Enterprise Architecture Standards Lead – Onsite Columbus

Build; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ImagineX Digital in Columbus, OH is seeking a senior enterprise architect to design standards and reference architectures for complex, client-facing solutions. This role requires onsite visits five days a week with clients.

You will lead governance, write conformance checklists, and mentor in-house teams while collaborating with stakeholders to ensure architecture quality across domains.

Qualifications

• Proven track record writing enterprise architecture standards, principles, or policies for large organizations.
• Senior architects with hands-on experience in application, integration, data, technology, delivery practices, and cross-cutting concerns.
• Strong technical writing: clear, consistent, and usable by engineering teams.
• Experience producing reference architectures and diagrams in editable, maintainable formats.
• Experience running architecture reviews or governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Design the standards template and style guide, and write a sample standard for approval.
• Build the standards catalog, map dependencies between standards, and propose an authoring sequence.
• Research, write, and publish one standard per topic area across all six domains.
• Create diagrams and reference architectures, and deliver them as editable source files.
• Write a conformance checklist for each standard to support architecture reviews.
• Run walkthrough sessions per domain with the architecture team, and provide recordings and materials.
• Produce a maintenance guide covering how to update, version, and retire standards.
• Work with architects and stakeholders to review drafts and incorporate feedback.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Technical writing

Architecture governance

Diagramming

Job description

ImagineX Digital in Columbus, OH is seeking a senior enterprise architect to design standards and reference architectures for complex, client-facing solutions. This role requires onsite visits five days a week with clients.

You will lead governance, write conformance checklists, and mentor in-house teams while collaborating with stakeholders to ensure architecture quality across domains.