Enterprise Architect

GM Performance Power Units – Concord, NC

Title:

Enterprise Architect

The Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining, maintaining, and evolving the organization’s core IT architecture, ensuring technology platforms are scalable, resilient, secure by design, and aligned to long‑term IT strategy. This role provides architectural leadership across infrastructure, cloud services, core platforms, integration, and data foundations. The Enterprise Architect establishes clear standards and reference designs, simplifies the technology landscape, and supports delivery teams in building robust, future‑ready solutions.

As the enterprise architecture capability grows, this role will help shape a consistent, well‑structured approach to technology design across the organization.

• Core IT Platform Architecture
  • Own architectural design and evolution of:
    • Core IT services and shared technology platforms
    • Cloud and hybrid infrastructure platforms
    • High Performance Compute
• Enterprise Architecture Design, Direction & Standards
  • Define, maintain and enforce enterprise IT architecture principles, standards, and reference designs across core platforms and infrastructure, ensuring designs are practical, scalable, and aligned with agreed standards
  • Approve new platform introductions and technology stack changes
  • Ensure consistency and long‑term sustainability of the IT landscape
  • Review and guide technical designs across programmes, projects, and business development initiatives
  • Provide hands‑on architectural input for complex or hi‑impact solutions
• Security‑First & Resilient Design
  • Embed security‑by‑design principles into all architectural decisions and platform designs
  • Ensure solutions consider resilience, availability, data protection, and operational risk from the outset
  • Work closely with security teams to align platform architecture with organizational security policies
• Landscape Simplification & Modernization
  • Identify opportunities to simplify platforms, reduce duplication, and improve architectural coherence
  • Drive platform consolidation and standardization initiatives
  • Support the transition from legacy solutions to modern, scalable platforms
• Architecture Documentation & Road mapping
  • Maintain current‑state and target‑state architecture views across digital estate
  • Lead technology due diligence and participate in strategic planning and technology investment decisions
  • Develop and update multi‑year roadmaps for platform evolution
  • Produce clear, accessible documentation, reference architectures, and design patterns
• Collaboration & Capability Development
  • Work closely with management teams to prioritize and assign initiatives, remediation, implementation, and other associated work
  • Work closely and collaborate with other group company technologists to ensure cohesion and standardization where appropriate
  • Act as a trusted technical advisor for major initiatives
  • Mentor and develop architectural capability across digital team(s)

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years experience in enterprise IT, technical architecture or platform environments
• Experience designing systems that support near‑real‑time operations in performance‑critical environments
• Technical leadership or mentoring background
• Exposure to racing or elite sport environments desirable

• Broad and thorough knowledge of enterprise infrastructure and platform architecture.
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms, including public (AWS, Azure etc.), private (on and off prem) and high‑performance compute.
• Able to both follow and encourage security‑by‑design principles

You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and performance of a next‑generation Formula 1 power unit. Our culture rewards precision, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of performance.

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