the standards, guidelines, and communications are created, maintained and followed; creation of standards will be done in a timely manner as needed by the various departments within IT.
• Provide a single source for review and approval of technology affecting the application architecture vision; work with vendors and conduct evaluations on various technologies and products for recommendation.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Master's degree (MA) or equivalent; or four to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public group, and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to articulate, must be able to evaluate new technologies quickly and accurately; and must be able to make recommendations based on the information on hand.
• Understand importance and impact of designs for efficient production, adoption and maintenance of application solutions.
• Experience with hybrid of cloud and on-premise system architectures; understand secure protocols and integration best practices; designs for high availability and disaster recovery.
• Recognize forward-looking industry, business and IT trends.

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS
(The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

General office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to site (remain stationary within work area) and use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach. The employee is occasionally required to move about (stand, walk) and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or transport up to 50 pounds. Correctable vision required for close, distance, peripheral, and depth perception vision capabilities and the ability to focus (ability to adjust eye to bring an object into sharp focus).

The above job description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

About Us

TTX Company is a leading provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. TTX's pool of railcars is ideal for supporting shippers in the intermodal, automotive, paper & forest, metals, machinery, wind energy and other markets where flatcars, boxcars and gondolas are required.

TTX Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

About the Team

What we do:

Achieve strategic business value by leading and supporting TTX's Digital Transformation, including cloud solutions, intelligent real-time analytics, machine learning and mobility.

• Supports daily business operations via systems and data
• Develops and/or provides hardware and software to run business
• Provide maintenance and trouble-shooting for business systems
• Special projects to transform business operations and meet business needs
• Provide Cybersecurity for TTX and its information assets.

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