Principal Enterprise Architect: Build AI-Driven Architecture

Celigo; United States; On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Three weeks vacation

Wellness days

Parental leave

Monthly tech stipend

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Celigo seeks a Principal Enterprise Architect to build and govern the enterprise architecture practice from the ground up. You will own the application portfolio end-to-end, drive consolidation, and lead strategic build-vs-buy decisions with a Celigo-first perspective.

You’ll extend architecture discipline to the AI estate, define standards, and partner with Finance, Procurement, and domain leads to ensure decisions are linked to business outcomes and measurable savings.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise or solution architecture with ownership of an application portfolio and architecture standards.
• Proven track record of application rationalization and SaaS cost reduction.
• Deep fluency with enterprise architecture frameworks, lifecycle governance, and TOGAF-style practice.

Responsibilities

• Build the EA practice from scratch, define operating model, publish standards catalog and decision log.
• Own the application portfolio end to end and drive consolidation of redundant tools.
• Lead build-vs-buy with Celigo-first lens and tie decisions to business outcomes.

Skills

Whole-portfolio thinking

Influence without authority

Link architecture to business outcomes

AI governance & tooling

Least-privilege & least-agency

Vendor consolidation

Education

10+ years architecture experience

TOGAF-style governance

SaaS cost reduction / FinOps

Cross-functional collaboration (Procurement/Finance)

iPaaS / integration platform familiarity

Tools

AI tooling for portfolio analysis

iPaaS knowledge

Portfolio governance tooling

Job description

Celigo seeks a Principal Enterprise Architect to build and govern the enterprise architecture practice from the ground up. You will own the application portfolio end-to-end, drive consolidation, and lead strategic build-vs-buy decisions with a Celigo-first perspective.

You’ll extend architecture discipline to the AI estate, define standards, and partner with Finance, Procurement, and domain leads to ensure decisions are linked to business outcomes and measurable savings.