Director, Enterprise Architecture

USA Donaldson Company Inc.; Bloomington (IN); Ibrido; USD 180.000 - 225.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Donaldson Company is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture based in Bloomington, MN. This role leads a global architecture function, guiding cloud, data, security, and OT initiatives and working with business leaders to shape solutions early.

The director will build reference architectures, promote standards, and drive simplification while partnering across cyber, infra, apps, and manufacturing to embed secure‑by‑design and Zero Trust.

A hybrid schedule is expected with travel up to 15%.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field with extensive tech leadership experience.
• 12+ years in technology, including 5+ years in enterprise or solution architecture and 5+ years leading architects or teams.
• Hands‑on expertise across cloud/hybrid infra, application/integration architecture, data platforms, identity, and security.
• Experience delivering large‑scale transformations (cloud migration, ERP modernization, platform consolidation) in a global enterprise.
• Ability to create reference architectures, standards, and reusable patterns to speed delivery.

Mansioni

• Lead a high‑performing team of architects across enterprise, solution, domain, and data domains.
• Engage early with business planning to shape requirements and architectures before projects begin.
• Direct critical initiatives and incidents, diagnosing root causes and architecting durable solutions.
• Define target‑state architecture and multi‑year roadmaps across domains (cloud, data, security, OT).
• Build reference architectures, patterns, and paved‑road templates to accelerate delivery.
• Establish governance with principles, standards, and architecture decision records.
• Drive portfolio rationalization and reduce technical debt while balancing cost and value.
• Partner with cybersecurity, infra, data, and manufacturing leaders to embed secure-by-design and Zero Trust.
• Evaluate emerging tech via PoCs and measure architecture outcomes.

Conoscenze

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure

Architecture Leadership

Data Platforms

Security & Identity

DevOps & CI/CD

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field

Strumenti

Microsoft Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

APIs & Integration

Descrizione del lavoro

Donaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.

Position Summary

The Director, Enterprise Architecture, based in Bloomington, MN, will lead Donaldson’s enterprise architecture function: a team of the most technically capable architects in the IT organization. This hands‑on leader will set the architectural direction for a global manufacturing enterprise across cloud, infrastructure, applications, data, integration, security, and operational technology, and will personally step in to solve the most complex technical challenges. The Director will shift architecture left, engaging upstream with business and technology leaders to shape solutions before they are designed, and will create the reference architectures, patterns, and standards that make delivery faster, more consistent, and more repeatable. Success is measured by delivered outcomes, not documents. Qualified candidates must be able to work a hybrid schedule at our Bloomington, MN office.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team of enterprise, solution, domain, and data architects who serve as the deepest technical experts in the IT organization and the escalation point for the hardest problems.
• Engage early in business planning, demand intake, and portfolio prioritization to shape requirements, options, and architectures before projects begin, reducing rework, risk, and cost later in delivery.
• Personally drop into critical initiatives, major incidents, and complex design challenges, working alongside delivery teams to diagnose root causes and architect durable solutions.
• Define and maintain the enterprise target‑state architecture and multi‑year technology roadmaps across business, application, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, security, and OT domains, aligned to business strategy.
• Build a reusable library of reference architectures, design patterns, blueprints, and paved‑road templates (for example cloud landing zones, integration and API patterns, identity, data platforms, and AI) that accelerate delivery and drive standardization.
• Establish lightweight, value‑adding architecture governance, including principles, standards, decision records, and design reviews, that speeds good decisions rather than gating them.
• Drive simplification and technical debt reduction through application and technology portfolio rationalization, lifecycle management, and clear build, buy, reuse, and retire decisions.
• Architect the foundations for enterprise AI, data and analytics, automation, and modern integration, including the platform, security, and responsible‑AI patterns needed to scale safely.
• Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, applications, data, digital, and manufacturing leaders to embed secure‑by‑design, Zero Trust, resilience, and IT/OT convergence principles into every solution.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and vendors through hands‑on proofs of concept, make clear recommendations that balance innovation, cost, risk, and value, and measure the impact of enterprise architecture through outcome‑based metrics.

Travel Up to 15%

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 12+ years of progressive technology experience, including 5+ years in enterprise or solution architecture and 5+ years leading architects or senior technical teams.
• Deep, hands‑on technical expertise across multiple domains, such as cloud and hybrid infrastructure, application and integration architecture, data platforms, identity, and security, with the credibility to lead engineers and challenge vendors.
• Proven record of architecting and delivering large‑scale technology transformations, such as cloud migration, ERP modernization, or platform consolidation, in a complex, global enterprise.
• Experience creating reference architectures, standards, and reusable patterns that measurably improved delivery speed, quality, and consistency.

Preferred Qualifications

• Architecture leadership experience within global manufacturing, industrial technology, or a Fortune 500 enterprise.
• Expertise in at least one major public cloud (Microsoft Azure preferred) and hybrid architectures, including landing zones, infrastructure as code, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Strong integration and data architecture experience, including APIs, event‑driven architecture, integration platforms, master data, and modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, or Microsoft Fabric.
• Experience with ERP and manufacturing system landscapes (such as SAP, Oracle, MES, and PLM) and IT/OT integration in plant environments.
• Experience designing architectures and governance for AI and generative AI, including platform, data, security, and responsible‑AI considerations.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks and practices such as TOGAF, C4 modeling, and architecture decision records, applied pragmatically rather than dogmatically.
• Hands‑on background as a software, cloud, or infrastructure engineer, with experience in DevOps, platform engineering, CI/CD, and observability.
• Security architecture knowledge, including Zero Trust, identity and access management, network segmentation, and secure‑by‑design practices.
• Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.
• Exceptional communicator and coach who can whiteboard a deep technical design with engineers, explain trade‑offs and business value to executives, and grow the next generation of architects.

Annual Salary Range

Annual Salary Range: $180,080 - 225,100. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to applicable work experience, training, education, performance.

This position is eligible for annual incentive plan and long‑term incentives based on performance and company growth.

Immigration Sponsorship Not Available

Applicants for this position must be currently and legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship (e.g., H-1B, J-1, F-1, CPT, OPT, etc.). Donaldson will not offer immigration sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa for this position. International relocation or remote work arrangements outside of the U.S. will not be considered.

Employee benefits are part of the competitive total rewards package that Donaldson Company, Inc. provides to you. Our comprehensive benefits program includes health benefits, retirement plan (401k), paid time away, paid leaves (including paid parental leave) and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law.

Export Control Compliance

Employment opportunities for positions in the United States may require use of information which is subject to the export control regulations of the United States. Hiring decisions for such positions are required by law to be made in compliance with these regulations. Applicants for employment opportunities in other countries must be able to meet the comparable export control requirements of that country and of the United States.

About Donaldson

Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more.

Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents.

The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand.

Learn more at www.donaldson.com.