Lead Anaplan Enterprise Architect — Platform & Data Strategy

Ciena; United States; Hybrid; USD 64,694 - 103,369; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) USA

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ciena is seeking a Lead Enterprise Solution Architect (Anaplan) to serve as the senior technical authority across the Anaplan platform, defining standards, governance, and integration patterns for scalable planning solutions. You will partner with FP&A, IT, Data Engineering, and business leadership to translate strategy into technical execution.

This role drives architecture ownership, model design governance, and platform delivery, ensuring audit readiness and SOX compliance while guiding a

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Certified Anaplan Solution Architect with ownership of complex enterprise architecture.
• 5+ years supporting planning solutions within an IT department, cross-functional delivery, platform support.
• 5+ years working with data in a data warehouse environment, including enterprise data structures and integration design.
• 5+ years working with SOX controls, applying auditability and compliance to solution design and platform operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end platform architecture across planning domains.
• Develop scalable design meeting business and technical requirements.
• Define architecture patterns for model structure, ALM, performance, and modular design.

Skills

Anaplan

Solution Architecture

Data Warehouse

SOX Controls

Tools

Snowflake

Power BI

ERP

CRM

Job description

Ciena is seeking a Lead Enterprise Solution Architect (Anaplan) to serve as the senior technical authority across the Anaplan platform, defining standards, governance, and integration patterns for scalable planning solutions. You will partner with FP&A, IT, Data Engineering, and business leadership to translate strategy into technical execution.

This role drives architecture ownership, model design governance, and platform delivery, ensuring audit readiness and SOX compliance while guiding a