IT Architect

The IT Architect is a highly skilled technical resource and innovative thinker capable of envisioning how technology can be leveraged to solve complex business problems and deliver successful cross-team business outcomes. They are responsible for architecting, designing, and implementing enterprise initiatives in a highly dynamic and fast paced environment. This role will contribute to setting IT direction and roadmaps as a member of the IT and CISO leadership team. They will work closely with cross-functional business and IT teams in a highly collaborative environment to deliver well-architected, end-to-end solutions that minimize business and IT risk, increase IT efficiency and value, and cost optimize technology and team Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

What you'll be doing:

• Serve as the senior and authoritative technical resource for the entire IT organization including service desk, operations, server infrastructure, networking, cloud, automation, applications, and user experience
• Contribute to the development and design of architectures for complex systems across various IT teams to ensure consistency of requirements, service quality, minimized security risk, and successful project outcomes
• Create, implement, and enforce IT policy and standards across a variety of ownership pillars including naming conventions, standard tooling, project process, and digital content standards
• Evaluate new system software, review software updates, contribute to planning and deployment of software and systems
• Optimize IT business capability models and processes to align with Torc strategy and goals
• Support system design within various functional area projects and programs to ensure adherence to technical strategy, policy, security, standards, and best practices
• Contribute to Torc’s information management strategy by developing IT data controls, ensuring recognized and accepted data definitions, and policing data access as necessary
• Confirm that IT policy and process support organizational certification goals including: ISO9001, ISO27001, and any other relevant industry standards pursued by Torc
• Evaluate and adhere to relevant internal or external compliance regulation; seek and provide innovative strategizes, methods, trends, and capabilities across the IT team to advance team and technology abilities 
• Provide technical leadership and direction for critical and high priority IT initiatives by contributing to design, approving implementation plans, reviewing documentation, and delivering successful outcomes
• Participate as a CAB member in the IT and CISO change control process to minimize risk and ensure policy adherence
• Set technical direction and drive adoption of relevant AI software and tooling inside of IT
• Designs, delivers, and maintains the group’s technical solutions. Mentors and guides engineers within the division. Delivers technical solutions that meet the business and operational expectations and influence the constraints that apply to the group’s solutions.

What you''ll need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 10+ years of experience or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 7+ years of experience or; Doctorate Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 5+ years of experience.
• Requires highly specialized skill set influencing the profession; influences best practices within discipline and conducts the most complex and vital work, unsupervised and with complete latitude for independent judgment. 

Perks of Being a Full-time Torc’r

Torc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and future. Our culture is collaborative, energetic, and team focused. Torc offers:  

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees  
• 401K plan with a 6% employer match
• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)
• Company-wide holiday office closures
• AD+D and Life Insurance