Enterprise Architect

Accountabilities: In this role, you will provide strategic architectural direction, maintain governance discipline, and help optimize the organization's technology landscape. Your main responsibilities will include: Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the enterprise technology ecosystem, including applications, integrations, infrastructure platforms, and data flows. Define and maintain enterprise integration standards covering APIs, middleware, data pipelines, event-driven services, and distributed systems. Guide architectural decisions across engineering and platform teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and long-term technology strategy. Promote interoperability, reusable services, and consistent integration patterns while reducing unnecessary point-to-point connections. Ensure specialized architecture initiatives, including AI, data, and application development, align with the broader enterprise platform strategy. Evaluate emerging technologies and architectural approaches to determine their suitability for the organization's technology environment. Establish and enforce architecture governance policies and review criteria for technology adoption, integrations, and platform deployments. Facilitate Technology Review Board (TRB) and Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes, reviewing proposed solutions for security, scalability, reliability, and interoperability. Provide architectural oversight for third-party SaaS platforms, internal systems, and integration services. Manage the enterprise technology intake process, including request triage, workflow coordination, and routing to the appropriate governance forums. Maintain intake workflows in Ivanti or similar systems, ensuring visibility into request status, decisions, and outstanding items. Support the prioritization and resolution of technology requests to reduce backlogs and improve decision-making efficiency. Own the enterprise technology standards catalog, documenting approved platforms, frameworks, tools, and implementation guidance. Assess existing technologies to identify duplication, operational risks, technical debt, and opportunities for consolidation. Maintain architecture documentation, including reference architectures, integration patterns, standards, operational guidance, and architectural decision records. Conduct regular assessments of the enterprise application and SaaS portfolio, including platform overlap and licensing utilization. Develop rationalization and modernization roadmaps to simplify the technology landscape, optimize operational costs, and improve platform alignment. Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to plan the retirement, consolidation, or modernization of legacy systems. Continuously improve enterprise architecture governance, technology standards management, and intake processes. Requirements The ideal candidate brings extensive enterprise architecture experience, strong integration expertise, and the ability to influence technical decisions across complex organizations. The following qualifications are expected: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or an equivalent discipline. At least 10 years of experience in enterprise architecture, integration architecture, or comparable senior architecture roles. Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, including APIs, middleware, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems. Demonstrated experience designing architecture solutions within complex enterprise technology environments. Experience participating in or managing architecture governance forums, such as Architecture Review Boards or technology standards councils. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs and make informed technology recommendations. Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Proven ability to influence engineering teams and technical stakeholders without direct management authority. Ability to coordinate initiatives across engineering, data, infrastructure, and business functions. Legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Additional experience that would be an advantage: Experience working in governance-driven or regulated technology environments. Familiarity with cloud environments and modern distributed system architectures. Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or similar methodologies. Experience contributing to technology portfolio rationalization, platform consolidation, or modernization initiatives. Benefits Annual salary range of $119,600–$199,400, depending on relevant skills, experience, location, and other job-related factors. Potential eligibility for additional incentive compensation. Paid vacation time, sick leave, and holidays. 401(k) retirement plan with a 6% company match and immediate vesting. Nationwide medical insurance options, including a low-deductible PPO plan. Dental and orthodontic coverage. Vision insurance. Virtual healthcare and care options. Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution. Employee Assistance Program. Employee Resource Groups that encourage connection and engagement. Learning and career development opportunities. Full-time position. Travel requirements of less than 25%. No direct supervisory responsibilities.