Architecture Consultant

Trissential; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 103,320 - 144,648; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits includinghealth

401k with matching

Job summary

Trissential is growing its Architecture community in North America, offering experienced consultants the ability to shape enterprise-grade technology solutions. You will partner with leaders to translate business strategy into actionable architectural roadmaps and drive modernization across data, cloud, and AI initiatives.

You will design and govern architectures, support solution delivery with cross-functional teams, and influence strategic decisions while delivering measurable business value

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years designing technology solutions with architecture leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and technology leaders to understand strategic objectives, capabilities, and transformation priorities.
• Translate business strategy into technology strategies, roadmaps, and implementation approaches.
• Assess current-state environments to identify modernization opportunities and architectural improvements.
• Define future-state architectures balancing business value, feasibility, scalability, security, and sustainability.
• Provide advisory services to executives on technology investments and architectural strategy.
• Design enterprise, solution, data, integration, cloud, and infrastructure architectures aligned with business objectives.
• Develop architecture models supporting current and future capabilities.
• Define principles, standards, reference architectures, and best practices.
• Evaluate platforms, products, and emerging technologies.
• Create architecture documentation, decision records, and diagrams.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and align with standards.
• Lead solution delivery with cross-functional teams and governance boards.

Skills

Architecture design

Stakeholder management

Business-IT alignment

Cloud & AI enablement

Enterprise architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field

Tools

TOGAF Certification

AWS/Azure/Google Cloud architecture certifications

CKAD or similar cloud-native certification

Job description

Talent Community | Current & Future Client Opportunities

At Trissential, we partner with some of North America's most respected organizations to lead business transformation, operational improvement, and technology modernization initiatives. Our clients aren't simply implementing new technology—they're improving how their businesses operate, strengthening customer experiences, enabling employee effectiveness, and delivering measurable business outcomes.

We're growing our community of experienced Architecture consultants to support current and upcoming client initiatives. Our architects help organizations transform business capabilities by designing technology solutions that align business strategy, enterprise architecture, and modern technology platforms. They partner with business and technology leaders to develop practical, scalable architectures that enable innovation while delivering measurable business value.

Whether you bring five years of architecture experience or fifteen-plus years leading enterprise architecture and technology strategy, you'll have opportunities to apply your expertise on meaningful client engagements while building trusted relationships and delivering lasting business value.

What You'll Do

Business & Technology Strategy

• Partnering with business and technology leaders to understand strategic objectives, business capabilities, and transformation priorities.
• Translating business strategy into technology strategies, architectural roadmaps, and implementation approaches.
• Assessing current-state business and technology environments to identify modernization opportunities and architectural improvements.
• Defining future-state architectures that balance business value, technical feasibility, scalability, security, and operational sustainability.
• Providing trusted advisory services to executive stakeholders on technology investments, architectural strategy, and long-term business capabilities.

Architecture & Solution Design

• Designing enterprise, solution, application, data, integration, cloud, infrastructure, AI, or technology architectures that align with business objectives.
• Developing conceptual, logical, and physical architecture models that support current and future business capabilities.
• Defining architectural principles, standards, reference architectures, design patterns, and best practices.
• Evaluating technology platforms, products, vendor solutions, and emerging technologies.
• Creating architecture documentation, decision records, solution diagrams, and implementation guidance.
• Ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise standards while supporting practical business outcomes.

Delivery & Technical Leadership

• Partnering with business analysts, product teams, developers, infrastructure engineers, data teams, and project leaders throughout solution delivery.
• Providing technical leadership during implementation while ensuring alignment to the intended architectural vision.
• Supporting backlog refinement, solution decomposition, implementation planning, and technical decision-making.
• Reviewing solution designs, configurations, and implementations for architectural quality and compliance.
• Resolving complex technical and cross-functional design challenges.
• Balancing enterprise architecture standards, governance, and best practices with practical business needs by evaluating trade-offs and recommending solutions that optimize business value, delivery speed, risk, and long-term sustainability.
• Preparing and presenting architecture designs, solution recommendations, and technical decisions to Architecture Review Boards, governance committees, and executive stakeholders while collaborating on design refinements and achieving organizational alignment.

