Enterprise Architect II (Remote)

About the role

As an Enterprise Architect II, you will take a more advanced role in shaping and evolving our enterprise architecture. You will lead efforts to design and implement comprehensive architecture strategies that align with our business goals and support our complex finance and payments systems. This position requires someone who is skilled in managing multiple priorities, possesses strong analytical problem-solving skills, and hands-on experience with ArchiMate relationships and dependencies around business, application, and technology architectures and artifacts within the context of TOGAF.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine enterprise architecture framework for Velera Systems, around business, application, and technology architectures.
• Create TOGAF Artifacts: Matrixes, Diagrams, Building Blocks, and Principles with ArchiMate.
• Learn and create business architecture: business capability models, gap analyses, risk impact assessments, value stream maps, heat maps, and decision matrixes.
• Understand and apply business capability score metrics, total cost of ownership metrics, and return on investment metric formulas, along with roadmap and business case creation.
• Mentor and guide junior architects and technical teams, fostering collaboration and best practices in architecture design and implementation.
• Provide oversight, consulting, and mentoring on architecture, design, and integration of software across complex system integration with data, security, performance, and scalability in mind.
• Oversee major architectural projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and timely delivery of solutions.
• Review and create solutions using Architecture Review Board (ARB), Permit to Build (PTB), and Permit to Operation (PTO) artifacts.
• Conduct capacity forecasting planning and oversee/own a technology-based end-of-support and rationalization program.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders and business leaders to understand their needs and ensure that architecture solutions effectively address business challenges.
• Collaborate with Velera’s Business Liaison team to establish leadership roadmaps and business cases.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending innovative solutions to enhance system performance and competitive advantage.
• Create solutions and hands-on Proof of Concept (POCs).
• Establish and enforce architectural standards and governance frameworks to ensure consistency, security, and compliance with industry regulations.
• Review product solution artifacts.
• Proactively identify potential risks related to architecture and develop strategies to mitigate them, ensuring system reliability and resilience.
• Work with Velera’s security risk and compliance team to push enterprise-level governance.
• Create and maintain detailed architectural documentation, including models, diagrams, and specifications, and provide regular reports on architectural progress and impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, related field, or respective industry experience is required. Advanced degrees or certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) are advantageous.
• 5-7 years of experience in enterprise architecture or systems design, with significant exposure to finance and payments systems.

Skills

• Technical Skills: Deep understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, integration techniques, and technology stacks relevant to finance and payments. Ability to deliver hands-on TOGAF artifacts: matrixes, diagrams, analysis, roadmaps, building blocks, and business capacity maps. Hands-on experience with an architectural modeling tool like EA Sparx or ServiceNow APM is recommended.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a focus on strategic and tactical thinking.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to a range of audiences and influence key decision-makers. Demonstrate experience working collaboratively and developing relationships with cross-functional teams, internal customers, other agencies, and third-party vendors.
• Leadership: Proven experience in leading architectural projects and teams, with a track record of successful implementations. Demonstrate ability to solution projects and drive them through execution with cross-team dependencies.

About Velera

At Velera, inclusion isn’t an initiative – it’s how we work. Guided by a people-helping-people philosophy, we cultivate a culture where every employee feels valued, respected and empowered to do their best work. We’re committed to building a diverse workforce and fostering meaningful connection across our teams. Through a remote-first, flexible environment, we prioritize psychological safety, wellbeing and belonging so individuals and teams can collaborate to thrive. Together, we’re shaping a new era of secure, innovative solutions for the clients and communities we serve.

Pay

$95,800.00 - $124,500.00. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Medical with telemedicine
• Dental and Vision
• Basic and Optional Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Maternity, Parental, Family Care
• Community Volunteer Time Off
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Company Paid Disability Insurance
• 401k (with employer match)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company-provided contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Supplemental Insurance
• Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellness program

Benefits are subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.