Enterprise Architect

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with substantial company match
• Life and Travel Insurance
• Tuition Assistance
• Wellness Reimbursement Program
• Paid Holidays and Vacation

The EA partners with delivery teams, project leaders, and business stakeholders to design technology solutions that are practical, scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise strategy.

A key part of this role is collaborating closely with the Application, Infrastructure, Security, and Data teams to support the creation of enterprise standards and reusable patterns.

The role actively contributes to high‑impact transformation initiatives while building trusted relationships and cultivating a culture of architectural thinking across the organization.

It also fosters development and growth of architecture practices within Application, Infrastructure, and Data domains, works across IT and business teams to connect strategy with execution, advance capability‑driven planning, and strengthen alignment between technology investments and business outcomes.

• Contribute to business capability modeling, technology roadmaps, and reference architectures.
• Document standards, design decisions, and reusable patterns.
• Engage actively with Security, Application, Infrastructure, and Data teams to co‑develop standards and ensure solutions are aligned to enterprise standards and guardrails.
• Partner with Business Relationship Managers, GRC, and PMO teams to ensure architecture considerations are factored early in the demand pipeline.
• Prepare and present materials for the Architecture Review Board (ARB), capture decisions, and track adherence to principles and guardrails.
• Provide solution evaluation support, surface risks, redundancies, or integration gaps, and ensure designs align to target architecture.
• Assist in shaping enterprise data models, integration approaches, and analytics enablement in partnership with the Data Architecture practice.
• Research and communicate the potential value of new tools and approaches tailored to business needs and industry trends.
• Create executive‑ready visuals, playbooks, and knowledge artifacts to articulate architecture value.
• Contribute to and serve on Design Authorities for high‑priority initiatives/solutions to ensure technical, functional, and strategic alignment.
• Provide storm/emergency response support.

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of relevant IT, architecture, or closely related experience; or an associate’s degree with 5+ years of experience.
• IT experience in solution design, data management, or systems engineering with contributions to solution/enterprise architecture deliverables.
• Exposure to technical architecture domains (data, application, infrastructure, or security).
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture concepts such as capability mapping, road mapping, and governance.
• Effective communication, storytelling, and facilitation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to executive, business, and technical audiences.
• Strong collaboration and relationship‑building skills across functions.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze business problems and align technology solutions.
• Valid driver’s license.

Preferred

• 5+ years of IT experience in solution design, data management, or systems engineering with 1‑3 years contributing to solution/enterprise architecture deliverables.
• Experience in utilities, energy, or regulated industries.
• Working knowledge of EA frameworks (TOGAF, COBIT) and Agile practices (preferably SAFe).
• Familiarity with Service Now, Jira, or similar workflow/portfolio tools.
• Experience supporting Architecture Review Boards or similar governance forums.
• Certifications such as AWS/Azure Architecture Associate, Certified Business Architect (CBA), or security‑focused architecture credentials.

$101,000 – $196,100

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, arrest or conviction record, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, genetic information, familial status, marital status, pregnancy‑related condition, domestic violence victim status, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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