Enterprise Architect - Enterprise Technology & Standards

Job Posting End Date08-17-2026Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.Job Summary The power of AEP comes from our valued team of unique employees—the best in the business. We’re proud to be one of the largest electric energy companies in the U.S., powering over 5 million homes and businesses across 11 states. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we’re passionate about making an innovative difference in the communities we serve—listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we deliver safe, reliable, and forward-thinking energy solutions. We’re powering the future—today.The Enterprise Architect designs, governs, and evolves the organization's technology landscape, ensuring enterprise platforms and applications align with business strategy, scalability needs, and long-term technology direction. This role sets and maintains software technology standards, guides platform and application architecture decisions, and partners across engineering, security, and business teams to ensure solutions are consistent, interoperable, and future-ready.Job DescriptionWhat you’ll do:Essential Job Functions & TasksEnterprise Architecture Strategy & StandardsDefine and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy and standards across back office, front office, and the IT and application landscape, ensuring alignment across business units and engineering teams.Evaluate and select technologies, frameworks and tools.Establish and continuously evolve enterprise technology standards — reference architectures, design patterns, API standards, and technology-selection guidelines.Own the enterprise application portfolio map and architecture repository: system relationships, integration dependencies, and lifecycle status across all major platforms.Application & IT ArchitectureGovern application architecture standards — microservices, event-driven architecture, domain-driven design, API-first development, service decomposition, and monolith modernization.Provide architectural oversight and guidance for major platform and application initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements and scalability goals.Define IT architecture standards for identity and access management, endpoint management, network segmentation, and enterprise tooling governance.Governance & RiskIdentify and mitigate architectural risk, technical debt, and integration gaps.Ensure designs meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.Drive adoption of standards through audits and technical reviews.Cross-Functional CollaborationPartner with engineering, product, security, and infrastructure teams on design reviews.Collaborate with domain architects and solution teams to ensure consistent application of architectural standards.Resolve technical trade-offs between competing priorities and teams.Mentor engineers and architects on standards and best practices.Strategy Alignment & Thought LeadershipDocument and socialize architectural roadmaps, target states, and transition strategies.Stay current on emerging technology trends and share insights to continuously evolve AEP’s technology capabilities.Required Qualifications & SkillsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field10+ years in software engineering or architecture, including enterprise-scale system designDeep knowledge of microservices, APIs, cloud-native, and event-driven architecture patternsExperience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern DevOps practicesDemonstrated experience building and governing an enterprise portfolio across SaaS, custom, and legacy systems, and driving rationalization at scale.Track record of introducing new or emerging technology into an enterprise — not only rationalizing what exists — including exposure to AI/GenAI architecture.Vendor technical leadership: review delivered work, spot risks early, and drive quality outcomes.Proven ability to influence and drive alignment without direct authority, balancing standards with delivery realities.Proven ability to communicate architectural vision and recommendations to senior leadership.Preferred QualificationsMaster’s degree in a technical or analytical discipline.Familiarity with regulated or mission-critical environments such as utilities, energy, finance, or infrastructureWhat We're Looking For:Education requirements are listed below:Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.Work Experience requirement listed below:8 years of relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!Compensation DataCompensation Grade:SP20-009Compensation Range:$116,255.00 - $151,132.50The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. Hear about it first! Get job alerts by email. Log in to your Candidate Home Account today! If you don't have an account, you can create one.It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.SummaryLocation: Columbus, OH; Austin Govt OfficeType: Full time