Enterprise Architect

Tata Consultancy Services; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Incentive

Comprehensive Medical Coverage

Family Support

Insurance Options

Convenience & Professional Growth

Time Off

Legal & Financial Assistance

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Illinois is seeking an experienced enterprise/solution architect to define target-state architectures, roadmaps, principles, standards, and governance across business, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, and security.

You will partner with business leaders, product teams, security, data, engineering, and operations to drive modernization, review designs, mentor architects, and align technology decisions with strategic business goals.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Ten+ years experience

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF or Zachman

Target-state architectures

Roadmaps, governance

Cloud & security architecture

APIs, microservices, event-driven

Architecture modeling tools

Risk & TCO assessment

Leadership & mentoring

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.
  

Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills-

• 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.
  

Roles & Responsibilities -

• 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.
  

Salary Range-$125,000-$150,000 a year