Principal Enterprise Architect

About the role

The Enterprise Architect Principal (Director) is responsible for defining and governing the organization’s technology strategy, enterprise architecture roadmap, and target-state architecture to enable business growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation. This role serves as a strategic bridge between business leadership and technology teams, ensuring that enterprise platforms, applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, and emerging technologies align with business objectives and deliver long-term value.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, roadmap, principles, and governance standards.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to align technology investments with strategic business objectives.
• Develop future-state architecture models covering applications, integrations, data, infrastructure, cloud, and security domains.
• Lead architecture reviews to ensure solutions comply with enterprise standards, scalability requirements, and security policies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions that drive business value and operational efficiency.
• Establish application portfolio management practices, including technology rationalization and technical debt reduction strategies.
• Define enterprise integration strategies and promote reusable, scalable integration patterns across business systems.
• Provide architectural leadership for major transformation initiatives, including ERP, CRM, AI, analytics, and digital modernization programs.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and application teams to ensure cohesive enterprise-wide solutions.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts, standards, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and governance documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 15-18 years of progressive IT experience, including at least 5 years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technology leadership roles.
• Proven experience developing enterprise architecture strategies, technology roadmaps, and governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture methodologies such as TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise business applications including ERP, CRM, HRIS, data platforms, and integration technologies.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud), integration architectures, APIs, and data management practices.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in enterprise architecture frameworks, business process transformation, cloud technologies, integration strategies, data architecture, and technology governance.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, rationalize application portfolios, and guide strategic technology decisions that support organizational objectives.
• Shaping the future-state technology landscape, ensuring that solutions are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with the company’s long-term business strategy.

Skills

• Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.)
• Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
• Integration strategies and patterns
• Data architecture and management
• Technology governance and compliance
• Business process transformation and optimization
• ERP, CRM, HRIS, data platforms, and integration technologies
• AI, analytics, and digital modernization

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health/dental/vision insurance
• Retail benefits
• Flexible spending accounts

Pay

The estimated salary range for this role, based in the United States of America is $156,000-$240,000. Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to an individual's qualifications, location, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Schedule

N/A