Senior Staff Architect (Telecommunications)

Location: Anchorage, Alaska, United States; remote eligible

Salary: $102,655–$170,407 per year

Company

hirify.global provides critical services to customers in Alaska and operates in a 24/7 environment.

What you will do

• Own the application portfolio, technology roadmap, technology standards, buy-versus-build decisions, technical debt, and vendor simplification.
• Assess business objectives, current-state capabilities, risks, dependencies, architecture gaps, lifecycle risks, and modernization opportunities.
• Develop target-state architectures, transition states, roadmaps, architecture models, standards, patterns, and reference designs.
• Lead architecture reviews and governance forums while managing exceptions, reusable assets, repositories, and technology rationalization efforts.
• Partner with product, engineering, delivery, operations, and leadership teams to guide planning, design, implementation, and operationalization.
• Improve architecture methods, governance practices, operating models, communities of practice, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Data Management, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may substitute.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience across at least two architecture or technology disciplines.
• Experience leading complex modernization, transformation, and cross-domain architecture efforts.
• Proficiency in architecture modeling and documentation, systems design and integration, strategy and roadmap development, governance, standards management, lifecycle planning, and risk and dependency management.
• Ability to work assigned shifts in an office or home-office setting and provide additional support outside normal hours when required in a 24/7 environment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams, business stakeholders, customers, and technology groups.

Nice to have

• 8–10 years of experience and a master’s degree or PhD in a relevant field.
• Project management experience and telecommunications experience.
• Relevant telecom, cloud, security, Agile, SAFe, TOGAF, FEAC, Open CA, CITA, SABSA, or CCAr certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work is available subject to company remote-work policies and agreements.
• Work supports critical services and may require emergency contact outside core business hours.
• Collaboration with business, product, engineering, delivery, operations, and leadership stakeholders.
• Equal opportunity employment environment.