Enterprise Technology Architect Senior

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Onsite gym

Green Leaf Grill and onsite restaurant

Wellness incentives

Job summary

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield is seeking an Enterprise Technology Architect Senior to develop and advance enterprise architecture strategies, standards, roadmaps, and governance processes across security, infrastructure, network, application, and enterprise technology domains.

The role partners with business and technology stakeholders to evaluate emerging technologies, drive innovation, reduce technical debt, and support enterprise-wide technology transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business, Computer Engineering or related field; five years' related experience in lieu of degree considered.
• PMP, TOGAF, CISSP, HITRUST or other relevant certifications preferred.
• Five years of IT architecture experience required.
• Experience developing enterprise architecture frameworks, roadmaps, and reference architectures.
• Experience with enterprise security architecture, ITSM processes, and disaster recovery preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with business and technology leaders to align technology investments with organizational goals.
• Defines and delivers effective technology solutions across multiple stakeholders and teams.
• Communicates architectural strategies and guidelines to technical and non-technical audiences and facilitates consensus.
• Creates and maintains reference architectures, design patterns, and architectural guidelines across domains.
• Leads security architecture and governance initiatives and supports enterprise technology roadmaps.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and security controls to provide business value.
• Identifies and mitigates architectural risks related to security, privacy, compliance, and resiliency.

Skills

Consulting

Cross-Functional

Strategic Thinking

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Presentations

Tech Documentation

Business Language

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/MIS/Business/CE

Tools

TOGAF

CISSP

PMP

ITIL

Job description

Job Summary

The Enterprise Technology Architect Senior develops and advances enterprise architecture strategies, standards, roadmaps, and governance processes that support secure, scalable, and sustainable technology solutions aligned with business objectives. The role provides architectural leadership across the assigned area of focus such as security, infrastructure, network, application, and/or enterprise technology domains while ensuring solutions meet security, operational, regulatory, and business requirements. In partnership with business and technology stakeholders, the architect evaluates emerging technologies, drives innovation, reduces technical debt, and supports enterprise wide technology transformation initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business, Computer Engineering, or related field. In lieu of a degree, five (5) years of related experience may be considered. Master's degree in a related field preferred.

Project Management Professional (PMP), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), or other relevant professional certifications preferred.

Experience & Knowledge

• Five (5) years of experience in an IT architecture role required.
• Experience developing enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, principles, roadmaps, and reference architectures.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise technology solutions.
• Experience leading technology initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Experience collaborating with business and technology leaders to align technology strategies with business objectives.
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and implementing technology solutions.
• Experience with enterprise security architecture and cybersecurity frameworks preferred.
• Experience with IT Service Management (ITIL) processes and service lifecycle management preferred.
• Experience with business continuity and disaster recovery planning preferred.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and application lifecycle management preferred.
• Healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Experience with automation platforms, cloud technologies, APIs, containerization, microservices, and service-oriented architectures preferred.

Essential Abilities

• Consulting
• Continuous Learning
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Customer-Focused
• Decision Making
• Influential Leadership
• Presentations
• Problem Solving
• Project Leadership
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Systems Analysis
• Team Development
• Technical Document Preparation
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language.
• Ability to balance business objectives, risk, cost, and technical requirements when designing solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with business and technology leaders to align technology investments and solutions with organizational goals.
• Collaborates with business leaders, project teams, technology teams, vendors, and industry partners to define and deliver effective technology solutions.
• Communicates architectural strategies, standards, decisions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders and facilitates consensus on technology direction.
• Creates and maintains reference architectures, design patterns, and architectural guidelines across assigned technology domains.
• Designs, implements, and maintains enterprise security architectures that support business, operational, and regulatory requirements.
• Develops, maintains, and communicates enterprise architecture strategies, principles, standards, and technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Develops and maintains enterprise technology standards, policies, and best practices that promote scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Drives innovation, promotes enterprise architecture best practices, reduces technical debt, and fosters continuous improvement across the organization.
• Establishes and supports architecture governance processes, technology reviews, and enterprise architecture boards.
• Evaluates emerging technologies, security controls, and architectural solutions and recommend adoption strategies that provide business value.
• Identifies, assesses, and mitigates architectural risks related to security, privacy, compliance, and operational resiliency.
• Integrates security, resiliency, and compliance principles into infrastructure, platform, application, and enterprise technology solutions.
• Leads proof‑of‑concept efforts, technology assessments, and solution evaluations to support strategic decision making.
• Performs high‑level capacity planning and support business continuity and disaster recovery initiatives for critical systems and services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certifications

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) - The International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)²
• Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute (PMI)

Security Requirements

This position is identified as level three (3). This position must ensure the security and confidentiality of records and information to prevent substantial harm, embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to any individual on whom information is maintained. The integrity of information must be maintained as outlined in the company Administrative Manual.

Segregation Of Duties

Segregation of duties will be used to ensure that errors or irregularities are prevented or detected on a timely basis by employees in the normal course of business. This position must adhere to the segregation of duties guidelines in the Administrative Manual.

Employment Type Regular ADA Requirements 1.1 General Office Worker, Sedentary, Campus Travel - Someone who normally works in an office setting or remotely and routinely travels for work within walking distance of location of primary work assignment.

Arkansas Blue Cross is consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in Central Arkansas.

Why? We Love our Employees At Arkansas Blue Cross, we care about the health, wellness, and education of our employees. We offer many great incentives such as:

• Tuition reimbursement
• Club Blue, a free, onsite gym to encourage exercise
• Green Leaf Grill and Green Leaf Grill Express, onsite restaurants in Little Rock that promote healthy eating
• Incentives for wellness education and exercise

We Love our Culture The average tenure is 10 years with hundreds of employees having been here 15 years or longer. Our inclusive culture brings employees together to connect while celebrating our differences. We Love our Community Our employees often volunteer within their communities, at charity events, walks and runs, schools and nonprofits. When disasters strike, our employees help wherever they are needed. It's just another way we show that Blue cares.