Legal Staff Information Technology in Dallas, TX

Law Firm

Dallas, TX

Legal Staff Information Technology in Dallas, TX

Legal Staff

10-10 yrs required

No

Senior Enterprise Applications and Data Architect

Job Title: Senior Enterprise Applications and Data Architect

Job Responsibilities:
As a member of the Information Systems Department, the Senior Enterprise Applications and Data Architect is tasked with assessing, developing, and maintaining architecture components within the application portfolio. The role involves monitoring and governing the associated data within the environment. Essential functions include:

- Assisting in the road mapping of the application and data portfolio and developing transition plans for moving from the current to future solutions.
- Planning, directing, and coordinating the standardization of data between various on-premise and cloud platforms.
- Identifying workflow process inefficiencies and implementing changes to improve productivity, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of products or services.
- Reviewing application architecture and data integration options, making recommendations to IS management for possible implementation with on-premise or cloud-hosted solutions.
- Serving as the Project Manager on new enterprise-wide applications or updates to existing applications, creating project plans, tracking budgets, monitoring deadlines, and project team performance.
- Leading the testing of new software or new versions of software, creating and maintaining test environments for each of the enterprise-wide applications including server specifications and software installations, integrations, and customizations.
- Creating and maintaining production environments for enterprise-wide applications, submitting Change Management forms for approval, scheduling work with vendors, and performing installations or upgrades.
- Resolving and responding to Help Desk tickets related to enterprise-wide applications, noting trends, performing troubleshooting, problem management, including escalating to other teams and vendors as needed.
- Keeping current on patches and releases related to enterprise-wide applications, reviewing release notes, tracking resolutions to existing software problems, and recommending updates to install.
- Interfacing with vendors, industry peers, and professional associations to stay informed of existing and evolving industry standards and technologies.

Additional functions include maintaining a high level of knowledge in all enterprise-wide applications, assisting, teaching, and mentoring Applications Analysts, Administrators, and Engineers on the team, and other related job duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Information:

Education:
- A Bachelor’s degree in computer science is preferred.

Experience:
- A minimum of ten years of extensive experience managing enterprise-wide applications, preferably in a law firm.
- At least five years of related work experience with cloud data analytics platforms technologies such as Azure, AWS, Snowflake, etc.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Solid project management skills, operating as part of a team organizing, planning, and executing small to large-scale projects from the envisioning stage through implementation.
- Knowledge and understanding of enterprise system integrations, including multi-cloud integrations, data movement (ETL/ELT), data architecture (Snowflake, MS Fabric), data preparation (Azure Data Factory), and data consumption and visualization (PowerBI).
- Infrastructure, server, operating systems, and network communications knowledge.
- Process-minded with a strict regard to details.
- Strong ability to install and maintain any enterprise-wide application, including servers, customizations and integrations, load balancing, and disaster recovery procedures.
- Knowledge of SQL server and SQL scripting.
- Extensive knowledge of various Microsoft technologies including Azure AD, Azure AD Application Proxy, Power Bi, OneDrive, and Azure Virtual Desktop remote app streaming.
- Certification in Microsoft 365 Enterprise is preferred.

Salary Information:
The salary range for this position applies to various locations including Atlantic City, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Morristown, New York, Princeton, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, . It reflects a variety of factors considered in making compensation decisions, including experience, education, licensure and/or certifications, geographic location, market demands, and other business and organizational needs. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this position is $140,000 to $175,000.

Disclaimer:
The above description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not a contract or employment agreement and is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all functions, responsibilities, or requirements the employee may be required to perform. Management reserves the right to review and revise the job description at any time. Employment with the law firm is at-will. Employees must be able to satisfactorily perform all the essential functions of the position with or without a reasonable accommodation. If an accommodation request would cause an undue hardship or a safety concern, the individual may not be eligible for the position.