Enterprise Architecture Governance Consultant

Roles and Responsibilities:

Audit & Compliance Leadership

• Lead architecture governance alignment with audit and regulatory requirements
• Partner with Internal Audit and Risk teams to prepare for, support, and respond to audits
• Proactively identify control gaps, risks, and potential findings, and drive remediation efforts
• Ensure architecture decisions and governance processes are fully documented, traceable, and audit‑ready

• Define and mature architecture governance frameworks and control mechanisms
• Embed controls into SDLC and architecture processes to ensure compliance at scale
• Establish metrics and reporting to monitor governance effectiveness and audit readiness
• Drive automation of governance and compliance processes where possible

• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards, policies, and regulatory obligations
• Maintain clear linkage between enterprise architecture strategy and execution
• Oversee documentation of architecture principles, decisions, and standards

• Collaborate with architects, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to ensure compliance
• Communicate audit findings, risks, and remediation plans clearly and effectively

• Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field of study
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience using the system delivery life cycle by utilizing agile and waterfall methodologies
• Relevant experience includes architecture governance, project management, scrum mastery, writing requirements, functional specs, wire framing, control testing
• Must have experience working on large scale improvement projects as well as handling day-to-day operational requests
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills & communication skills
• Good understanding of architecture concepts and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience with governance processes and Control Frameworks
• Experience in Information Technology with an understanding of applications and data
• Collaboration skills and the ability to quickly shift focus between multiple tasks/projects
• Good influencing skills and the ability to facilitate effective meetings with business and technology and manage deliverables and takeaways
• Strong drive to learn, continuously improve processes

• In-depth knowledge of the System Delivery Process and the Architecture Governance Practice
• Proficiency and Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, SharePoint)
• Knowledge of wire framing, JIRA, Power BI
• Ability to embrace a collaborative approach to requirements development and refinement
• Demonstrable ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem‑solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence
• Initiative‑taking, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Meticulous, analytical, and inquisitive
• Extremely organized with strong time‑management skills