Director, Principal Architect
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Job Description & Requirements
Universal Orlando Resort believes in-person collaboration is key to our success. Many of our Team Members work in a hybrid capacity, contributing from the workplace a minimum of three days per week. There are also roles that require being on-site full time. Limited remote opportunities may be available within specific departments. You’ll learn more about this during the recruitment process.
JOB SUMMARY: The Director, Principal Architect role is the strategic leader for global enterprise, solution, and application architecture. This individual works closely with executive leadership to help shape the vision and determine the technology solutions and roadmap to support a global business; works closely with the architecture team to enable a strategic vision for the functional discipline; and enables senior architects to design and build individual solutions.
The architect ensures the platform has a cohesive vision while ensuring integrations ensure security, performance, reliability, reusability, and scalability. This role is involved in the design of a global standardized platform across multiple value streams. They will design a landscape of new enterprise-wide systems for use at multiple locations and serve as the subject matter expert that other teams can utilize for platforms and projects across the Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX) global portfolio. As the top architect, acts as a subject matter expert on technologies, and how the organization uses those technologies to enable best in class guest experiences. They will be responsible helping set the strategic direction for the technology in collaboration with architecture leadership and the CTO.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Technology Roadmap Strategy & Planning
- Act as the leader for the technology strategic roadmap. Own roadmap of platform rationalization to ensure the global portfolio is standardized to ensure efficiency across the company.Help set a strategic plan across the enterprise across all solution do
- main areas.
- Ensure alignment between data architecture, security architecture and infrastructure architecture.
- Develop, and document plans and work with senior leadership to implement.
- Work with senior executive leadership to present on technology and align on strategy
- Enterprise Solution Design
- Design enterprise-wide solutions with multiple complex integrations.
- Create designs that can be re-used across the enterprise.
- Create documentation that can be shared at a senior executive level and for implementation teams.
- Technology Advocate, Innovation and Modernization
- Conduct research on emerging technologies and work to implement these technologies in a technology roadmap.
- Hold lunch and learns with teams to advocate new technologies.
- Ensure understanding of new technologies from major vendors and the industry.
- Work to enable innovation in new projects and solution.Ensure systems are modernized to provide new benefits and capabilities to team members and guests.
- Platform rationalization
- Help design and implement long term strategic goals for application and platform rationalization.
- Ensure systems across the enterprise are appropriate and rationalize and combine to find efficiencies where possible.
- Technical Collaboration
- Collaborate with executive leadership, and senior technology leads across the organization.
- Collaborate with other teams including delivery, project management, product, business transformation, quality engineering, IT security, infrastructure, and on-site support teams.
- Governance and Standards
- Create and maintain governance and standards for use across the enterprise focused on architecture documentation, patterns, and procedures.
- Work with relevant leadership to help craft governance and standards for other systems such as performance and monitoring.
- Understands and actively participates in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science is required.
EXPERIENCE:
- 10+ years in IT experience with large integrated projects or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years in architecture or equivalent experience.
- Prior experience leading development projects, strategic planning and resource management and implementation of large-scale applications.
- Proven successful experience working with vendors ensuring they deliver based on development and delivery requirements outlined.
- Experience working with agile techniques and mythologies.
- Experience working with technical leaders and SMEs with achieving delivery of major projects or functionality with a high degree of quality and meeting expectations, including working hands-on with delivery and vendor teams on triaging and resolving issues/process blockers both pre- and post-production.
Your talent, skills and experience will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package.
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Universal Orlando offers real-world learning experiences, meaningful project work, and productive networking opportunities, all within one of the world’s top entertainment destinations.
Universal Orlando internships provide:
- Paid opportunities to grow your career
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- In addition to all of our internships being paid, you may be eligible for financial assistance towards housing if applicable. Specific details about eligibility would be provided at the time of offer
Universal Orlando Resort hires Interns during the Spring, Summer and Fall semesters. Specific internship opportunities vary each semester and can include the following areas:
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A Universe of Opportunities
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- Host/Hostess
- Tipped Busser
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- Barback
- Waitperson
- Bartender
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- Line Cook
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- Chef Assistant
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- Turnstiles and Pass Sales
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- Security
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- Wardrobe
- and more!
A Universe of Opportunities
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Maintain the beauty and health of our resort’s plants and trees, in all of our theme parks and the surrounding paths and roadways. We take immense pride in the overall look of our resort grounds.
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Maintain all aspects of our resort buildings including exterior facades, concrete work, paint, building controls such as HVAC units, electrical panels, lighting, and plumbing. We look for Technicians with superior skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize multiple work orders.
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- Concierge/Locker Attendants
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- Cabana Server
- Bartender
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- And more
Other opportunities within Volcano Bay include:
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- Health Services
- And many more!
A Universe of Opportunities
If you love to have fun and thrive in a fast-paced environment, look no further than our opportunities in Quick Service Food and Beverage. From keeping our Food and Beverage carts well stocked to bringing smiles to guests in our Quick Service Restaurants located across our three parks and CityWalk, there is never a dull day. Come satisfy your appetite for opportunity in the following roles:
- Quick Service Associate
- Stocker
- Barista
- Cash Coordinator
Hospitality is at the heart of what we do, so we are always looking for those with an attitude for service and a motivation to enrich our guests’ experience. With several Full-Service locations located across our theme parks and CityWalk, there is plenty of opportunity to be part of the ultimate dining experience in these following roles:
- Host/Hostess
- Tipped Busser
- Tipped Food Runner
- Bartender
- Barback
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A Universe of Events
Universal’s annual Mardi Gras celebration takes you beyond the bayou with an awesome party inspired by New Orleans and the best Carnaval celebrations from around the globe. Enjoy a parade and catch beads, sample culinary delights from around the word, enjoy live music and concerts and get your party on all at Universal’s Mardi Gras! Come be a part of our team and party with us in these select roles:
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