REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR POSITION

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of relevant enterprise-wide architecture, including but not limited to Application / DevSecOps listed: Concourse- Copado- Copilot- Docker- Gearset- GitHub- Jenkins- Kubernetes- Postman- Salesforce- SAP- ServiceNow- SonarCube
• Deep understanding of various aspects of Application / DevSecOps listed: AI/ML- API Gateway & Management- Application Components- Development Tools- DevSecOps- GenAI- Integration- Intelligent Automation- Runtime Environments- Security
• Deep knowledge of API-first design patterns
• Technology skills across multiple IT domains (e.g. application, data, infrastructure, security)
• Strong consultative skills at a cross-functional level
• Strong skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and LeanIX
• Knowledge of TOGAF, ITIL, and other architecture / business process frameworks
• Experience in application development, systems management, and/or project management is a plus
• Leadership competencies in:
• Organizing and Setting Priorities
• Managing and Measuring Work
• Peer Relationships
• Continuous Improvement
• Motivating Others
• Self-motivated; capable of managing multiple tasks
  The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position.
  As a public utility, NiSource is required to provide continuous service to customers at all times. To ensure we fulfill that obligation, employees may be required to work outside their normal work hours and perform tasks outside of their normal responsibilities in support of emergency operations.

• Provides senior level expertise on overall direction, guidance, definition, decisions, and priorities regarding the enterprise’s overall architecture to effectively support the organization business strategy.
• Interact with business leaders, IT leaders, vendors and industry experts to translate business requirements, understand options to capabilities, and create architecture blueprints and high-level solution designs for the most complex architectural components of a program.
• Strategy – Interfaces across several business areas, acting as a visionary to proactively assist in defining direction for future projects. Help business leaders and their teams think through the technology, business and operational implications of their technology investment decisions.
• Execution – Reviews, advises, and designs standard software and hardware builds, system options, risks, costs versus benefits, and impact on the enterprise business process and goals. Be the architecture thought leader and trusted go-to partner for Product and Engineering leadership across the organization, recommending innovative solutions to improve live and new system architectures.
• Operations – Facilitates the establishment and implementation of standards and reference material that guides the design of technology solutions. Lead architectural collaboration and governing processes including Architecture Review Boards, Solution Architecture reviews, exception management, and related processes.
• Innovation - Responsible for researching, analyzing, designing, proposing, and delivering solutions that are appropriate for the business and technologies strategies. Tracks industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies to better serve the enterprise’s architecture needs.