Enterprise Architect Lead

Job Summary

The Sr. Enterprise Architect serves as a trusted architecture leader responsible for owning and executing Enterprise Architecture requests and providing architectural direction across initiatives, programs, and portfolios. This role partners closely with business and IT leaders to translate enterprise strategy into scalable, secure, and cost‑effective technology solutions. Reporting to the Director of Enterprise Architecture & Application Development, the position manages day‑to‑day demand, solution direction, and governance while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, roadmaps, and long‑term strategy.

• Lead architectural assessments, solution designs, and target‑state definitions for major programs and projects.
• Translate enterprise and business strategy into reference architectures, architectural patterns, capability maps, and technology roadmaps.
• Provide end‑to‑end architectural guidance across applications, integrations, data, cloud/infrastructure, and security domains.
• Partner with business leaders, product owners, and IT teams to translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions.
• Ensure solution designs align with enterprise architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and guardrails.
• Lead or participate in Architecture Review Boards, design forums, and governance processes; document architectural decisions, trade‑offs, and records.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate architectural risks, technical debt, and non‑standard implementations.
• Evaluate vendor products and third‑party solutions; provide architecture recommendations and comparative trade‑off analysis.
• Drive technology rationalization initiatives to reduce redundancy, improve reuse, and optimize cost and complexity.
• Collaborate closely with security, infrastructure, data, and platform teams to ensure solutions meet non‑functional requirements including performance, availability, scalability, compliance, and security.
• Guide delivery teams during implementation to maintain architectural intent through execution.
• Balance speed‑to‑market with architectural integrity and long‑term sustainability.
• Influence stakeholders across business and IT domains without direct authority to achieve architectural alignment.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate architecture artifacts such as diagrams, roadmaps, patterns, and governance documentation.
• Mentor solution architects, domain architects, and technical leads on enterprise architecture standards, practices, and design principles.
• Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; ensure compliance across teams.
• Protect Chamberlain Group’s reputation by keeping information confidential.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge through workshops, publications, networks, and professional societies.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience:
  
  8+ years in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technical Architecture roles in large, complex enterprise environments; proven success influencing architectural outcomes across multiple teams and domains.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Strong understanding of application and integration architecture.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS preferred).
  • Knowledge of data architecture, analytics platforms, and security and identity principles.
  • Practical experience with architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or SAFe.
  • Ability to create current‑state and target‑state architectures, transition roadmaps, and reference architectures.
  • Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non‑technical audiences.
  • Pragmatic, outcome‑driven mindset with balance between enforcing standards and enabling flexibility.
  • Collaborative and confident in operating with ambiguity.

• Experience supporting digital transformation, modernization, or cloud migration initiatives.
• Exposure to portfolio management, capability…