Senior Enterprise Architect

Role Summary

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

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 architecture.

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.

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.