Onsite Senior Enterprise Platform Architect

LaSalle Intelligent Solutions; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

LaSalle Network seeks an experienced Principal Enterprise Architect to shape the technical direction of enterprise data, AI, software, and digital platforms. This hands-on role will establish architectural standards, guide major technology decisions, and create reusable designs that engineering teams can implement at scale.

The ideal candidate translates business strategy into practical architecture, simplifies complex environments, and balances innovation with security, performance,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture or related roles.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale architectures across data, software, integration, AI, and hybrid infrastructure.
• Strong cloud, security, identity, networking, APIs, containers, data platforms, and observability.
• Familiarity with AI and machine-learning platforms, resilient-system design, and cost management.
• Experience establishing architecture standards, governance processes, and reusable patterns.
• Ability to evaluate technology options based on risk, performance, cost, and maintainability.
• Ability to move between executive-level strategy discussions and detailed technical-design sessions.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture standards, reference designs, and reusable technical patterns.
• Develop future-state architectures across data, AI, software, integration, cloud, and on-premises environments.
• Lead architectural decisions involving scalability, performance, security, interoperability, resilience, and cost.
• Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions, hosting models, platform dependencies, and vendor risks.
• Lead architecture reviews for major platforms, applications, integrations, and technology selections.
• Translate enterprise priorities into technical designs that engineering teams can implement.
• Partner directly with engineering teams to move architecture from concept into production.
• Collaborate with security, infrastructure, data, software, AI, governance, and business stakeholders.
• Promote consistency across platforms while accommodating practical business requirements.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions with clear business or technical value.
• Develop prototypes and reference implementations for new platform capabilities.
• Communicate architectural decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to executives and technical teams.
• Maintain professional and ethical business practices.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud architecture

API design

Security

Data platforms

Observability

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Hybrid infrastructure

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Experience-based equivalent

Job description

LaSalle Network seeks an experienced Principal Enterprise Architect to shape the technical direction of enterprise data, AI, software, and digital platforms. This hands-on role will establish architectural standards, guide major technology decisions, and create reusable designs that engineering teams can implement at scale.

The ideal candidate translates business strategy into practical architecture, simplifies complex environments, and balances innovation with security, performance,