Enterprise Architect IT

Responsibilities

• Partners with senior business leaders to translate organizational goals into technology roadmaps and target architectures.
• Advises executives on technology trends and investments that drive competitive advantage.
• Ensures IT portfolios align with business capabilities to eliminate redundancies and maximize value.
• Defines and maintains enterprise reference architectures, principles, and design standards.
• Creates architectural blueprints and models to guide systems and integration design.
• Serves as a trusted advisor to executives, technology teams, and business stakeholders.
• Establishes architecture governance processes through forums such as the Architectural Review Board (ARB).
• Ensures compliance with internal controls, security policies, and external regulatory mandates.
• Affords architecture maturity assessments and recommends improvements.
• Evaluates emerging technologies for business impact and applicability.
• Leads proof-of-concept initiatives and provides architectural oversight across the delivery lifecycle.
• Advocates for best practices in security, performance, and scalability.
• Acts as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Collaborates with solution architects and engineering teams to translate standards into project-level designs.
• Mentors junior architects and facilitates integration across applications, data, and infrastructure.
• Promotes reuse of platforms and services to improve efficiency.
• Contributes to disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Identifies risks in current architectures and recommends mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field. Equivalent work experience or certification(s) may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Master’s degree or professional certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, AWS/Azure Architect) preferred. Level is dependent on years of experience and size/complexity of prior positions held.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in progressive IT roles, with at least 5 years in architecture or senior technology leadership.
• Proven track record in developing and governing enterprise-wide architecture in complex organizations.
• Experience in financial services or highly regulated industries is strongly preferred.
• Expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies.
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid architectures.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns, APIs, data management, and security frameworks.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies such as AI, data fabric, and digital platforms.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, presentation and influencing skills to all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a business-oriented approach.
• Skilled in conflict resolution, negotiation, and navigating ambiguity; adaptable and open to learning in dynamic environments.
• Proven ability to develop architecture blueprints, strategies, roadmaps, and visual communications.
• Strategic thinker with a practical, hands-on implementation mindset.
• Committed to continuous learning and professional growth.
• Solid understanding of product management, agile methodologies, and supporting agile teams by assessing opportunities, risks, and technical debt.