IT Architect IV

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** explore and discover your passion
** with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours!

The IT Architect V is responsible for designing the structure of specific IT systems and supervising programs to ensure the architecture is properly implemented. This role will apply technical skills and work with internal/external business partners to create a vision and roadmap. This is a challenging position that will enable you to utilize your technical, problem solving, communication, and leadership skills.

We appreciate a new perspective on solutions for our ever-evolving IT needs!

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.## ##
** Responsibilities/Expectations:
*** Decomposes systems into smaller components and viewpoints, along with the enforced rules that enable consistent design across the enterprise
* Defines the application tiers, frameworks, components types and interfaces; specifies and provides ownership of reusable application components or reusable application code and supports the Enterprise Application Integration
* Defines the visual roadmap and performs design reviews
* Monitors emerging standards, sets standards and technologies to be used by the enterprise
* Crafts the architecture vision, conceptualizes and experiments with alternative architectural approaches; builds models, components and interface specification documents; validates the architecture against requirements and assumptions
* Translates business requirements into repeatable design strategies, systems qualities and patterns
* Solves problems with developers, addresses ongoing revisions/improvements of the architecture
* Analyzes competitors, products, strategies and product generation processes
* Surveys external emerging developments, new technologies, standards and methodologies
* Mentors, teaches, consults with other team members
* Other duties as assigned## ##
** Education/Years of

Experience:

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* Required:

Bachelor’s degree in IT related field; a minimum ten (10) years’ developing software systems and IT experience
* Preferred:
Minimum of twelve (12) years’ experience and prior oil/gas industry experience
* * We welcome candidates with a variety of backgrounds and experiences — if you don’t meet every qualification, this role may be filled at a level that aligns with your skills and growth potential.*## ##
** Other Requirements:
*** Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
* Needs proficient knowledge of architecture principles design
* Needs knowledge of application/interface design
* Working knowledge of all areas of IT, especially data center functions (servers, DB, networks, security)
* Experience creating and maintaining large enterprise architectures
* Expert in Java and Spring Boot for enterprise-scale web applications
* Preferred: strong development experience in Angular or React
* Proficiency with Azure Dev Ops (CI/CD) and container orchestration via Kubernetes
* Strong background in relational databases, specifically Oracle and SQL Server
* Experience leveraging LLMs and agents
* Proficient knowledge of scripting and how scripts work
** About Houston (Williams Tower Location):
** Our Houston office is located in the Williams Tower, just steps from the Houston Galleria on Post Oak Boulevard, an area with more than 700 retailers, fine dining and hotels within two square miles. We offer free onsite-parking! Houston is the fourth most populous city in the nation and greater…