ITEC - ITE - Application Management - Manager - 00IVF

ITEC - IT Effectiveness - Application Management ' Manager Ernst & Young's Information Technology Enablement Center (ITEC) is a Center of Excellence that assists our national advisory practices in ' planning, pursuing, delivering and managing large, complex full lifecycle initiatives along with providing expertise in leading practices, methods, and resources in the space of Information Technology. The Information Technology Effectiveness (ITE) organization within ITEC focuses bridging the gap between business and IT, running IT like a business, improving Ernst & Young's Global Center methodologies, and enabling our national advisory practices with assessing, designing and transforming our clients in the following areas: IT Strategy & Portfolio Rationalization IT Enterprise Architecture IT Technical & Operations Management IT Application Management IT Management & Governance We have an opening for a Manager specializing in IT Application Management Responsibilities Leading and providing guidance on all aspects of proposals, staffing, and managing Application / Solution Design & Implementation programs / projects Leading and providing guidance with Service-oriented architecture (SOA) design & use Leading and providing guidance with Event-driven Architecture (EDA) design & use Leading and providing guidance with middleware applications and data Reverse engineering to build current state solution / application architectures Leading and providing guidance with all stages of systems development life cycles and industry standards (RUP, JAD, ASAP, Waterfall, etc.) Leading and providing guidance with systems integration and systems / application maintenance Evaluating & rationalizing application portfolios for fit for purpose, health, redundancy Leading and facilitating architecture requirements and design with business & IT Performing IT assessments and building improvement plans / portfolios along with being able to convince, guide and advise CXOs on moving forward Identifying gaps in solution architectures and providing recommendations for improvement Aligning IT with business models across industry markets and leading re-engineering programs or project streams Leading diverse project teams including client, consulting, third party and across global regions Defining / architecting IT services as it relates to business processes with an ability to relate IT services in business terms Strong ability to advise, coach and teach with respect to leading practices and improvements initiatives Build business cases and justify application management and architecture improvements Practice building activities improving internal solution sets, methods and resources Keeping on the leading edge of innovation and trends in application architecture, application management and delivery, tools and techniques Integrate with other organizations within ITEC to provide seamless solutions with respect to, but not limited to: IT Effectiveness Program Advisory Services Application Advisory Services Data Performance & Analytics (Information Management Advisory) Services Privacy & Security Services Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Services Position requires 100% travel To qualify, candidates must have: a bachelor's degree and approximately 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 4 years of related work experience 6+ years or more of industry/advisory experience preferred Preferred Bachelors ' MIS, Engineering, Applied Science, Operations Management Desired Masters ' Business, Operations, or Science Desirable Certifications in software engineering, CMMI, RUP, etc Required Attributes Proven ability to relate business and information architectures into an application / information systems architecture along with driving technical requirements for technology / infrastructure architectures Analytical and conceptual thinker with innovative capacity Ability to handle complexity and ambiguity, and provide structure to complex problems Professional services background preferred Strong client interaction/communications skills Other Key CharacteristicsCollaboration, Team Work, excellent presentation and communication (written, oral) skills Integrity, maturity and dependability Willingness to travel Meeting facilitation skills Desired experience in more than one technology stackUnited States