Lead Enterprise Architect - Corporate IT
Burns & McDonnell
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Job summary
Burns & McDonnell is seeking an enterprise architect to own technology strategy, standards, and roadmaps for a global firm. This role bridges business strategy with IT execution, guiding architects and shaping the long-term transformational program.
The candidate will mentor teams, drive architecture patterns, and lead governance across cloud, data, and applications, while coordinating with EXO and portfolio management functions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with extensive enterprise architecture experience (14+ years).
- Or advanced degree with commensurate experience in enterprise integration.
- Experience leading large transformation initiatives and governance.
- Ability to translate strategy into technical roadmaps and standards.
- Proven track record influencing senior stakeholders and executives.
Responsibilities
- Translate strategies into actionable enterprise technology roadmaps.
- Establish and publish architecture standards across domains.
- Provide architectural direction for major initiatives and programs.
- Mentor engineers and expand architectural capability across teams.
- Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and consolidate platforms.
- Produce architecture artifacts and maintain engagement with engineering.
- Coach teams on patterns, integration design, and decision making.
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Job description
Burns & McDonnell is seeking an enterprise architect to own and drive our technology strategy, standards, and roadmap for our multi-billion global architecture, engineering, and construction firm. This role serves as the critical bridge between business strategy and IT execution within our hundred plus million-dollar technology portfolio. The enterprise architect will establish and govern technology strategy and standards, collaborate with, and guide all technology personnel who perform an architect function (including six full-time technology architects), and support development of the long-term roadmap for transformational business initiatives such as our Blue Horizon transformation program.
Strategic Alignment: Translate Business Enablement and corporate strategies, goals, and objectives into actionable enterprise technology roadmap.
Technology Standards: Working with all Global Practice, Regional and Corporate Services technology and innovation leaders, establish, publish and oversee usage of architecture principles and standards across applications, data, security, and infrastructure.
Initiative Support: Provide overarching architectural direction for key projects prioritized through the Enterprise Transformation Office (EXO) and corporate portfolio management functions (Evolve and Launch), making certain solutions scale and integrate seamlessly.
Architectural Leadership: Mentor and guide all technology professionals performing an architect function.
Technology Rationalization: Identify opportunities to consolidate platforms, reduce technical debt and prevent redundant software acquisitions across the company.
Solution Architecture: Personally produce architecture artifacts for high-priority initiatives, including diagrams, integration specifications, and technical decision records, and maintain active involvement with engineering teams through implementation, not only at the point of review or approval.
Engineering Enablement: Coach software engineers and developers on architecture patterns, integration design, and technical decision-making, expanding architectural capability beyond professionals in formal architecture roles.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, computer science, information technology or related field and 14 years of experience providing enterprise architecture strategies, enterprise integration solutions and services leveraging various applications and technical platforms required.
Or, Associates degree and 16 years of experience providing enterprise architecture strategies, enterprise integration solutions and services leveraging various applications and technical platforms.
Or, High School Diploma/GED and 18 years of experience providing enterprise architecture strategies, enterprise integration solutions and services leveraging various applications and technical platforms.
Three years in a senior architecture or chief architecture role preferred.
Excellent enterprise architecture and integration skills, including data architecture, cloud architecture, middleware and other architectural methods and practices.
Proven background managing architecture for a large, complex organization (AEC industry) preferred.
Experience in large-scale enterprise transformation projects using industry enterprise architecture strategy solutions and middleware technologies.
Proven ability to influence and lead enterprise integration project execution.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical business leaders.
Expert knowledge of application data analysis and transformation at various layers of the architecture and the ability to present data transformation during various stages of architecture.
Experience with leading-edge applications, middleware technology and solutions utilizing data strategies.
Experience with various project execution methodologies, including but not limited to Waterfall and Agile.
Deep knowledge of modern cloud environments (Azure, GCP, data platforms, zero trust security models and AI integration pathways preferred.
Demonstrated success leading governance councils and publishing enterprise technology standards preferred.
Experience developing enterprise architecture strategies focusing on data, applications, and technologies for clients in the utilities industry.
Experience in integrating operational systems in electric transmission/distribution/generation/telecom (SCADA, ADMS), municipal government, federal government, airport and facilities industries is preferred.
Demonstrated track record of hands-on solution delivery, with architecture artifacts personally produced and solutions engaged from design through implementation preferred.
Software engineering or developer background, with the ability to describe complex systems personally designed and built preferred.
$200,000.00-335,000.00 Yearly
The expected compensation range for this position is displayed in compliance with all local/state regulations. The expected compensation range for this position is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to: individual education, qualifications, prior work experience and work location. The total annual compensation package will consist of a base salary and eligibility to participate in our discretionary year-end incentive bonus program.
Our extensive benefits package takes care of you so that you can focus on doing great work. From insurance and disability to time off and wellness programs, we provide the tools to meet your needs. As part of being 100% employee-owned, eligible employees participate in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in addition to our 401(k) retirement program. For more information, please visit the Benefits & Wellness page. This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
Information Technology
US-MO-Kansas City
US-TX-Houston, US-TX-Dallas, US-IL-Chicago
Full-time
Yes, 25 % of the Time
263875
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