Remote Cloud-Native Enterprise Architect

Pearson; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson Virtual Schools is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to guide transformative architecture across core platforms. You will lead multi-year modernization, migrate legacy systems to cloud-native designs, and own strategic roadmaps while delivering hands-on design, code, and incident retrospectives with engineering teams.

You will influence cross-functional stakeholders, ensure security and regulatory standards, and mentor senior engineers as part of a pragmatic, ship-fast enterprise

Qualifications

• Significant tenure in enterprise-scale architecture roles.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems into cloud-native architectures.
• Strong cloud platform expertise (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Hands-on with event-driven integrations and saga patterns.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional architectural decisions.
• Excellent communication with executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define north-star architecture for Pearson VLS platforms and modern cloud topologies.
• Lead migration of legacy systems to decoupled, cloud-native architectures.
• Own multi-year modernization roadmaps balancing delivery with platform health.
• Present architecture strategy to steering committees and boards.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud-native design

Event-driven systems

API-first design

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Executive communication

Hands-on architect

Security & compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Advanced degree a plus

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

GraphQL

REST/gRPC

Job description

Pearson Virtual Schools is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to guide transformative architecture across core platforms. You will lead multi-year modernization, migrate legacy systems to cloud-native designs, and own strategic roadmaps while delivering hands-on design, code, and incident retrospectives with engineering teams.

You will influence cross-functional stakeholders, ensure security and regulatory standards, and mentor senior engineers as part of a pragmatic, ship-fast enterprise