Enterprise Architect - CoorsTek

Polluxa, Inc.; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

CoorsTek is seeking an enterprise architect to serve as the final technical authority for architecture decisions across enterprise platforms and AI-enabled systems. The role defines standards, patterns, and guardrails, while hands-on design, prototyping, and development span front-end to API layers.

You will guide teams on AI tooling, ensure SDLC discipline, and help productionize prototypes with robust hosting, security, and observability practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, software engineering, engineering, data analytics, or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as final technical authority for complex, cross-functional architecture decisions.
• Define and evolve enterprise architecture patterns, standards, and delivery guardrails.
• Align architecture work with CoorsTek’s priorities, AI strategy, modernization needs, and citizen development approach.
• Design, prototype, review, and develop solutions across front-end, API, and integration layers.
• Work across service-tier and AI-enabled application layers.
• Translate business needs into practical solution, application, data, and integration architectures.
• Guide teams using AI-assisted tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Codex, Claude, and Replit.
• Support Azure-hosted applications and other approved enterprise tools.
• Define and reinforce SDLC, including Git workflows, branching, PRs, reviews, testing, and release readiness.
• Review designs and code to improve quality, security, and alignment to standards.
• Move prototypes to governed production with patterns for hosting, secrets, logging, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Support development of internal apps, integrations, APIs, and AI-enabled solutions interacting with enterprise systems.
• Coach teams on architecture principles, AI patterns, coding standards, and production readiness.
• Develop templates, sample apps, references, and playbooks to accelerate delivery.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

It's exciting to work for a company that makes the world measurably better.

We're committed to bringing safety, quality, and customer focus to the business of advanced ceramics manufacturing.

Job Title

Roles and Responsibilities

Serve as the final technical authority for complex, cross-functional architecture decisions impacting enterprise platforms and AI-enabled systems. Define and evolve enterprise architecture patterns, technical standards, and delivery guardrails aligned with CoorsTek’s business priorities, AI strategy, application modernization needs, and citizen development approach.

Act as a hands-on architect and builder by designing, prototyping, reviewing, and, where needed, developing solutions across front-end, service-tier, API, integration, and AI-enabled application layers.

Partner with business leaders, IT teams, and solution builders to translate business needs into practical solution, application, data, and integration architectures.

Provide hands‑on guidance to teams building with approved AI‑assisted development tools and platforms, including Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Codex, Claude, Claude Code, Replit, Azure‑hosted applications, and other approved enterprise tools.

Define and reinforce software development lifecycle, including Git‑based workflows, branching strategy, pull requests, code review, testing, release management, and production readiness.

Review solution designs and code to improve quality, maintainability, security, resiliency, and alignment to enterprise architecture standards.

Help teams move solutions from prototype to governed production by establishing patterns for hosting, secrets management, logging, monitoring, support ownership, and lifecycle management.

Support the development of internal applications, integrations, APIs, and AI‑enabled solutions that interact with enterprise and plant systems through approved methods and patterns.

Coach developers, engineers, analysts, and citizen developers on architecture principles, AI application patterns, coding standards, and production readiness.

Develop reusable templates, sample applications, reference implementations, and playbooks that accelerate delivery and improve consistency across teams.

Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, enterprise applications, and data teams to ensure architectures incorporate identity, access control, observability, supportability, and responsible AI usage.

Anticipate emerging trends in AI tools, coding assistants, cloud application patterns, and software engineering practices, and translate those capabilities into practical recommendations for CoorsTek.

Job Requirements

Education & Certifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field required

Master’s degree preferred