Enterprise Architect
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Job Location:
Enumclaw, WA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Founded in 1898 Mutual of Enumclaw is a people-first insurer rooted in community recognized as Washingtons Best Company to Work For for the 13th consecutive year and proudly serving individuals families farms and businesses through local independent agents across the West.
The Enterprise Architect reports to the Chief Information Officer and provides strategic technical leadership to align enterprise architecture application portfolios and technology standards with business objectives. This role drives cloud modernization AI-enabled innovation and scalable solution design across the organization. The Enterprise Architect partners with business and IT leaders to deliver secure resilient and cost-effective technology solutions supporting underwriting claims policy administration and customer engagement.
Location: Preference will be given to candidates able to work in a hybrid capacity between our Home Office in Enumclaw WA and remotely. Fully remote candidates will be required to travel to the Home Office 25% of the time.
Hiring Range:$179900 - $199200*
Salary Range:$179900 - $218400
*The hiring range represents Mutual of Enumclaws current hiring pay scale for this role. Mutual of Enumclaw reserves the right to modify or update this range any time. Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience. Compensation is only one part of our entire total rewards package. To see some of the benefits and perks we offer please click here.
Responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- May provide leadership and mentorship to architecture team members solution architects and technical leads across the enterprise.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain enterprise architecture vision roadmap and principles aligned with business strategy.
- Establish and govern architecture standards patterns frameworks and reference architectures.
- Lead architecture governance processes to ensure alignment with enterprise standards cloud-first practices and deployment automation.
- Define cloud adoption strategy and design hybrid/multi-cloud architectures that optimize cost performance security and compliance.
- Establish cloud-native standards including microservices containers serverless and event-driven architecture.
- Drive application modernization efforts including legacy system assessment and transformation roadmaps.
- Define AI/ML strategy and architect platforms and pipelines for model development deployment and monitoring.
- Implement responsible AI governance including validation bias detection explainability and regulatory compliance.
- Lead application portfolio rationalization to reduce complexity and improve efficiency.
- Establish API-first integration strategies and governance to enable secure reliable system connectivity.
- Define observability standards (logging monitoring tracing alerting) to support operational excellence.
- Embed security-by-design principles including IAM zero trust encryption and secure pipeline practices.
- Ensure architectural alignment with applicable insurance regulations and security frameworks.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and vendors; lead proofs of concept to validate value and feasibility.
- Communicate architectural direction and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Mentor teams on architecture principles cloud best practices AI/ML adoption and delivery enablement.
Qualifications
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks and modern architecture practices.
- Strong cloud architecture experience (AWS Azure and/or GCP).
- Proficiency in DevOps CI/CD infrastructure-as-code and deployment automation.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker Kubernetes).
- Demonstrated ability to architect and implement AI/ML solutions and MLOps practices.
- Strong understanding of microservices APIs event-driven architecture and distributed systems.
- Knowledge of P&C insurance processes and supporting systems (underwriting claims policy billing).
- Ability to lead modernization initiatives and reduce legacy system complexity.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills.
- Proven ability to drive change establish standards and build alignment across teams.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or related field (Masters preferred).
- 10 years of IT experience including 5 years in enterprise or solution architecture roles (insurance or financial services preferred).
- 3 years leading cloud transformation and application modernization initiatives.
- 2 years of experience supporting AI/ML architecture implementation or strategy.
- Enterprise architecture certification (TOGAF or Zachman) preferred.
- Cloud certifications (AWS Azure or GCP) highly desirable.
- Additional certifications in Kubernetes DevOps AI/ML platforms or security frameworks are a plus.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer including video conferencing.
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- SAP BusinessObjects
- Enterprise Architecture
- Hybris
- SAP HANA
- SAP
- TOGAF
- Solution Architecture
- Cloud Architecture
- SAP BW 4HANA
- Salesforce
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP ERP
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