Pattern Energy

Enterprise Architect

LocationSan Francisco, CA
Job Typefull_time

About This Job

Company Overview

Pattern Energy is a leading renewable energy company that develops, constructs, owns, and operates high-quality wind and solar generation, transmission, and energy storage facilities. Our mission is to transition the world to renewable energy through the sustainable development and responsible operation of facilities with respect for the environment, communities, and cultures where we have a presence.

Our approach begins and ends with establishing trust, accountability, and transparency. Our company values of creative spirit, pride of ownership, follow-through, and a team-first attitude drive us to pursue our mission every day. Our culture supports our values by fostering innovative and critical thinking and a deep belief in living up to our promises.

Headquartered in the United States, Pattern has a global portfolio of more than 30 power facilities and transmission assets, serving various customers that provide low-cost clean energy to millions of consumers.

Responsibilities Job Description

As Enterprise Architect, you will be responsible for providing expert guidance and direction to our IT organization in support of the company’s IT asset landscape. You will Chair the Enterprise Architecture Committee (EAC) to review new initiatives with the EAC members during the early stages of new “INTAKE” projects. You will coordinate the meeting agenda and assess appropriateness for EAC review. You will also participate in the Architectural Review Board (ARB) to review and approve with Board members and ensure that projects adhere to the architectural standards and guidelines of Pattern’s ET Enterprise Architecture. The committee and board will ensure that IT infrastructure and technology platforms are optimized to support business processes and enterprise goals through effective governance and strategic planning. You will play a key role in onboarding new platforms and systems, integrating information and applications, and influencing IT organization direction in alignment with IT leadership and business objectives. In collaboration with the broader organization, you will recommend, develop, and maintain enterprise architecture models, standards, and technology services to drive our business forward. This will include development and ownership of a roadmap to minimize technical debt as the organization scales.

Key Accountabilities

Working closely with your Director, Enterprise Architecture, the role’s accountabilities include:

Architecture Governance


+ Ensure compliance with architectural standards and policies. + Conduct Enterprise Architecture Committee (EAC) and Architecture Review Board (ARB) meetings + Approval/reject of solution designs and enforce standards and processes + Manage exceptions and waivers and committee/board agendas and notes


Architecture Development (ADM) / Lifecycle Management


+ Define current (as-is) and future (to-be) architectures and plan the roadmap. + Partner with ET departments, ET leaders, stakeholders, and IT vendors to implement processes and tools for Enterprise Architecture. Develop a framework and implement Enterprise Architectural processes that fit current maturity cycle and develop a maturity roadmap in the following phases:

- Preliminary Phase: Define EA principles, scope, and governance

- Architecture Vision: Define business outcomes and high-level design

- Business Architecture

- Information Systems Architecture (Data + Application)

- Technology Architecture

- Opportunities & Solutions: Identify gaps and plan initiatives

- Migration Planning: Create transformation roadmap

- Implementation Governance

- Architecture Change Management


Architecture Planning & Road mapping


+ Partner with Product owners and data architects to align on multi-year technology needs and direction: aligning solutions to immediate business needs, ensuring the right technologies and solutions are built for scale. + Align business and IT strategies through future-state planning. + Define business capabilities and map them to IT assets + Identify and prioritize capability gaps + Develop multi-year architecture roadmaps + Sequence initiatives based on dependencies and value


Portfolio Rationalization & Optimization


+ Reduce technical debt and improve application portfolio efficiency. + Evaluate technology and application usage + Identify redundancies and legacy systems + Recommend consolidation, upgrades, or retirements + Track KPIs like cost per capability, system TCO, Number of applications per capability, IT cost per capability, etc. and other means of rationalization in consideration of the company’s strategic objectives.


Standards & Reference Architecture Management


+ Define reusable architecture components and patterns. + Develop and maintain reference models and blueprints + Document architectural standards (e.g., integration, data, security) + Communicate technology patterns to project teams

Change Impact Assessment & IT Change Governance


+ Evaluate and manage the impact of technology changes across the enterprise. + Continue maturing the review processes of EAC and participate in proposed changes via CAB or ARB + Assess risk, dependencies, and business impact with ET teams + Ensure traceability and compliance with governance processes + Upon request, partner with teams to provide guidance, cost effectiveness and efficient system architecture and solution designs, leveraging conceptualization techniques and POCs


Innovation & Emerging Technology Analysis


+ Evaluate and promote emerging technologies aligned with business needs. + Monitor technology trends and industry disruptions + Conduct Proof of Concepts (POCs) + Assess potential value and implementation feasibility


Enterprise Architecture Tooling & Repository Management


+ Participate in leadership role in maintaining a central source of truth for architecture artifacts i.e. SNOW or SharePoint: store models, roadmaps, reference architectures + Partner with an Analyst to maintain EA tools in ServiceNow or any additional tools identified or implemented + Enable traceability across domains (app, data, infra, security) + Manage business partner relationships and set appropriate expectations with leaders and stakeholders as it relates to technology needs.

Qualifications Experience / Qualifications / Education Required Education


+ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field is required. + Master’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration (MBA), or a related discipline is a plus. + Certification in Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) is preferred but not required if equivalent experience is demonstrated.


Experience


+ Minimum 8–10 years of progressive IT experience, with 3+ years focused on architecture, design, or technology strategy across business, application, data, or infrastructure domains. + Demonstrated ability to establish or mature EA practices, including the development of architecture standards, frameworks, and governance processes from the ground up. + Experience supporting cross-functional collaboration with infrastructure, application development, security, and business teams to align solutions with organizational goals. + Proven track record of building as-is and to-be architectures and contributing to EA roadmap development aligned to business capabilities and initiatives. + Comfortable working in environments where architecture governance, tooling, and repositories are being introduced or formalized.


Skills & Competencies


+ Solid understanding of architecture fundamentals, with hands-on experience in at least two domains: application, data, infrastructure, or integration. + Ability to translate business strategy into architectural plans and work iteratively to build frameworks that fit current organizational maturity. + Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and create buy-in across technology and business teams. + Comfortable with ambiguity and incremental change, with a focus on delivering practical and scalable architectural solutions. + Familiarity with enterprise tooling platforms such as Lucid, SharePoint, ServiceNow, or modeling tools, and an interest in establishing a centralized repository. + Awareness of industry trends and emerging technologies with the ability to conduct evaluations or Proof-of-Concepts as part of innovation planning.


Preferred


+ Experience in portfolio/application rationalization, identifying technical debt, and recommending modernization strategies. + Exposure to enterprise governance practices, including Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) or Change Advisory Boards (CABs), even in a limited or advisory capacity. + Multi-cultural and multi-regional experience is highly preferred. + Renewable energy industry experience is desirable. + Ability to travel within the U.S. up to 10-20% of time is desirable.

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