Client is seeking a senior Enterprise Architect to help define, govern, and evolve the organization's enterprise technology architecture. This is a strategic, cross-functional architecture role for an experienced technology leader with a strong foundation in infrastructure and networking and the breadth to operate across the full enterprise technology landscape. The ideal candidate has progressed from an infrastructure/networking background into enterprise architecture at large-scale organizations and understands how infrastructure, networking, security, cloud, applications, integrations, data, and enterprise platforms work together. This is primarily a hands-off architecture and governance position rather than a hands-on engineering or development role. The Enterprise Architect will spend approximately 95% of their time on architecture documentation, technical artifacts, solution reviews, governance, stakeholder engagement, standards, and architectural decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain enterprise architecture standards, principles, reference architectures, roadmaps, and technical guardrails. Lead architecture reviews for complex enterprise technology initiatives from concept through implementation. Evaluate proposed solutions, designs, technology platforms, vendor solutions, SOWs, and technical approaches. Review architecture artifacts and ensure solutions align with enterprise standards, technology strategy, security requirements, and long-term organizational objectives. Partner with infrastructure, networking, security, application, data, integration, cloud, and engineering teams to ensure architectural alignment. Ask the right technical questions, identify risks and dependencies, and challenge proposed designs when appropriate. Serve as the connective point across technical disciplines while allowing specialized engineering teams to own detailed implementation. Create and maintain architecture documentation, diagrams, standards, decision records, roadmaps, and other technical artifacts. Establish appropriate architectural guardrails while providing flexibility for project and engineering teams. Facilitate architecture governance discussions with senior technical and business stakeholders. Translate complex technical concepts into clear recommendations and documentation for technical and non-technical audiences. Identify opportunities to improve enterprise technology consistency, scalability, resiliency, security, and operational effectiveness. Track architectural decisions and ensure agreed-upon standards and requirements are incorporated throughout the project lifecycle. Collaborate with principal engineers, technical leads, project teams, and organizational leadership to drive initiatives through successful delivery.
Required Qualifications:
Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture within large, complex organizations. Strong foundation in infrastructure and networking architecture. Demonstrated progression from infrastructure/networking roles into broader enterprise architecture responsibilities. Broad understanding across multiple IT domains, including: Infrastructure and data center technologies Networking and connectivity Security Cloud technologies Enterprise applications Data and analytics Integrations and APIs Enterprise platforms and services Experience developing architecture standards, reference architectures, roadmaps, governance processes, and technical guardrails. Experience conducting architecture/design reviews and evaluating complex technology solutions. Strong documentation and technical artifact development skills. Ability to work effectively with principal engineers and subject-matter experts across multiple technology disciplines. Strong communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and influencing skills. Ability to understand complex technical environments without needing to personally implement or code every solution. Experience driving architecture initiatives from initial concept through implementation and delivery.
