IT Enterprise Architect

## IT Enterprise Architect Apply locations:
Cincinnati, OHtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
JR101462-The Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining and governing the enterprise technology strategy, architecture standards, and transformation roadmap across our environment.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on technical depth, requiring active engagement in architecture design, solution validation, and engineering execution. The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience, including 2–3+ years operating specifically in an Enterprise Architect capacity, driving cloud-native transformation, modernization, and multi-cloud governance.

The Enterprise Architect ensures alignment between business strategy, regulatory requirements, and technology platforms—while enabling scalable, secure, and cost-optimized solutions across Azure, AWS, and enterprise SaaS ecosystems.
** Key Accountabilities/Deliverables:**
* ** Enterprise Strategy & Architecture Governance**  + Define and evolve enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, and reference architectures, patterns & practices for Cloud, Data, Security, Integration.  + Lead Community of Practice (CoP) and Architecture Review Board (ARB) and to enforce governance and guardrails across all major initiatives  + Develop multi-year cloud transformation and modernization roadmaps aligned to business strategy
* ** Hands-On Architecture & Solution Design**  + Actively design and review solution architectures across cloud-native platforms  + Validate infrastructure and application designs using IaC (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, Git Ops and automation frameworks  + Provide hands-on guidance to engineering & platform teams on performance, scalability, and resiliency patterns
* ** Cloud & Platform Engineering Enablement**  + Drive adoption of Azure/AWS cloud-native services, platform engineering models, and reusable capabilities  + Establish standard patterns for API-driven integration, event-driven architectures, and domain-aligned services  + Enable engineering teams with reference implementations, templates, and accelerators
* ** Security, Compliance & Risk Management**  + Ensure architecture aligns with regulatory requirements  + Embed Zero Trust, identity-first security, and data protection strategies into all architectures  + Partner with Security and Risk teams to mitigate systemic risks across platforms
* ** Cost Optimization & Fin Ops**  + Define cloud cost optimization strategies (rightsizing, reserved capacity, tagging governance)  + Establish visibility through cost dashboards and Fin Ops practices  + Balance architectural decisions between performance, cost, and resilience
* ** Data & AI Readiness**  + Standardize data integration patterns across core systems of record  + Provide guidance to data architecture ensuring alignment with governance platforms (e.g., data catalog, MDM, lineage)  + Collaborate on data strategies supporting analytics and machine learning initiatives
* ** Vendor & Technology Evaluation**  + Lead strategic vendor evaluations (e.g., Azure vs AWS services, SaaS platforms)  + Influence contract decisions, architectural fit, and long-term platform sustainability  + Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and avoid vendor lock-in risks
** Technical Knowledge and Understanding:**
* ** Cloud & Modern Architecture**  + Deep expertise in Azure and/or AWS architectures (multi-region, high availability, DR/BCP design)  + Strong hands-on experience with:
Containers (Azure Container Apps, AKS/EKS), Serverless (Azure Functions, AWS Lambda) and API Management and Application gateways.
* ** Engineering & Automation**  + Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, or similar)  + CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, or similar)  + Observability and SRE practices (Datadog, App Insights, or similar)  + Platform engineering and developer experience optimization
* ** Security & Governance**  + Identity & Access Management (Entra  / AWS IAM)  + Zero Trust architecture  + Logging, monitoring, and compliance frameworks
* ** Data & Integration**  + Enterprise data platforms (Fabric, data lakes, warehousing)  + Data…