Senior Enterprise Architect

Title: Senior Enterprise Application Architect

Location: NYC NY

On-site/Remote/Hybrid: Hybrid

Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:

This role provides application and integration architecture across the full enterprise application portfolio. The architect performs assessments, develops modernization and rationalization recommendations, and ensures alignment with architectural standards and patterns. The position requires experience with integration technologies, API platforms, technical tooling, and an understanding of application development practices and solution on boarding. The architect leverages modern modernization approaches—including AI‐assisted insights, automation, and cloud‐aligned patterns—to evaluate systems and guide portfolio evolution. The role collaborates with engineering, security, operations, and product teams to support architectural consistency and modernization readiness across the enterprise.

Key Skills:

Application & Integration Architecture (6–10 Years)

Enterprise Architecture Concepts & Methodologies (6–10 Years)

Application Modernization Patterns (modernize, replatform, refactor, retire)

Application Portfolio Management & Rationalization (6–10 Years)

AI‐Enabled Assessment & Insights (4–6 Years)

Information Architecture (6+ Years)

IT Architecture & Portfolio Modeling (6+ Years)

Architecture Governance & Standards (6+ Years)

DevSecOps & SDLC Architecture Alignment (4–6 Years)

Application Architecture & Modernization:

Conduct architectural assessments of applications and integrations using frameworks and AI‐assisted tools.

Recommend modernization options aligned with enterprise direction.

Develop target‐state architectural views and document architecture models.

Provide input on modernization planning, readiness, dependencies, and integration considerations.

Portfolio Analysis & Rationalization:

Analyze applications for technical health, risk, complexity, and modernization suitability.

Identify candidates for consolidation, replatforming, refactoring, or retirement.

Maintain architecture‐related RAID items and contribute insights for portfolio dashboard

Architecture Governance & Standards:

Participate in architecture review boards and standards discussions.

Ensure designs comply with architectural guardrails and modernization patterns.

Review vendor and contractor deliverables for alignment with enterprise architecture.

Support the development and maintenance of architectural decision records.

Security, Resiliency & Compliance:

Incorporate security‐by‐design and resiliency principles into application and integration architectures.

Identify architectural risks and recommend mitigation approaches.

Ensure alignment with security frameworks and regulatory requirements.

Lifecycle & Readiness Alignment:

Support DevSecOps and SDLC alignment through architecture criteria and checkpoints.

Ensure applications meet modernization readiness and integration requirements.

Cross‐Functional Collaboration:

Partner with engineering, cybersecurity, operations, product teams, and program management to maintain architectural consistency.

Provide clear architectural guidance to support modernization planning and design.

Collaborate across teams to address dependencies and design considerations