Architecture Portfolio Analyst

Job Title: Architecture Portfolio Analyst
Location: Chicago, IL Hybrid

Duration: 6+ Months with possible extensions

Job Description:

Architecture Analysis & Technical Debt Identification:

• Review existing application and solution architectures to identify technical debt, risks, redundancies, and nonstandard technologies.
• Assess solutions against established architecture standards, principles, and targetstate guidance.
• Document findings clearly and pragmatically, focusing on impact, risk, and remediation options rather than theoretical purity.
• Support technology lifecycle and modernization analysis by capturing endoflife, obsolescence, and supportability concerns.

Portfolio & Data Support:

• Maintain and update architecturerelated data (e.g., applications, technologies, dependencies, risks) in LeanIX and related tools.
• Support data quality efforts by validating completeness, accuracy, and consistency of architecture information.
• Partner with architects and application owners to close data gaps and resolve inconsistencies.

Architecture Governance Enablement:

• Prepare materials for Architecture Review Board (ARB), Technical Governance Group, and related forums.
• Track architecture review outcomes, decisions, risks, and followup actions.
• Ensure governance artifacts are complete, organized, and accessible for future reference and audit needs.
• Help ensure architecture governance is lightweight, repeatable, and respected not bureaucratic.

Operational & Administrative Support:

• Manage meeting logistics for architecture governance bodies, including scheduling, agendas, materials, and notes.
• Coordinate inputs from architects, delivery teams, and stakeholders to ensure reviews happen on time.
• Track action items and followups across architecture activities.
• Serve as a central point of coordination for architecturerelated operational needs.

Architecture Practice Support:

• Assist Enterprise and Solution Architects with research, analysis, and documentation tasks.
• Help document architecture processes, standards, and reference materials.
• Support continuous improvement of architecture workflows and tooling.
• Act as a force multiplier for the architecture team removing friction so architects can focus on highervalue work.