Enterprise Architect

Summary

Join Vonage as an Enterprise Architect and contribute to innovating cloud communications for businesses globally. Reporting to the CIO, you will be responsible for developing and executing the technology vision and strategy for the enterprise IT architecture, ensuring a modern technology stack that delivers highly available, scalable, and secure IT infrastructure and business applications. This role requires close collaboration with key leaders across the business, product & engineering, and shared services, as well as IT, Security, and Architecture leaders within Ericsson. You will provide hands-on architecture leadership, guidance, and facilitate strategic decision-making, acting as a trusted advisor to IT leaders and distinguished engineers. The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of SaaS platforms, modern software and cloud technologies, and proven industry experience at scale, along with exceptional communication and negotiation skills.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in industry, with a background in software engineering, cloud & SaaS with recent experience working in a similar role
• Experience in architecting solutions that comply with stringent regulatory requirements such as GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001, NIST SP 800-53 etc
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to influence, guide and facilitate key stakeholders in decision making
• Strong analytical DNA, with experience in evaluating diverse technical approaches, and making the optimal choices to meet and exceed expected business outcomes
• Demonstrated industry leadership (in building and scaling) innovative solutions, including leading technology transformations at scale

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategic roadmap and ensure the company's IT architecture aligns well with the business’ organizational structure and processes, and harmonizes with the architecture and technology stack of Vonage’s parent company Ericsson
• Work very closely with all the key leaders in the business, product & engineering (including product architecture), and shared services (who are peers with the CIO reporting to the CFO)
• Work with IT, Security and Architecture leaders for different business areas in Ericsson
• Provide hands-on architecture leadership, guidance, and facilitate efficient and strategic decision making towards objectives listed above
• Be a close collaborator and trusted advisor to our IT leaders and distinguished engineers
• Be a thought-leader, bringing real-world business sense, strategic vision and technology transformation experience to the CIO organization
• Drive collaboration across functions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an organisation that has gone through significant growth and/or has been part of mergers or acquisitions
• Passion & experience for driving and maintaining high standards across global technology teams
• Demonstrated impact & leadership through a career progression of increasingly challenging and strategic technology and architectural leadership roles
• M.S. or higher in Software Engineering or related fields
• Further leadership / business / strategy training (e.g. EMBA) is not required but is a plus

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Income Protection
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• 401(k) Contributions: Pre-Tax, Roth, or After-Tax Roth Options
• Unlimited Discretionary Time Off
• Three Paid Volunteer Days a Year
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Voluntary Legal Plan
• Optum Employee Assistance Program
• Discount on Auto, Home & Pet Insurance