Director-Enterprise Architecture and Development (Richardson)

Mavenir is a leading provider of cutting-edge solutions for telecommunications and network infrastructure. We specialize in delivering innovative technologies to communication service providers, including satellite operators, empowering them through delivering cloud-native software solutions that enable operators to modernize their networks, reduce costs, and accelerate time-to-market. At Mavenir we are driving the transformation of the telecommunications landscape.

About the Role :

The role is for a seasoned Enterprise Architect and Development Manager to define the roadmap, oversee the technical addition of new tooling and to support, maintain, deploy and develop our core line of business applications, on premise and in the cloud ensuring their integration.

The role would be suited to an experienced Enterprise Architect that has come up through the development and database route with good exposure to system integration in a DevOps environment. You will have commercial experience working with integrating systems and determining the best practice configurations of those systems supporting our policy of using Single Sign on to Cloud Saas services.

In-house training on our systems and processes can be provided, however it is expected that the candidate will be able to independently carry out research and investigation to expand their knowledge when required. We are looking for a can do person with enthusiasm and drive to succeed in this position

The ideal candidate should have 14+ years of experience in the IT industry with the last 4 years being the technical lead in a series of integrations. We want a hands-on leader. The role has direct reports, but our leader is required to participate in spec development, code development, testing, implementation and support.

Experience with ERPs, CRMs, HRIS, ITSM, IaaS, and SaaS platforms is required.

Key Responsibilities :

• Master data management : Ensuring data is consistent across systems and ensuring an owner is assigned and is responsible for its update. e.g. Finance own the Companies and cost codes, HR owns people records in HRIS.
• Requirements Gathering and managing the interfaces interactions with other teams
• Business Process Design : Work with the Business to analyse the requirements / process and ensure the process is practical and the systems can work to support it. Driving a system-to-system direct integration approach except were the required functionality needs to be more extensive in which case use micro services. Where a service is exposed to the internet where possible host that in cloud environment such as Azure.
• Support SSO architecture and integrations across enterprise applications . Driving our strategy of using identity source control access and data flows through applications. Migrating authentication Mechanisms from previous methods.
• Security : Supporting the security best practices and ensuring we have a secure set of systems. Strategy of using Single Sign on with Entra ID so that we can manage access centrally everywhere. Ensuring that systems are secure, patched and unnecessary accounts are removed.
• Infrastructure : Ensuring that the infrastructure for new systems will work with our estate and that it is optimal, resilient, and cost effective.
• Connectivity / Communications : Ensuring that systems can communicate effectively and that data is consistent across them.
• Development / Operations Management : Functional design, code reviews, unit test design, unit test review, Code investigations (looking at the impact something will have on the code), Debugging issues in production and managing interfaces changes / setup
• Integrations : Reviewing the system logs and working with HRIS and ERP teams to automate interfaces and update data e.g. Missing department / cost codes or duplicate names. Looking after the intersystem issues, troubleshooting issues. Building and managing interfaces between systems example Workday to Office 365, Workday to Oracle, Oracle to Dynamics 365, ITSM e-bonding integrations.
• Automations : Automate internal processes using technology, such as Onboarding and offboarding.
• App management and ownership : Maintain ownership of business applications ITSM, CRM and more.

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