Enterprise Technology Architect Senior

Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield seeks an Enterprise Technology Architect Senior to guide enterprise architecture strategies, standards, roadmaps, and governance across domains such as security, infrastructure, and applications.

You will evaluate emerging technologies, drive innovation, reduce technical debt, and align technology with business objectives while leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business, or related field; in lieu of degree, 5 years of related experience.
• Master’s degree in a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with business and technology leaders to align technology investments with organizational goals.
• Defines and delivers effective technology solutions through cross-functional collaboration.
• Communicates architectural strategies and decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Creates and maintains reference architectures, patterns, and guidelines across domains.
• Designs and maintains enterprise security architectures to meet regulatory requirements.
• Develops and communicates architecture roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Maintains enterprise technology standards, policies, and best practices for scalability and reliability.
• Promotes innovation, reduces technical debt, and drives continuous improvement.
• Establishes governance processes and architecture boards.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and dictates adoption strategies with business value.
• Identifies and mitigates architectural risks related to security and compliance.
• Leads proof-of-concept efforts and technology assessments for strategic decisions.
• Performs capacity planning and supports business continuity initiatives.

Skills

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

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science / MIS / Business / Computer Engineering)

5+ years of related experience in lieu of degree

Master’s degree preferred

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

EDUCATION

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.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSING

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

Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language.

Ability to balance business objectives, risk, cost, and technical requirements when designing solutions.

Skills

• 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

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.