Enterprise IT Lead Consultant Engineer

Job Title: Enterprise IT Lead Consultant Engineer
Location: Phoenix Arizona
Experience: 12 Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise IT Lead Consultant Engineer to provide leadership in enterprise technology strategy solution design implementation and integration across large-scale IT environments. The ideal candidate will work closely with business and technical stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide initiatives modernize platforms and ensure alignment with organizational goals. This role requires strong leadership architectural expertise and hands-on technical capabilities.

• Lead the design development and implementation of enterprise-level technology solutions and architecture.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into strategic technical solutions.

• Guide cross-functional engineering teams to deliver complex projects and ensure adherence to standards and best practices.

• Oversee system integration application modernization cloud adoption and infrastructure optimization initiatives.

• Conduct assessments of existing systems and recommend improvements for performance security scalability and reliability.

• Drive technology roadmap planning standards documentation and governance processes.

• Provide leadership in troubleshooting complex production issues and root cause analysis.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and propose adoption strategies.

• Act as a technical advisor for project managers business leaders and engineering teams.

• Ensure compliance with architectural frameworks security guidelines and regulatory requirements.

• Manage vendor relationships and technical partnerships.

• Mentor junior engineers and promote continuous improvement across teams.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or related field.

• Minimum 12 years of experience in enterprise IT engineering or architecture roles.

• Proven experience leading complex technical initiatives and cross-functional project delivery.

• Strong background in enterprise systems architecture integration patterns cloud platforms and infrastructure.

• Hands-on expertise with technologies such as Java/.NET Microservices API management databases CI/CD and DevOps practices.

• Solid understanding of networking security frameworks virtualization and distributed computing.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud.

• Excellent analytical communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Masters degree or industry certifications such as AWS/Azure Architect PMP ITIL TOGAF or DevOps certifications.

• Experience in modernization of legacy systems including on-prem to cloud migration.

• Strong architecture documentation and modeling skills (UML BPMN ArchiMate).

• Background in Agile or hybrid delivery models.

• Experience in enterprise environments such as healthcare finance retail or government.

• Prior consulting or client-facing leadership experience.