Enterprise Architect

W. R. Berkley Corporation; Urbandale (IA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkley Technology Services (BTS), a member company of W. R.

Berkley Corporation, seeks an Enterprise Architect to translate strategy into enterprise capabilities and target architectures, driving roadmaps, modernization, and intelligent technology investments across the organization. You will partner with business and technology leaders to assess value, risk, data readiness, security, and interoperability, lead architecture reviews, and enable cross‑domain decisions while guiding responsible AI

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in technology, developing/engineering solutions and leading cross-domain initiatives.
• 6+ years across multiple domains with depth in at least one architecture discipline.
• Ability to connect business strategy, capabilities, processes, technology, risk, and cost into coherent recommendations.
• Experience designing or modernizing technology capabilities for commercial insurance operations.
• Knowledge of AI concepts, platforms, data dependencies, security, governance, and responsible AI.
• Familiarity with public cloud platforms, DevOps, SRE, and cybersecurity practices.
• Strong executive communication and ability to influence across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategy into enterprise capabilities, target architectures, and roadmaps with investment sequencing.
• Advise on architecture across initiatives and portfolios, identifying dependencies and opportunities for reuse.
• Lead architecture reviews with focus on business value, risk, standards alignment, and long-term sustainability.
• Guide AI strategy and adoption, including governance, models, tooling, and integration approaches.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

AI governance

Cloud platforms

Executive communication

Change management

Leadership

Tools

DevOps

SRE

Cybersecurity

Job description

Company Details

Company URL: https://www.berkleytechnologyservices.com/

Berkley Technology Services (BTS) is a dynamic company committed to providing world class IT services. We offer a unique culture, enabling our team members to be on the cutting edge of technology while delivering high quality solutions. We are looking for outstanding individuals who will bring unique perspectives, insight and innovation to our teams. BTS, a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation, has facilities located in Des Moines, Iowa and Wilmington, Delaware. Our functions include working with various third parties to develop, integrate, and support insurance systems of WRBC's operating units. BTS strives to provide these functions in a holistic manner including helpdesk support, system connectivity, and operational support. Additional responsibilities include coordinating communications regarding best practices in the use of our supported systems and researching new technology. At BTS, there are opportunities associated with being a part of an established and empowering corporation while maintaining a positive personal working environment. Additionally, we provide a competitive compensation and benefits package including a casual dress code. BTS is constantly growing and expanding to meet the changing demands of one of the most successful insurance organizations in the world. Visit us at berkley-bts.com to learn more information.

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Responsibilities

The Enterprise Architect partners with business and technology leaders to translate organizational strategy into enterprise capabilities, target-state architectures, transition roadmaps, and informed technology investment decisions. The role provides enterprise-wide direction for application and technology portfolios, including modernization, rationalization, lifecycle management, technical debt reduction, andresponsibleadoption of AI and emerging technologies.

Serving as a trusted advisor, the Enterprise Architect evaluates business value, cost, risk, architecture, data readiness, security, resilience, and organizational impact to recommend whether capabilities and technologies should be enhanced,consolidated, modernized, replaced, or retired. The role leads through influence, enables cross-domain decisions, and helps teams balance enterprise standards and reuse with the needs of individual operating companies.

Business andTechnical Strategy

• Partner with business and technology leaders to understand strategic priorities, customer and employee needs, operating constraints, and growth opportunities.
• Translate business strategyinto enterprise capabilities, targetarchitectures, transition roadmaps, and sequenced investment choices.
• Frame recommendations,businesscases,and solutionsin terms of business value, cost, risk, speed, resilience, and organizational impact, not technicalviews alone.
• Identifyopportunities to simplify processes, rationalize platforms, improve reuse, and strengthen enterprise leverage while respecting individual company needs.
• Maintain contact with vendors, industry peers, and professional associations to keep informed of existing and emerging industry trends, standards, and technologies.

Architecture Direction andPortfolioGuidance

• Develop andmaintain architecture principles, standards, guidelines, business capability models, and roadmaps that support enterprise priorities.
• Providearchitecture guidance across initiatives and portfolios,identifyingdependencies, redundancies, technical debt, and opportunities for reuse.
• Influence portfolio planning and technologylifecycledecisions throughresearch, data-driven rationale, market trends, target architectures, and roadmaps.

Solution Guidance andGovernance

• Advise product, application, data, infrastructure, security, and engineering teams on solution direction and key design decisions.
• Lead orparticipatein architecture reviews with a pragmatic focus on business value, risk,standardsalignment, technical debt,interoperability, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
• Create clear, decision-enabling architecture artifactsappropriate totheir audience and the decisions being made.
• Escalate material risks and exceptions while helping teamsidentifyviablepaths forward.

AI andEmergingTechnology

• Partner with business and technology leaders to shape the enterprise approach to AI, including generative and agentic AI, by connecting use cases to business outcomes, data readiness, architecture, security, legal, compliance, and responsible use requirements.
• Guide teams in selecting fit-for-purpose AI patterns, platforms, models, tooling, and integration approaches, including build-versus-buy decisions.
• Assess AI and emergingtechnology opportunities through experiments andproofs-of-conceptwith clear hypotheses, guardrails, adoption considerations, and success metrics.
• Promote AI literacy amongleaders, architects, engineers, and delivery teams by explaining capabilities, limitations, risks, and practical application patterns.

Influence, Leadership, andChange

• Build trusted relationshipsacross business and technology organizations and communicate effectively with executives, business leaders, and technical groups.
• Lead enterprise architecture initiatives and support adoption through stakeholder alignment, communication, ongoing support arrangements, and change management.
• Mentor architects and engineers, strengthen architecture practices, and contribute reusable knowledge to the technical community.
• Create clarity in ambiguous situations,facilitatedecisions across competing priorities, and promote accountability for outcomes.

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ yearsofprogressive experiencein technology,developing/engineeringsolutionsand leading multiple cross-domainengineeringinitiatives.
• 6+ yearsof experience spanning multiple business and technology domains, with substantial depth in at least one architecture discipline and working experience across two or moreadditionaldisciplines.
• Proven ability to connect business strategy, capabilities, processes, technology, risk, and cost into coherent recommendationsandtransitionroadmaps.
• Experiencedesigning, developing, or modernizing technology capabilities supporting commercial insuranceoperationsincluding translating business requirements into solution, application, integration, data,and/or platform decisions.
• Working knowledge of modern AI conceptsand architectures, including generative AI, agentic systems, data and model dependencies, integration patterns, security, governance, andresponsibleAI.
• Working knowledge of publiccloud platforms and modern data, integration, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, and cybersecurity practices.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, consulting, and decision-framing skills, including the ability to explain complex topics in concise business terms.
• Ability to lead through influence, navigate ambiguity, build alignment, and produce results across organizational boundaries.
• Strong analytical judgment, curiosity, customer focus, and commitment to collaboration and continuouslearning.

Preferred

• Experience as an Enterprise Architect or in a comparable enterprise-wide strategy or execution role.
• Experience applying AI to business or technology use cases andparticipatingin AI governance, enablement, or platform decisions.
• Experience with product-oriented delivery, Agile methods, architecture repositories, capability-based planning, and technology portfolio management.

This company is an equal opportunity employer

The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees which for this role include: Base Salary Range: $99,000 - $187,000 annually Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Wellness, Paid Time Off, 401(k) and Profit-Sharing plans.The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.

Sponsorship Details

Sponsorship not Offered for this Role