Enterprise Architect

Tata Consultancy Services; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Incentive

Comprehensive Medical Coverage

Parental Leaves

Auto & Home Insurance

Commuter Benefits

Certification & Training Reimbursement

Vacation & Holidays

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Deerfield, IL seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect with 10+ years of architecture leadership to drive target-state architectures, roadmaps, and governance across business, data, and technology domains. You will collaborate with executives, product teams, security, and operations to ensure scalable, compliant, and cost-effective solutions.

You will mentor architects, assess emerging technologies, and guide modernization programs across cloud, integration,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise or solution architecture or large-scale tech transformation.
• Experience with TOGAF or Zachman frameworks.
• Expertise across business, application, data, integration, infra, cloud, and security.
• Experience defining target-state architectures, governance, roadmaps, and standards.
• Knowledge of APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, data management, cybersecurity, and hybrid/multi-cloud platforms.
• Proficiency with architecture modeling and documentation tools.
• Ability to evaluate emerging tech, modernization options, risk, and TCO.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise-wide technology architecture aligned with business strategy.
• Assess current-state and establish target-state architectures and transition roadmaps.
• Create and govern architecture principles, standards, patterns, reference architectures, and decision records.
• Guide cloud, application, data, integration, infrastructure, and security modernization.
• Review solution designs for alignment, scalability, resilience, interoperability, and cost.
• Chair or support architecture review boards and manage exceptions.
• Partner with business leaders, product teams, security, data, engineering, operations, and vendors.
• Advise executives on investments, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Mentor domain and solution architects; monitor emerging technologies and adoption strategies.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF or Zachman

Cloud architecture

APIs & microservices

Governance & roadmaps

Architecture modeling

Stakeholder collaboration

Security architecture

Tools

Architecture documentation tools

Job description

• 10+ years of enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or large-scale technology transformation experience.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman.
• Expertise across business, application, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, and security architecture
• Experience defining target-state architectures, reference architectures, roadmaps, principles, standards, and governance
• Knowledge of APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, data management, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and hybrid/multi-cloud platforms
• Proficiency with architecture modeling and documentation tools
• Ability to evaluate emerging technologies, modernization options, technical risk, and total cost of ownership.
• Define and maintain the enterprise-wide technology architecture aligned with business strategy.
• Assess current-state capabilities and establish target-state architectures and transition roadmaps
• Create and govern architecture principles, standards, patterns, reference architectures, and decision records.
• Guide cloud, application, data, integration, infrastructure, and security modernization.
• Review solution designs for alignment, scalability, resilience, interoperability, compliance, and cost efficiency
• Chair or support architecture review boards and manage exceptions.
• Partner with business leaders, product teams, security, data, engineering, operations, and vendors
• Advise executives on technology investments, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs
• Mentor domain and solution architects.
• Monitor emerging technologies and recommend pragmatic adoption strategies.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Strategic thinking and executive-level communication and influence.
• Stakeholder facilitation; cross-functional leadership in matrix organizations.
• Architecture governance; negotiation and conflict resolution; decision-making under ambiguity.
• Portfolio prioritization; risk and dependency management; mentoring; clear written documentation, storytelling, and presentation skills.

TCS Employee Benefits Summary:

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.