Enterprise Architect

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce is seeking an Enterprise Architect to align technology investments, applications, platforms, data, integrations, and cloud services with business strategy. This role will advise business and IT leadership, establish future-state technology roadmaps, and guide modernization efforts to reduce technical debt, control costs, and manage risk.

Responsibilities:
* Develop and maintain enterprise technology strategy and a 3-5-year roadmap
* Translate business priorities into technology, modernization, and investment plans
* Advise leadership on technology investments, platforms, and future-state capabilities
* Manage the enterprise application portfolio, including ownership, lifecycle, cost, dependencies, criticality, and risk
* Lead application rationalization and identify opportunities to modernize, migrate, consolidate, replace, or retire applications
* Develop application health and technical debt scorecards to support investment decisions
* Establish architecture principles, standards, reference patterns, and governance
* Review major technology investments, cloud services, integrations, and modernization initiatives
* Define strategic direction for Azure, enterprise data, APIs, integrations, and application hosting
* Evaluate AI, automation, analytics, and emerging technologies while balancing innovation, risk, cost, and sustainability

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
* 10+ years of progressive IT experience, including 5+ years in enterprise/solution architecture, technology strategy, or IT leadership
* Experience with roadmaps, application portfolio management, modernization, technical debt, and architecture governance
* Strong knowledge of Azure or comparable cloud platforms, data architecture, integrations, enterprise applications, and security
* Strong executive communication and influencing skills
* Regulated-industry experience preferred
* TOGAF or similar architecture framework experience preferred

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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