Enterprise Architecture Manager

Vertex Solutions Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertex Solutions Inc. in Columbus, OH seeks an Enterprise Architecture Manager (Applications & Solutions) to lead a team of IT Architects and directly shape high-impact application, integration, and technology decisions. The role blends people leadership with hands-on architectural work on complex projects.

The candidate will drive architecture standards, governance, roadmaps, and strategic alignment with business goals while collaborating with executives on modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in information technology with architecture leadership.
• Experience designing and modernizing enterprise software, integrations, and platforms.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop, and retain a high-performing team of IT Architects.
• Set goals for the Architecture team aligned to roadmaps and priorities.
• Own and advance enterprise architecture practice, standards, governance, and roadmaps.
• Chair Architecture Review Board and guide enterprise technology decisions.
• Advise on complex software, integration, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Work with business and tech leaders to define future-state capabilities and multi-year roadmaps.
• Lead build-versus-buy evaluations, vendor assessments, and platform selections.
• Review solution architectures, designs, integration strategies, and API standards.
• Provide architectural leadership for ERP, CRM, and analytics platforms.
• Participate in architecture workshops and planning for high-priority initiatives.
• Drive maturity, standardization, and reuse across enterprise applications.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and modernization opportunities with business value.
• Own portfolio planning: Invest, Maintain, Transform, and Retire recommendations.
• Support planning, forecasting, prioritization, and strategic investments.
• Ensure decisions support scalability, security, maintainability.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Software Engineering leadership

Leadership

Communication skills

Job description

Enterprise Architecture Manager (Applications and Solutions)

Full Time

On site 5 days a week in Columbus OH

The right candidate will be skilled in software design, domain driven design and microservices. Need someone who can get in the weeds from the software side, someone that has coded in the past and comfortable working on complex projects. Also needs very strong communication and relationship building skills.

This position serves as both a people leader and a practicing architect. The Enterprise Architecture Manager (Applications & Solutions) leads a team of IT Architects while remaining directly involved in the company's most strategic application, software, integration, and technology decisions.

This is a highly visible leadership role with the opportunity to shape the future technology landscape.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop, and retain a high-performing team of IT Architects.
• Set clear goals and objectives for the Architecture team aligned to technology roadmaps, organizational priorities, and corporate objectives.
• Own and advance the Enterprise Architecture practice, including architecture standards, governance processes, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and architectural guardrails.
• Lead the Architecture Review Board and facilitate enterprise technology decision-making.
• Serve as the senior architectural advisor for the organization's most complex and strategic software, application, integration, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with business and technology leaders to define future-state capabilities, technology strategies, and multi-year roadmaps.
• Lead build-versus-buy evaluations, software vendor assessments, platform selections, and technology investment recommendations.
• Review and influence solution architectures, application designs, integration strategies, API standards, and modernization initiatives.
• Provide architectural leadership for enterprise business platforms, including ERP, CRM, custom-developed applications, integrations, analytics platforms, and emerging technologies.
• Participate directly in architecture workshops, solution design sessions, and implementation planning activities for high-priority initiatives.
• Drive architecture maturity, standardization, simplification, and reuse across enterprise applications, platforms, and integrations.
• Lead evaluation of emerging technologies, industry trends, and modernization opportunities that create business value.
• Own enterprise application and technology portfolio planning, including Invest, Maintain, Transform, and Retire recommendations.
• Support technology planning, forecasting, prioritization, and strategic investment discussions.
• Ensure architectural decisions support scalability, security, maintainability, supportability, and long-term organizational growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive information technology experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Application Architecture, Software Engineering leadership, or related technology leadership roles.
• Experience designing, implementing, or modernizing enterprise software solutions, business applications, integrations, and digital platforms.
• Experience leading technical professionals, architects, engineers, or technology teams.
• Demonstrated experience developing technology strategies, roadmaps, architecture standards, and governance processes.
• Strong communication, facilitation, consulting, and leadership skills.
• Experience influencing strategic decisions across business and technology organizations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading an Enterprise Architecture practice or architecture team.
• Experience leading software architecture, solution architecture, enterprise application, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience with Microsoft technologies, Azure, Dynamics 365, cloud platforms, ERP solutions, integrations, analytics, and data platforms.
• Experience leading build-versus-buy evaluations, software vendor selection efforts, and technology modernization initiatives.
• Experience supporting enterprise application modernization, platform transformation, and technology portfolio management initiatives.
• TOGAF, Microsoft, Azure, AWS, or related architecture certifications.
• Experience leading architects, technical leads, software engineers, or technology strategy initiatives is strongly preferred.

Vertex Solutions Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, citizenship, sex, marital or veteran status, disability or handicap, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.