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Committed, Accountable, Experienced – Technology is at the heart of everything we do at Union Pacific and our computer systems are as extensive as our rail system. For several decades, Technology at Union Pacific Railroad has provided cutting edge software-based business solutions to manage and operate one of the largest Railroad Companies. Think of Tech at Union Pacific as a Technology company disguised as a Railroad! If you are looking to join a Fortune 150 company with great career opportunities and benefits, join us! We’re looking for someone like you to join our team to help architect solutions for the transportation industry supporting the Enterprise Systems.
The Principal Enterprise Architect (“PEA”) is responsible for helping business leaders enable their future-state business capabilities to drive the organization’s targeted business outcomes through the choice of digital solutions, projects and initiatives selected by the organization. The Enterprise Architect applies existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.
The PEA leads and coordinates all aspects of the enterprise architecture program, including:
(1) business architecture, which is focused on guiding people, process and organizational change;
(2) information architecture, which is focused on the consistent sharing of information across the enterprise;
(3) solutions architecture, which is focused on developing a direction for managing the portfolio of to-be solutions;
(4) technical architecture, which is focused on evolving the technical infrastructure; and
(5) security architecture, which is focused on managing IT risk through the exchange of information between people, systems and things inside and outside the organization.
The PEA is responsible for designing the process and architecture review and advisory process, and for leading the integration of those processes with related business and IT processes. Must lead, prioritize and develop the overall enterprise architecture approach for the organization, and communicate architectural direction. The PEA has purview into (and directly manage) other architecture-related activities and the respective roles (such as business, information, solution and technical).
This position at Union Pacific Railroad will require extensive experience and in-depth knowledge in implementing and managing at scale multiple SAP products in the SAP Product Suite, deployed on-premise and in public cloud, including the integrations with internal and external systems and services. The candidate must have experience facilitating discussions with senior leadership and vendors regarding technical / architectural trade-offs, best practices, and risk mitigation. The candidate must also be able to lead a small group of architects and support multiple business & technology transformations concurrently.
Accountabilities
- Understand the Enterprise Strategy and Vision and Design, Develop and Recommend the Architecture that would enable the vision with the required SAP and Non-SAP products
- Evaluate, Recommend, Design and Drive the adoption of best practices for an architecture that is required to implement SAP suite of products along with extensions and complimentary software that can be deployed across a hybrid multi-cloud platform in the areas of Platform, Integration, Security, Database Technology, High Availability and Disaster Recovery, Analytics, User Experience, AI & ML, Big Data, Automation
- Work with cross-functional teams across multiple SAP products with complex integrations within the SAP product suite as well as with external SAAS solutions and custom applications
- Demonstrate subject-matter expertise by troubleshooting existing technical solutions to resolve issues quickly and minimize negative impact
- Must be very familiar and keep up with SAP Product Roadmaps, Technology Trends, Cloud Adoption Frameworks, Well Architected Framework across one or more public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP), SAP BTP, Microservices Deployment Patterns, Database Technologies, Containers, Orchestration, Server Less deployments, Intelligent Applications, AI, Machine Learning, Data and Process Mining, Process Automation
Qualifications Required
- A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field. Equivalent advanced degree in related area may be considered
- Experience of at least 12 years in technology inclusive of at least 5 of the following: technical architecture design and deployment, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations, systems lifecycle management, infrastructure planning and operations, IT services management, infrastructure and operations, and enterprise architecture and ITIL frameworks. Five (5) years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis.
- Experience in leading and in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders.
- Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture, business re-engineering principles and processes, and basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting.
- Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting, and risk management.
- Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT, predictive analytics, and basic graphical modeling approaches, tools, and model repositories
- 12+ of work experience
- Experience in SAP Implementation involving implementation and migration from on-premises to cloud across the SAP product suite including but not limited to S/4, B4HANA, Suite on HANA, PI/PO, SAP Gateway, SAP Enterprise Portals, SuccessFactors, Ariba, IBP, Business Intelligence, SAP MDG, SCM, SRM and SLC
- Experience (operational) of at least 10 years in combination to include: Unix and Linux Operating Systems (SLES, RHAT), Enterprise Storage Technologies with snapshots & replication capabilities, Database Installation and Administration in SAP HANA and other RDBMS like Oracle, SQL Server and DB2 LUW, Installing/Upgrading/Migrating/Administering SAP Applications like ECC, S/4, BW, BI, Portals, Gateway, PI/PO, Troubleshooting and Performance Optimization with basic knowledge of ABAP, and/or Implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery across the SAP and Non-SAP Suite of products
- Experience with service-oriented and event-driven architecture’s, developing or designing microservices based applications leveraging containers and container orchestration in public and private cloud, CI/CD pipelines, API Gateways, Server Less Computing
- Experience in Analytics, Data Warehousing and Big Data Architectures, Data Science, AI and Machine Learning and Well Architected Frameworks on Azure/AWS/GCP
- Knowledge (broad) of SAP Business Technology Platform and the SAP Product Roadmap
- Knowledge in network and application security including proxies, reverse proxies, firewalls, and load balancers
- Knowledge (basic working) of multiple customer business processes and understanding which SAP and Non-SAP systems are required for those processes and how they are integrated
Preferred
- Experience implementing SAP at multiple large enterprises across Finance, Supply Chain and HR functions (4-5 Full Implementations)
- Experience (hands on) with SAP on multiple OS/DB combinations including SAP HANA
- Experience (hands on) installing and administering multiple SAP Products including but not limited to S/4, BW on HANA, BW4HANA, SAP Gateway, SAP PI/PO, SAP MDG, SAP GRC, SAP HCM and Payroll
- Experience in troubleshooting and Performance Optimization with basic knowledge of ABAP
- Experience integrating SAP with cloud native SaaS-based solutions across different cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, Oracle Cloud, GCP, AWS)
- Experience using an Agile methodology
- Knowledge and detailed understanding and implementation experience with Cloud Adoption Frameworks and Well Architected Frameworks for SAP on Azure/AWS/GCP
- Knowledge and broad understanding of cloud & micro-services architectures and frameworks
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Physical Requirements
- While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee will spend extended hours in front of a computer screen
Work Conditions
- 18 years of age or older
COVID-19: Union Pacific complies with its federal contractor obligations concerning the spread of COVID-19; however, the vaccination mandate is currently stayed. Union Pacific will update our employees and applicants of any changes to these obligations as warranted.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Reasonable Accommodation: Union Pacific supports diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer . Union Pacific is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce where equal employment opportunities are available without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, religion, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, or genetic information. Union Pacific strictly prohibits any discrimination or harassment based on protected status. Union Pacific is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its employment of individuals with disabilities. To request a disability accommodation in the application process, please use this link to submit a request.
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