IT Architect

• Recommends innovative approaches to leverage new and existing hardware, software, and other technologies as necessary.
• Identifies, researches, and designs supporting infrastructure that provides services to ULs staff and clients worldwide.
• Develops business-focused requirements for the technical architecture, evaluates alternative technologies, and recommends appropriate solutions that fit current enterprise architecture.
• Determines optimal mix of key service levels in technical designs.
• Defines key aspects of architecture and design (e.g.
• scalability, availability, manageability, security, performance).
• Evaluates new technologies and determines how they could be used or applied in the delivery of IT Services.
• Communicates cost effectiveness of migration or deployment.
• Ensures a consistent and standardized environment for computing resources that will ensure cost effective application delivery for the enterprise.
• Evaluates service level agreements for business and quality of service (QoS) elements when designing solutions (i.e.
• security, performance, reliability, availability, manageability, etc.).
• Advises Business/IT management on IT enterprise architecture issues.
• Participates in the IT Standards, IT Performance, and Capacity Management processes.
• Maintains and applies current knowledge of information technology.
• Researches new and emerging technologies through industry journals, conferences, and various information sources such as Gartner, Meta, etc.
• to help determine if and how they can be used to add value to the business.
• Leads projects with UL IT managers to develop and maintain three-year technology roadmaps in all technology areas and with UL Application and Information Management.
• Ensures the technology infrastructure and direction meets the current and forecasted needs of the application portfolio.
• Engages all external service providers in the planning and provision of system resource requirements.
• Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
• Performs other duties as directed.

Qualifications

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

As we’re supporting some of the most innovative companies in the world, high-performing IT is vital. Deeply focused on technology innovation and practically applying new and emerging technologies to meet the evolving needs of our customers, we operate as strategic partners to the wider organization, developing and delivering best-in-class IT solutions. We also use our expertise day-to-day to offer our colleagues a seamless technology experience, providing them with the tools to help customers all over the world deliver safer, more sustainable solutions. Join our team and connect, support and empower colleagues across our global community.