Enterprise Architect

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Are You Ready to Shape the Future of Enterprise Architecture

Are you a senior technology architect who thrives at the intersection of strategic vision technical innovation and human connection Do you believe the best architecture is built through active listening facilitation and cross-domain collaboration

We are seeking an Enterprise Architect to join our technology leadership this role you will define and guide enterprise-wide application and technology strategies that power our business forward. If you have an insatiable appetite for learning evaluating emerging technologies and mentoring others this is the environment where you can make a lasting enterprise-wide impact.

Why This Role

• Strategic Influence Without Silos: You will set and influence architectural direction across multiple business and technology domains (applications cloud/infrastructure data integration and security).
• Continuous Learning & Innovation Built In: We believe great architects never stop growing. You will have dedicated focus on professional development proof-of-concepts (POCs) vendor evaluations and exploring emerging paradigms like generative AI and modern cloud architectures.
• Lead Through Facilitation Not Mandates: Partner with engineering leads domain architects and executive leaders. Your strength in communication workshops and consensus-building will turn complex technical concepts into clear actionable roadmaps.
• Mentorship & Culture: Guide and elevate domain architects and engineering teams cultivating a culture of technical excellence continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

What Youll Do (Essential Functions)

• Enterprise Alignment & Roadmapping: Define application information and technical architectural visions and strategic multi-year roadmaps aligned with overall enterprise business goals.
• Collaborative Architecture Governance: Engage with architecture councils domain architects and engineering teams to champion standard adoption ensure architectural integrity and bridge current state to future state.
• Cross-Domain Solutioning: Partner with technical and functional leaders to design resilient scalable cross-domain architectures for our most critical strategic initiatives.
• Emerging Technology & Innovation: Research industry trends run hands-on POCs lead technology vendor evaluations and determine how cutting-edge tools and frameworks can create competitive advantages.
• Stewardship & Asset Reuse: Drive the creation adoption and reusability of enterprise architectural patterns frameworks and digital assets.
• Mentorship & Advocacy: Provide hands-on guidance coaching and mentorship to domain architects engineers and IT specialists.
• Documentation & Metrics: Document architecture designs blueprints and decision records while establishing and tracking architectural health and performance metrics.

When you will work:

• Monday through Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm.
• Hybrid Work Schedule: 4 days in office 1 day from home.

What You Bring to the Table

Required Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum of 6 years in Information Technology or an equivalent combination of education training and progressive architectural experience.
• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Domain Breadth: Demonstrated architectural proficiency in at least two enterprise architecture domains:
  • Application Architecture
  • Information / Data & Data Integration
  • Technical & Cloud Infrastructure
  • Security Architecture
  • Business Architecture
• Communication & Facilitation Mastery: Outstanding verbal written visual and group facilitation skills with a proven ability to translate complex technical trade-offs for diverse business and technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative Leadership: Demonstrated track record of leading through influence consensus-building and mentoring across matrixed cross-functional teams.

Preferred Attributes:

• Experience guiding enterprise migrations and architectures within modern cloud ecosystems (Google Cloud Platform preferred).
• Experience with large-scale ERP platforms and enterprise integration frameworks.
• A natural curiosity and passion for hands-on experimentation technical research and continuous learning.