Enterprise Architect - Hybrid

Hybrid position with a major healthcare company located in Eagan, MN. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with a pay range of $79.10 - $89.10 per hour (W2), based on qualifications.

About the role

This role will lead enterprise architecture strategy and help drive the architecture practice across the organization. The position will play a key part in shaping enterprise data architecture and modern data platforms, while defining how the architecture must evolve to support AI long-term. The Enterprise Architect will partner with executive, business, and technology leaders to develop enterprise technology roadmaps, establish standards, and guide modernization within a complex healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture strategy, roadmaps, high-level enterprise conceptual architectures, standards, and governance
• Help drive the enterprise architecture practice and competency, providing architectural leadership across the organization
• Partner with business and technology leaders to align architecture with strategic initiatives and long-term business objectives
• Provide strong leadership in enterprise data architecture, data governance, modern data platforms, and data integration
• Shape how enterprise architecture evolves to enable and support AI capabilities over the long term
• Lead and guide cloud modernization, application modernization, and technical debt reduction
• Guide architecture across applications, cloud, data, integration, infrastructure, and security
• Drive API strategy, microservices, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration
• Support modernization of the software development lifecycle, including modern CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and DevSecOps practices
• Ensure solutions align with security, compliance (HIPAA), scalability, and enterprise standards
• Mentor architects and engineering teams while influencing architectural direction across a large, matrixed organization

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of IT experience
• 5+ years in Enterprise or Solution Architecture leadership; a blend of enterprise and solution architecture experience is valuable
• Experience developing enterprise technology roadmaps and high-level enterprise conceptual architectures
• Experience driving architecture practices, standards, governance, and architectural competency
• Strong experience in enterprise data architecture and modern data platforms
• Experience leading digital transformation and cloud modernization
• Experience within large enterprise environments
• Agile/SAFe experience
• Healthcare experience strongly preferred

Skills

• Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF preferred)
• Modern data platforms and technologies; Databricks experience preferred
• AWS and cloud-native architecture
• AI architecture and an understanding of how enterprise architecture must evolve to enable AI
• Microservices, domain-driven design, and event-driven architecture
• REST APIs and enterprise integration
• Streaming and event technologies such as Kafka
• Security architecture, IAM, HIPAA, and Zero Trust
• Modern CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, and software development lifecycle modernization

Desired Skills

• Healthcare payer experience
• AI architecture or AI-related enterprise architecture experience
• Databricks experience
• Amazon Redshift and/or Kafka experience
• TOGAF certification
• AWS Solutions Architect certification
• Enterprise digital transformation experience
• Application portfolio management
• Cloud modernization programs
• Executive stakeholder engagement
• Executive communication and presentation
• Strategic thinking and business acumen
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Strong stakeholder management and consensus building
• Cross-functional leadership in large matrixed organizations

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years
• Opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many consultants work exclusively with Genesis10 for years
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (average 7+ years of experience)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)