Data, Integration & Emerging Technologies

• Designing data architectures, information models, APIs, integrations, event-driven solutions, and intelligent technology ecosystems where appropriate.
• Supporting cloud modernization, platform integration, AI enablement, automation, and intelligent business capabilities.
• Defining approaches for data governance, interoperability, security, scalability, and operational resilience.
• Leveraging AI-assisted engineering and architecture tools to accelerate solution analysis, evaluate architectural alternatives, generate architecture artifacts, improve documentation quality, and increase delivery effectiveness.
• Using AI to perform architecture quality reviews, challenge design assumptions, identify risks, evaluate trade-offs, and strengthen proposed solutions through structured validation and “red team” analysis.
• Evaluating emerging technologies and recommending practical applications that create measurable business value.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Establishing architecture governance processes, design reviews, and technology standards.
• Identifying technical debt, architectural risks, dependencies, and modernization opportunities.
• Driving consistency across enterprise platforms, applications, products, and business capabilities.
• Supporting technology roadmaps and long-term architecture evolution.
• Continuously improving architecture practices, reusable patterns, standards, and governance processes.

Consulting & Stakeholder Leadership

• Building trusted relationships with executives, business leaders, product teams, engineering organizations, and technology partners.
• Communicating complex architectural concepts, design decisions, and technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences in clear, logical, and professional manner.
• Facilitating architecture workshops, design sessions, and strategic planning discussions.
• Building consensus among business leaders, architects, engineering teams, and governance organizations to deliver practical, scalable solutions that balance competing priorities.
• Influencing technology decisions through collaboration, credibility, and sound architectural judgment rather than authority alone.
• Providing thought leadership that helps clients balance innovation, delivery speed, cost, operational sustainability, and long-term business value.

Why Trissential

At Trissential, you'll work alongside experienced consultants who are passionate about helping clients solve meaningful business challenges. Our consultants are trusted advisors who combine strategic thinking, technical expertise, collaboration, and practical execution to deliver measurable business results.

As part of our Architecture community, you'll have opportunities to:

• Design technology solutions that enable business transformation and measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with Fortune 1000, mid-market, and public sector organizations.
• Shape enterprise technology strategies, modernization initiatives, and digital transformation programs.
• Collaborate with experienced consulting professionals and multidisciplinary technology teams.
• Build long-term client relationships by helping organizations make sound technology decisions that create lasting business value.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field preferred.

Preferred Credentials

• TOGAF® Certification
• AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud architecture certifications
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) or similar cloud-native certification
• SAFe® Architect or equivalent Agile architecture certification
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) or other security certification
• AI-related architecture or cloud AI certifications

Experience

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience designing technology solutions, with opportunities ranging from solution architecture engagements to enterprise-scale transformation initiatives requiring 15+ years of architecture leadership experience.
• Experience supporting business transformation, technology modernization, cloud adoption, AI enablement, digital initiatives, or enterprise platform implementations.
• Strong analytical thinking, solution design, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working within consulting or complex enterprise environments supporting cross-functional initiatives.
• Ability to quickly understand client environments, business capabilities, technology ecosystems, and strategic priorities.
• Experience translating business objectives into scalable, secure, and practical technology solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs and recommend solutions that balance technical excellence, governance, delivery speed, business value, and long-term sustainability.
• Experience presenting architecture decisions to governance organizations and facilitating collaborative design discussions across technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools to improve architecture analysis, solution design, documentation, and overall solution quality.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions and build consensus without formal authority.

Experience We Value

• Enterprise Architecture
• Solution Architecture
• Application Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Integration & API Architecture
• Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture
• AI Solution Architecture
• Enterprise Platform Architecture (ERP, CRM, ITSM, PLM, etc.)
• Digital Transformation
• Technology Modernization
• Business Capability Modeling
• Technology Strategy & Roadmapping
• Architecture Governance

Delivery Methodologies

• Agile
• Scrum
• Waterfall
• Hybrid Delivery Models
• Lean / Continuous Improvement

Industry Experience

• Energy & Utilities
• Healthcare
• Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics
• Financial Services / Insurance
• Retail & Consumer Products
• Public Sector

Benefits

What We Offer

• Competitive Compensation – $75 - $105 per hour. Please note that the compensation range displayed is a generalized range for pipelining purposes and may not reflect the final range for a specific role. Final compensation will be determined based on the role, skill alignment, years of experience, and fair, market-based rates by geography.
• Comprehensive Benefits for you and your dependents – Medical, dental, vision, free tele-health, HSA with company contribution, life and disability insurance, and 401k with matching
• Paid Time Off – Offers paid time away from work
• Career Growth – Exposure to enterprise-scale modernization and AI initiatives
• Supportive Culture – Collaborative teams that value strong architecture and clean data design