Sr. Enterprise Architect

Overview

On Site
Accepts corp to corp applications
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Skills

AWS
Kubernetes

Job Details

Sr. Enterprise Architect

Location: Local to Sac, CA. Hybrid

Degree: Bachelors Degree

7+ years of experience with hands on enterprise architectural and strong leadership.

Certs:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional

Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certification Professional

AWS Certified Security Certification Professional

Role Summary

The Senior Enterprise Architect provides enterprise-wide architectural leadership for large-scale modernization and transformation initiatives, with deep expertise in AWS cloud architectures, hybrid cloud migrations, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, API platforms, resiliency, and cost optimization. This role leads complex, multi-domain efforts impacting multiple programs, departments, and business units, while ensuring alignment between IT systems and organizational business processes.

Mandatory Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional

  • Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certification Professional
  • AWS Certified Security Certification Professional

Additional Mandatory Qualifications (within the last 10 years)

Seven (7) years designing reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC ) patterns

  • Five (5) years IaC using Terraform and CloudFormation
  • Seven (7) years AWS architecture experience
  • Five (5) years enterprise API Gateway architectures.

Seven (7) years aligning IT systems with business processes

  • Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field or four (4) additional years of experience.

Key Responsibilities Expected in the Role

Enterprise Architecture & Transformation Leadership

Apply enterprise architecture principles to guide IT strategy, solution design, and technology governance.

Lead enterprise-wide modernization and transformation initiatives impacting multiple programs, departments, or business domains.

Align IT systems with organizational business processes.

Serve in a lead architectural capacity.

AWS Cloud Architecture & Governance

Design AWS architectures supporting multi-account AWS Organizations.

Conduct AWS Well-Architected Reviews and remediation.

Define cloud standards and reference architectures.

Hybrid Cloud Migration

Architect and support enterprise hybrid cloud migrations.

Design solutions across networking, security, compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery.

Infrastructure as Code

Design and implement IaC using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.

Create reusable IaC modules and patterns.

API & Container Platforms

Design enterprise API Gateway architectures.

Architect and support Kubernetes / Amazon EKS environments.

Backup & Disaster Recovery

Architect hybrid cloud backup and recovery strategies.

Design and test repeatable recovery processes.

Executive Communication

Deliver executive-level presentations and architectural analysis.

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