Enterprise Architect

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Key Responsibilities

Business architecture and strategic alignment: Develop and maintain capability maps, value streams, process models, and organizational impact assessments.

Requirements Summary

Define target-state application architecture that promotes modularity, interoperability, scalability, and long-term sustainability. Encourage API-first, cloud-native, AI-native, event-driven,

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The Enterprise Architect will shape the organization's technology strategy by aligning business objectives with secure, scalable, and cost-effective enterprise architecture. This senior leadership role spans business, data, applications, and technology platforms, ensuring that strategic priorities translate into practical implementation roadmaps. You will work closely with business leaders, architects, engineers, and executive stakeholders to modernize systems, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen enterprise capabilities. A key focus will be leveraging AI to accelerate architectural analysis, improve decision-making, and optimize delivery while maintaining responsible governance and compliance. You will establish architecture standards, guide complex technology investments, and reduce technical debt across a diverse enterprise environment. This remote opportunity offers the chance to influence large-scale transformation and support innovation across advanced manufacturing and other critical industries.

As the Enterprise Architect, you will define and govern the organization's enterprise architecture across business processes, data, applications, and technology platforms. You will ensure architectural decisions support strategic goals, operational resilience, security, and measurable business value. Key responsibilities include:

Requirements

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The ideal candidate combines extensive enterprise architecture experience with strong business judgment, technical depth, and the ability to lead complex transformation initiatives. You should be comfortable translating strategic goals into implementable architecture, influencing stakeholders across business and technology functions, and balancing innovation with security, resilience, and cost efficiency. Key qualifications include:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
10+ years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise, solution, data, application, or platform architecture.
Practical experience applying enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman.
Strong understanding of business systems, including ERP, MES, CAD, PLM, and QMS, as well as cloud platforms, distributed systems, integration frameworks, and modern application design.
Solid knowledge of AI and machine learning, data architecture, and contemporary security frameworks.
Proven track record of leading and delivering large-scale transformation or modernization initiatives with measurable results.
Strong ability to align enterprise architecture with business strategy, operational requirements, and financial considerations.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence both executive stakeholders and technical teams.
Demonstrated leadership and decision-making capabilities, including the ability to resolve complex tradeoffs, remove delivery obstacles, and build consensus across functions.

Preferred qualifications include:

Experience designing and governing hybrid or multi-cloud architectures.
Familiarity with product-centric operating models, focused build approaches, and platform engineering.
Experience working in regulated government environments or large global enterprises.
Experience in manufacturing environments and industrial processes.
Familiarity with Lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement practices.