Principal Enterprise Architect

YOH Services LLC; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 189,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Life & Disability Insurance

401K Retirement Savings Plan

Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll

Certification and training

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Referral Bonus Programs

Job summary

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, seeks a Principal Enterprise Architect to shape technology strategy and modernization across a federated enterprise. This senior leader will drive architecture standards, target-state designs, and cross-functional initiatives across business capabilities, applications, data, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities include governance, strategic decision-making, and mentoring architects while partnering with leaders in cloud, security, data, and infrastructure to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, domain architecture, or senior technology strategy.
• Broad expertise across applications, integration, data, AI, cloud, security, and platforms.
• Experience leading architecture for large-scale transformation in a complex enterprise.
• Strong background in architecture governance, standards, target-state planning, and strategic decision-making.
• Ability to influence across organizational boundaries without direct authority.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture principles, standards, target-state designs, and transition roadmaps.
• Lead architecture for strategic initiatives, modernization programs, and enterprise-wide technology decisions.
• Evaluate solutions based on business value, cost, risk, resilience, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
• Drive simplification, platform reuse, legacy modernization, and improved enterprise integration.
• Support architecture governance, review boards, standards councils, and exception management.
• Partner with engineering, cloud, data, AI, security, infrastructure, and business technology leaders.
• Incorporate cybersecurity, privacy, resilience, regulatory, and operational requirements into architecture decisions.
• Mentor architects and senior technology professionals while advancing architecture practices across the enterprise.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field

Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and executive presentation skills

Ability to influence across organizational boundaries without direct authority

Strong background in architecture governance, standards, target-state planning, and strategic decision-making

Tools

TOGAF

SAFe

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Job Title: Principal Enterprise Architect

Location: Bethlehem, PA OR Holmdel, NJ OR NYC

Job Type: Full Time

Industry: Insurance

Principal Enterprise Architect

Our client which is one of the largest and oldest mutual life insurance companies is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect

Join a complex, highly regulated enterprise and help shape the technology strategy, architecture standards, and modernization roadmap across the organization. This senior leadership role connects enterprise strategy with practical execution across business capabilities, applications, data, integration, cloud, platforms, security, and emerging technologies. You will influence major technology decisions, guide enterprise transformation, and partner with business and technology leaders across a federated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture principles, standards, target-state designs, and transition roadmaps.
• Lead architecture for strategic initiatives, modernization programs, and enterprise-wide technology decisions.
• Evaluate solutions based on business value, cost, risk, resilience, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
• Drive simplification, platform reuse, legacy modernization, and improved enterprise integration.
• Support architecture governance, review boards, standards councils, and exception management.

• Partner with engineering, cloud, data, AI, security, infrastructure, and business technology leaders.
• Incorporate cybersecurity, privacy, resilience, regulatory, and operational requirements into architecture decisions.
• Mentor architects and senior technology professionals while advancing architecture practices across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, domain architecture, or senior technology strategy.
• Broad expertise across applications, integration, data, AI, cloud, security, and platforms.
• Experience leading architecture for large-scale transformation in a complex enterprise.
• Strong background in architecture governance, standards, target-state planning, and strategic decision-making.
• Ability to influence across organizational boundaries without direct authority.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.

Preferred

• Experience in insurance, financial services, healthcare, or another regulated industry.
• Experience in a federated technology organization.
• Knowledge of cloud modernization, APIs, platform engineering, data ecosystems, and enterprise integration.
• Familiarity with AI, automation, and emerging technologies.
• TOGAF, SAFe, AWS, Azure, GCP, or comparable certifications.

If you are a strategic, business-minded architect who can connect enterprise vision to scalable technology solutions, we would like to hear from you.

Estimated Min Rate

$189000.00

Estimated Max Rate

$240000.00

What's In It for You?

Benefits include:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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