Enterprise Architect

Overview:

Enterprise Architect

Location: Davenport, IA - Onsite

Experience: 15+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the strategic design and governance of our IT landscape. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in enterprise-wide technology strategy, architecture governance, and AI/ML-driven business transformation . This role requires strong leadership, critical thinking, and the ability to align technology initiatives with business goals to enable scalability, security, and innovation across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and communicate the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with business objectives.
• Define and enforce architectural standards, principles, blueprints, and reference architectures for systems, applications, and technology domains.
• Proactively analyze current IT environments to identify gaps, deficiencies, or improvement opportunities, and recommend scalable solutions.
• Define high-level migration plans to transition from legacy to modern architectures while minimizing technical debt and ongoing support costs.
• Stay current on AI and ML technologies , trends, and tools, and recommend practical applications to drive measurable business value.
• Provide architectural guidance to development and project teams throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) .
• Ensure integration design and governance across applications, systems, and data flows, enabling seamless interoperability across the enterprise.
• Maintain best practices for security, compliance, and performance while designing and implementing cloud and on-premise solutions.
• Create and present technical visualizations and models to communicate proposed solutions to business and technical stakeholders.
• Partner with senior leaders to ensure IT strategies align with enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives .
• Oversee vendor and technology evaluations to support enterprise objectives.

Required Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of overall IT experience with at least 12 years in complex IT environments (infrastructure, applications, databases, security, monitoring, and MIS).
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills .
• Excellent oral and written communication skills , with ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in designing and maintaining enterprise-wide architecture standards and governance models .
• Strong knowledge of AI and ML technologies and practical applications in enterprise solutions.
• Experience with legacy modernization strategies and minimizing long-term technical debt.
• Solid background in system integration design , cloud and on-premise solutions, and enterprise-wide data interoperability.
• Expertise in establishing security, compliance, and performance frameworks across enterprise systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Certifications such as TOGAF, Zachman, AWS/Azure Architect, or SAFe Architect .
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Prior leadership role in enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives .