Sr. IT Architect

What You'll Do

Avalara is looking for a IT Architect with experience in strategic initiatives and IT operations. The team is open to discussing a remote work location (US-based) option.

We are looking for you to facilitate the discovery, research, and designs associated with the software development lifecycle. You would assess and recommend appropriate processes and technologies that are well aligned to the company's charter and mission.

• Scale and calibrate the architecture practice to the increasing needs of the business.
• Perform continuous improvement activities like technology assessments, change management, and governance operations, in partnership with the program management team.
• Contribute to the development of technology roadmaps and operational areas.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that integration solutions align with business needs and adhere to established guidelines.
• Provide technical input into the development and maintenance of the IT portfolio, ensuring a cohesive and strategic approach to project selection.
• Leverage opportunities for innovation, such as proof-of-concepts and hackathons to highlight your expertise.
• Research solutions, assess options, and formulate proposals to meet business goals.
• Collaborate with your team to provide current and target state architecture.
• Identify gaps in business processes and recommend design remediations.
• Directly accountable for the conversion of product requirements into reference architectures or designs for key business needs and operational processes.
• Present architecture recommendations, solutions assessment of options and designs to the IT Governance Board.
• Influence conceptual and technical solution designs for assigned feature improvements to meet business requirements while ensuring compliance with established architectural concepts, and governance processes.
• Refine processes for work intake, governance, and change controls that align with the organizational strategy and IT roadmap.
  
  
  

What You'll Need to be Successful

• You have 8+ years of relevant and progressive work experience which must include operating at an Architect-level.
• You have at least 5+ years of experience establishing and developing an Enterprise Architecture Practice.
• You are experienced with technical debt remediation, application rationalization and integration strategy.
• You have experience in producing targeted designs and executive-level presentations that highlight our needs facilitated by seamless integrations of systems.
• You are well-versed in navigating an environment experiencing exponential growth, with potential unknowns, and constant evolution.
• Experience communicating composite technical issues and solutions in a clear, simple, and apprehensible way.
• In-depth knowledge of modern design fundamentals, application development, process, and data architecture.
• You enjoying focusing on propensity to frame intricate issues into simple constructs that can be used to communicate to a wide, diverse audience.
• You have a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science or Engineering
  
  
  

About The Team

You would be part of an influential Enterprise Architecture team which is focused on developing high-quality solutions based on modern cloud-based technologies. You would also improve the foundational needs of the Practice, while facilitating IT Governance and Architecture Operations. You will be an individual contributor reporting to the Director of IT Architecture.

How We'll Take Care of You

Total Rewards

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.

Health & Wellness

Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Inclusive culture and diversity

Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.

Flexible hybrid working

We support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.

Learn more about our benefits by region here: https://careers.avalara.com/

About Avalara

We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.

Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.

We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

EEO Statement

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.