Application architect, IT​/Tech, Systems Engineer

Enterprise Architect – Application Architecture

Company:
Pearson VUE

Location:

Remote (Tallahassee, FL)

Reports To:

Vice President of Product Management & Enterprise Architecture

Summary

The Enterprise Architect – Application Architecture role at Pearson VUE is a strategic, enterprise-level position focused on defining the target-state architecture for applications across the VUE product ecosystem. This role drives modernization initiatives, designs reference architectures, and guides implementation across multiple platforms and product domains. The architect ensures architectural direction aligns with Pearson VUE’s long‑term technology strategy, promotes adoption of modern engineering practices, and accelerates the evolution of VUE products toward a scalable, resilient, cloud‑native future.

• Define and maintain the target‑state application architecture for Pearson VUE platforms and products, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy.
• Design, document, and evolve enterprise‑wide reference architectures, technology patterns, and best practices.
• Lead architectural modernization initiatives, including cloud‑native transformation, microservices redesign, event‑driven architecture, and platform simplification.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies that enhance scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Establish architectural standards, guidelines, and decision frameworks to ensure consistency across product and platform teams.
• Drive the enterprise Tech Radar process, identifying, evaluating, and promoting technologies for organization‑wide adoption.
• Mentor other architects and engineers, sharing best practices and supporting their technical growth.
• Ensure conformance to established framework guidelines and documentation standards.

• Guide engineering and product teams in the practical implementation of reference architectures and modernization patterns.
• Provide architectural oversight during solution design, development, integration, and deployment to ensure alignment with target‑state direction.
• Ensure new systems, enhancements, and modernization efforts meet technical standards for scalability, resiliency, observability, and security.
• Partner with teams to identify legacy pain points and recommend modernization pathways, including re‑platforming, re‑architecting, or tech stack upgrades.
• Support implementation of roadmaps by defining architectural milestones, technical dependencies, and phased modernization plans.

• Collaborate with platform architects, product architects, engineering leads, and other stakeholders to align on architectural direction and technology strategy.
• Provide thought leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, promoting architectural rigor, technical excellence, and modern development practices.
• Influence product and platform roadmaps by introducing new technologies, architectural improvements, and modernization strategies.
• Represent Enterprise Architecture in cross‑functional forums, architectural reviews, and strategic technology discussions.
• Lead architectural governance processes to ensure compliance with enterprise standards and facilitate informed technology decisions across teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing software architectures in enterprise environments.
• Proven track record of delivering scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.
• Hands‑on expertise in cloud platforms, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure automation.
• Strong background in code review, technical mentoring, and cross‑team collaboration.

• Experience designing reference architectures for enterprise‑wide adoption.
Architecture certifications (TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, SAFe Architect).
• Experience in high‑availability, high‑volume enterprise systems such as scheduling, content delivery, or secure assessments.
• Familiarity with AI/ML, Agentic
  
  AI, and modern data platforms.
• Experience establishing technology…