IT Enterprise Architect

General Description

We are seeking an IT Enterprise Architect to join our team. The IT Enterprise Architect defines and governs enterprise architecture to directly enable the firm’s strategic priorities, business capabilities, and value streams. This role leverages broad IT knowledge of IT networks, cloud computing, software development, and automation tools to translate business objectives—such as client service excellence, operational efficiency, risk management, and growth—into actionable architecture decisions, roadmaps, and standards.

Key Responsibilities And Essential Job Functions

• Contributes to architecture standard definition and design, including documenting and diagramming the logical, physical, and process views across multiple technology domains.
• Led architectural evaluation and decision-making for enterprise initiatives, ensuring solution choices align with approved standards, target-state architecture, and business outcomes.
• Serves as a trusted advisor to project teams to assist in the delivery of approved solutions.
• Participates in and continuously develops architectural knowledge, architecture artifacts the architecture framework.
• Pairs with business and practice leaders to translate strategic objectives into architectural priorities and guardrails.
• Special projects and duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• A high degree of intellectual curiosity and integrity, coupled with a pragmatic, outcome-first mindset.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Confidence to lead architectural evaluations and recommendations, influencing solution direction and investment decisions.
• Strong capability to frame architectural options in terms of business outcomes, tradeoffs, risk, cost, and long-term enterprise value.
• Ability to translate firm strategy, business objectives, and value streams into actionable architecture decisions and roadmaps.

Required Qualifications & Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• 3+ years of experience architecting and delivering enterprise solutions across multiple enterprise architecture domains (technology, application, information, and infrastructure).
• 3+ years of experience with programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, HTML, CSS, JSON/REST APIs, SQL, NoSQL, and Shell.
• 2+ years of experience in cloud computing architecture, technical design, and implementations, including (IaaS), (PaaS), and (SaaS) delivery models across multiple different cloud vendors (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Relevant industry certifications (AWS, CISSP, Professional Cloud Solutions Architect, Open CA, ITIL).
• Strong understanding of enterprise security technologies, including proxies, antispam, authentication repositories, intrusion detection and prevention solutions, logging and monitoring, network access control, encryption, identity management, authentication, and privileged access management solutions.
• Understanding security-related regulatory requirements, such as NIST, PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA compliance, and familiarity with security tools integrated with DevOps (e.g., Fortify, WhiteSource, and Qualys).
• Aptitude to quickly understand the functions and capabilities of existing, new, and emerging technologies to update the firm’s architecture models.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
• Moderate or advanced keyboard usage.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical (PPO and HDHPs), dental and vision plans including coverage for domestic partners; life and AD&D insurance; short and long term disability insurance; tax-advantaged accounts for health care expenses, including FSAs and HSAs; FSAs for dependent care; health advocacy services; behavioral health and counseling resources for all family members; 401(k); profit sharing; backup dependent care; senior care planning support; resources for individuals with development disabilities and their caregivers; and paid holidays and other paid time off, including paid leave for new parents.

Career Opportunities

Holland & Knight is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other factor prohibited by law. Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require an accommodation during the process should contact ApplicantAccommodations@hklaw.com.