Principal Enterprise Architect

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise architecture strategy from our Tampa HQ. You will shape long-term architecture vision for applications, platforms, services, and IT infrastructure, aligning technology with business goals.

The role requires guiding cross-functional teams, driving cloud adoption, data modernization, and governance to ensure secure, scalable solutions across multiple business units.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred) or equivalent experience.
• Executive communication and stakeholder management demonstrated at senior levels.
• Experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives across multi-organization structures.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the overarching enterprise architecture roadmap aligned to long-term business goals.
• Establish design standards, policies, and frameworks for data, security, infrastructure, and application development.
• Lead cross-functional architecture efforts and ARB governance across business units.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Translate complex technology into biz価

Governance and decision-making

Large-scale transformation leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree (preferred) or equivalent experience

Tools

Cloud platforms

Enterprise platforms

Enterprise networking

Job description

Coke Florida is looking for a Principal Enterprise Architect based out of our Tampa HQ location.

The Principal Enterprise Architect is responsible for enabling the technology vision, define architectural standards, and drive digital transformation by ensuring systems and technology decisions drive secure business value, scalability, resiliency, and future-proof supporting and leading the design, alignment, and governance of enterprise architecture strategy acrossour business units and affiliates (which encompasses a multi-company/division organization for a variety of businesses and business models). This role is accountable for shaping the long-term architecture vision forapplications, enterprise platforms, services, and associated IT infrastructure. The role requires someone who can analyze trends, signals and disruptors in technology to improve the enterprise architecture to take advantage of them to meet ever evolving business needs. The Principal Enterprise Architect will serve as a trusted advisor to executives and IT leadership, bridging strategy and execution while leading cross-functional architecture efforts that unify business needs with technical capabilities. This role involves overseeing the architecture for enterprise-level systems.

Key Accountability Bullets:

Overall

• Develop and maintain the overarching enterprise architecture roadmap, ensuring technology investments directly support long-term business goals
• Establish and enforce design standards, policies, and frameworks for data, security, infrastructure, and application development
• In partnership with IT leadership, establish KPIs and performance metrics, generate reports and dashboards for insights, and monitor market trends.

• Ensure that all technology solutions, platforms, and associated processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements
• Lead, mentor, and provide technical guidance to cross-functional teams and junior architects
• Research emerging technologies, conduct proof-of-concepts, and champion digital transformation initiatives (e.g., cloud migration, data modernization) to drive innovation in support of business goals
• Generate reports and dashboards for insights, performance, and operations

Enterprise Architecture Leadership

• Own theenterprise architecture frameworkacross the organization and partner with business units, balancing global standards with business-specific requirements.
• Define and/or supportmulti-year roadmapsfor applications, platforms, and networks, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy.
• Establish and enforcearchitecture principles, patterns, and standardsto drive consistency, interoperability, and cost optimization.
• Lead theArchitecture Review Board (ARB)and ensure projects adhere to enterprise design standards.
• Align technology investments with cloud strategies, hybrid models, and security frameworks
• Drive automation, resilience, and monitoring standards across infrastructure platforms

Infrastructure Services (e.g. Network, Compute, Storage, Cloud, AI, Applications & Platforms)

• Guide the adoption and integration ofcloud applications (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and enterprise network, cyber security, data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) architecturesto ensuresecure, reliable, and high-performing operations
• Define strategies forplatform consolidation, modernization, and interoperability.
• Partner with application owners to rationalize the portfolio and reduce technical debt.
• Ensure data and application architectures support scalability, analytics, and compliance.

Business Partnership & Governance

• Act as astrategic advisor to Technology tower leadership, translating goals into technology blueprints.
• Facilitate cross-unit collaboration to identify shared platforms and services.
• Provide executive-level updates on technology roadmaps, architecture decisions, and risk posture.

Mentorship & Thought Leadership

• Stay ahead of industry trends in cloud, network, and platform evolution, recommend adoption strategies.

• Represent enterprise architecture inexecutive forums, vendor discussions, and strategic initiatives.

Key Goals/Metrics:

• Develop and maintain the overall enterprise architecture and long-term vision/strategy for solutioning, including associated system landscapes and diagrams.
• Develop and publish architectural standards.

Top 3 Competencies:

• Strategic thinking to ensure that overall architecture supports a scalable and reliable IT enterprise and is updated to maintain a future fit capability as technology changes.
• Collaboration/relationship skills across business units/affiliates and IT
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, including in executive level reporting
• Technical leadership

Skills & Other Requirements

Qualified candidates must possess:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred) or equivalent experience

Experience:

• 12+ years in IT with 7+ years in enterprise or solution architecture.
• Proven architectural leadership acrossmulti-business unit organizations.
• Hands-on expertise withcloud platforms, enterprise platforms, and enterprisenetworking.
• Strong background in application integration, cloud adoption, and infrastructure design.

Skills:

• Executive communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to translate complex technology into clear business value.
• Strong governance and decision-making capabilities.
• Track record of leadinglarge-scale transformation initiatives.
• Preferred Certifications: TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, ITIL, or equivalent.

Additional Qualifications for success in this role:

• Experience with AI and its use in infrastructure.
• Results Oriented - Self-motivated driving through obstacles to accomplish objectives with a bias for action resulting in a strong track record of delivering results
• Strategic thinking and the ability to develop and implement strategic plans that align with business objectives and business cases.
• Collaboration & Teamwork - Able to create effective working relationships with a strong sense of commitment to a course of action holding people accountable while maintaining positive working relationships
• Prioritization - Ability to prioritize multiple objectives/goals based on opportunities and situations needed to deliver the business results, and can anticipate adjustments that may be needed to resolve issues and obstacles
• Interpersonal skills - Able to successfully engage and work with all levels of the organization and external partners through effective communication, written and verbal skills
• Experience in leading and managing change within an organization
• Exhibit professional maturity - respecting other’s roles and opinions, keeping personal opinions at minimum about products and programs, speaking up at meetings with pertinent, relevant input, engaging and open body language, staying engaged during meetings