Enterprise Architect - Infra & Cloud Solutions Lead

Global Enterprise Services, Llc; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Enterprise Services, LLC in Illinois is seeking an Enterprise Architect to support a range of IT and infrastructure initiatives. The architect will work with business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors to assess environments, define requirements, develop solution architectures, and oversee implementations.

Responsibilities include site surveys, architecture discovery, design, roadmaps, and oversight.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Eight or more years of progressive enterprise IT experience, including at least three years in enterprise, infrastructure, or solution architecture.
• Experience conducting site surveys, technical discovery, infrastructure assessments, and requirements gathering.
• Demonstrated ability to develop architecture designs and provide technical oversight through implementation.
• Experience supporting Illinois DoIT infrastructure or enterprise IT environments for agencies or customers of comparable size and complexity.
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture standards, technology governance, security requirements, and infrastructure service delivery practices.
• Broad knowledge of enterprise IT, including data center infrastructure, servers, virtualization, storage, and backup; LAN/WAN, cloud, identity, monitoring, DR, etc.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site surveys and technical assessments to document existing infrastructure, connectivity, equipment, capacity, and site readiness.
• Lead architecture discovery sessions with business stakeholders, technical teams, and service providers to understand requirements, constraints, and dependencies.
• Assess current technology environments, identify gaps and risks, and recommend improvements.
• Develop solution architectures spanning infrastructure, networking, cloud services, identity, security, applications, and systems integration.
• Produce architecture diagrams, technical specifications, design documentation, and implementation roadmaps.
• Align proposed solutions with applicable organizational standards, technology governance requirements, security policies, and operational needs.
• Evaluate technology options and vendor solutions for technical fit, interoperability, scalability, supportability, and cost.
• Define technical prerequisites, implementation dependencies, acceptance criteria, and operational readiness requirements.
• Provide technical oversight during implementation, coordinating with project managers, engineers, vendors, and support teams.
• Review implementation plans and proposed changes to identify architectural impacts and resolve technical issues.
• Support testing, deployment, migration, and cutover planning; validate that implemented solutions meet approved designs and requirements.
• Guide transition to operations through documentation, knowledge transfer, and support readiness reviews.
• Communicate technical recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, and progress to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise IT

Architecture design

Technical oversight

Stakeholder coordination

Security requirements

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

TOGAF

ITIL

Job description

Global Enterprise Services, LLC in Illinois is seeking an Enterprise Architect to support a range of IT and infrastructure initiatives. The architect will work with business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors to assess environments, define requirements, develop solution architectures, and oversee implementations.

Responsibilities include site surveys, architecture discovery, design, roadmaps, and oversight.