Enterprise Architect

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

Complete Staffing has a great client hiring an Enterprise Architect. The Enterprise Architect will align technology investments, applications, platforms, data, integrations, and cloud services with overall business strategy. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to business and IT leadership, developing the long-term technology roadmap and guiding initiatives to modernize systems, reduce technical debt, manage costs, and minimize risk This role is a direct placement with our client.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Strategy & Roadmaps

• Develop and maintain a three-to-five-year enterprise technology roadmap aligned with business objectives.
• Translate business priorities into technology strategies, modernization plans, and investment recommendations.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, business value, and risk management.
• Advise leadership on technology investments and future-state capabilities.

Application Portfolio & Technical Debt

• Establish and maintain an enterprise application portfolio, including ownership, cost, lifecycle, dependencies, and risk.
• Lead application assessments to identify opportunities for modernization, consolidation, replacement, or retirement.
• Develop application health and technical debt reporting to support investment decisions.
• Identify unsupported technologies and operational risks.

Architecture & Technology Governance

• Establish architecture standards, principles, and technology decision-making frameworks.
• Review major technology investments, integrations, cloud services, and modernization initiatives.
• Partner with IT, Security, Infrastructure, Development, Data, business leaders, and vendors to align technology strategy with execution.

Cloud, Data & Innovation

• Define strategic direction for Azure, application hosting, enterprise data, APIs, integrations, and platform selection.
• Support cloud governance focused on cost, security, scalability, and reliability.
• Evaluate opportunities involving AI, automation, analytics, and emerging technologies while balancing business value, risk, and long-term sustainability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, including 5+ years in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Strategy, or IT Leadership.
• Experience developing technology roadmaps, managing application portfolios, leading modernization initiatives, and addressing technical debt.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, Azure or comparable cloud platforms, data architecture, integrations, and security principles.
• Ability to influence decisions and communicate effectively with executive leadership, business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors.
• Insurance, financial services, employee benefits, or other regulated-industry experience preferred.
• Familiarity with TOGAF or similar architecture frameworks preferred.

 Measures of Success

• Establishing a comprehensive application portfolio with clear ownership, lifecycle, cost, and risk visibility.
• Delivering an enterprise technology roadmap aligned with business priorities.
• Improving application health reporting and modernization planning.
• Reducing redundant systems, technical debt, unsupported technologies, and operational risk.
• Supporting more consistent and cost-effective technology investment decisions.