Enterprise Architect

Job Description

We are looking for Sr. Enterprise Architect. This is a full-time hybrid work position in Raleigh, North Carolina with our client. In this role as a Sr. Enterprise Architect, you will be responsible for Enterprise Architecture best practices, translating business strategy into architecture decisions that improve operational agility, scalability, and long-term value. As a Sr. Enterprise Architect, you will drive modernization, governance, and portfolio alignment to ensure technology investments support enterprise capabilities and business outcomes.

Responsibilities as a Sr. Enterprise Architect:

• Define target-state architecture and modernization strategy for legacy, cloud, SaaS, and integration environments, including transition approaches that reduce risk and technical debt
• Lead enterprise architecture governance through forums such as the Architecture Review Board, ensuring major technology decisions align with standards, business objectives, and long-term sustainability
• Partner with business and technology leaders to translate strategic objectives into architecture priorities, communicate trade-offs, and influence decisions on enterprise initiatives
• Guide enterprise integration and platform strategy, including APIs, middleware, and shared services, to improve interoperability, scalability, and reuse across the technology landscape
• Oversee technology portfolio and lifecycle planning by identifying redundancies, end-of-life risks, and opportunities for rationalization, simplification, and improved return on investment
• Promote enterprise architecture discipline and technical maturity through architecture documentation, capability modeling, and standards that strengthen reliability, delivery consistency, and business alignment

Required Skills and qualifications as a Sr. Enterprise Architect:

• 15+ years of progressive technology experience, including 8+ years of hand on experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, or architecture governance roles or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience
• Demonstrated success defining enterprise architecture principles, governance, roadmaps, and target-state architectures within complex environments
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and practices such as TOGAF, capability modeling, and architecture governance processes
• Experience shaping multi-year modernization strategies across legacy, cloud, SaaS, and integration ecosystems, including APIs and middleware
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, facilitate enterprise trade-off decisions, and align technical direction with business priorities and outcomes
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business implications and build trust across business and technology stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field