Enterprise Architect

FacadeToday; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligible

Job summary

Vizient is seeking a strategic technical leader to support enterprise architecture initiatives across business and technology domains. You will partner with business, product, engineering, CorpIT, data, and shared services teams to develop scalable, secure architecture solutions aligned with organizational objectives.

You will guide modernization efforts, establish standards, and support governance activities that promote consistency and long-term technology strategy alignment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in enterprise, solution, or domain architecture.
• Experience across applications, integrations, platforms, cloud technologies, and enterprise services.
• Knowledge of API design, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native solutions.
• Ability to communicate tradeoffs and risks to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-domain architecture initiatives for complex enterprise programs and solutions.
• Partner with business units, product teams, engineering, and shared services to align strategies.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, reusable patterns, and enterprise standards.
• Guide solution design by identifying dependencies, risks, and reuse opportunities.
• Support modernization efforts involving cloud platforms, API-first architectures, events, and automation.
• Evaluate tradeoffs in scalability, security, cost, and operations.
• Identify technical debt and enterprise architecture risks.
• Represent EA in governance forums and Architecture Review Committee activities.
• Mentor architects, engineers, and technical teams to strengthen maturity and decision quality.
• Create architecture artifacts, roadmaps, and documentation for enterprise initiatives.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

API design

Cloud architectures

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Education

Relevant degree preferred

Job description

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary

In this role, you will serve as a strategic technical leader supporting enterprise architecture initiatives across business and technology domains. You will partner with business, product, engineering, CorpIT, data, and shared services teams to develop scalable, secure, and sustainable architecture solutions that align with organizational objectives. You will guide modernization efforts, establish architectural standards and reference patterns, evaluate enterprise tradeoffs, and support governance activities that promote consistency, efficiency, and long-term technology strategy alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-domain architecture initiatives for complex enterprise programs and solutions.
• Partner with business units, product teams, engineering, CorpIT, and shared services to align architecture strategies with business goals.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, reusable patterns, and enterprise standards.
• Guide solution design activities by identifying dependencies, integration considerations, technical risks, and reuse opportunities.
• Support modernization initiatives involving cloud platforms, API-first architectures, event-driven solutions, automation, and emerging technologies.
• Evaluate architectural tradeoffs related to scalability, security, cost, supportability, risk, and operational efficiency.
• Identify and communicate technical debt, duplicated capabilities, and enterprise architecture risks.
• Represent Enterprise Architecture within governance forums, including Architecture Review Committee activities.
• Mentor architects, engineers, and technical teams to strengthen architectural maturity and decision quality.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts, roadmaps, and technical documentation supporting enterprise initiatives.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 7 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Strong experience in enterprise, solution, or domain architecture across complex technology environments.
• Experience designing architectures across applications, integrations, platforms, cloud technologies, and enterprise services.
• Strong understanding of architecture methodologies, API design, integration patterns, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native solutions.
• Experience developing architecture artifacts, diagrams, roadmaps, and technical decision documentation.
• Ability to assess and communicate technical tradeoffs, enterprise risks, and operational impacts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence, mentor, and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture governance, modernization strategies, and AI-aware architecture planning.

Estimated Hiring Range

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $135,200.00 to $236,600.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here: http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.