Senior Architect, Technical (.NET)

WM; Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock purchase plan

401(k) matching

Paid vacation

Job summary

WM is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to provide leadership across business and digital domains, shaping architecture strategy, governance, standards, and roadmaps that enable scalable, secure, and reliable capabilities. You will partner with business leaders, product teams, and engineering to drive digital transformation, cloud adoption, and data‑driven decision making.

The role includes mentoring architects and engineers, directing platform modernization and technical debt

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or similar area of study.
• 10+ years of previous experience in enterprise architecture or related area.
• Master's Degree is preferred.
• Certifications such as MCSE, CISSP, CNA, or AIX/Solaris Administration are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains enterprise architecture roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
• Defines technology standards, reference architectures, design patterns, governance processes, policies, and procedures.
• Evaluates emerging technologies, AI capabilities, cloud platforms, and vendor solutions to determine strategic fit and business value.
• Leads architectural reviews, governance activities, and approval processes for major initiatives and investments.
• Resolves highly complex or ambiguous architecture challenges and provides architectural leadership, technical direction, and decision support across business, product, and engineering teams.
• Partners with business stakeholders, product managers, and engineering leaders to translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions.
• Designs architecture solutions and oversees implementation of complex programs to ensure alignment with business requirements, enterprise standards, and strategic objectives.
• Defines architecture patterns and provides guidance throughout the solution lifecycle from concept through implementation and support.
• Ensures technology solutions, system improvements, and architecture decisions are successfully implemented to increase business value, efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
• Drives platform modernization, technical debt reduction, cloud adoption, and long-term technology sustainability planning.
• Identifies and mitigates architectural risks, dependencies, and technical constraints that may impact delivery outcomes.
• Collaborates with engineering teams to establish DevOps, CI/CD, automation, security, and software engineering best practices.
• Mentors architects, engineers, and technical leads to advance technical capabilities and architectural maturity.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or similar area of study

Master's Degree

Tools

MCSE

CISSP

CNA

AIX Administration

Solaris Administration

Job description

Job Summary

Provides enterprise-level technology leadership across business and digital domains, establishing architecture strategy, governance, standards, and roadmaps that enable scalable, secure, and reliable business capabilities. Partners with business leaders, product teams, and engineering teams to drive digital transformation, cloud adoption, data-driven decision making, and emerging technology innovation.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains enterprise architecture roadmaps aligned with business strategy and organizational priorities.
• Defines technology standards, reference architectures, design patterns, governance processes, policies, and procedures.
• Evaluates emerging technologies, AI capabilities, cloud platforms, and vendor solutions to determine strategic fit and business value.
• Leads architectural reviews, governance activities, and approval processes for major initiatives and investments.
• Resolves highly complex or ambiguous architecture challenges and provides architectural leadership, technical direction, and decision support across business, product, and engineering teams.
• Partners with business stakeholders, product managers, and engineering leaders to translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions.
• Designs architecture solutions and oversees implementation of complex programs to ensure alignment with business requirements, enterprise standards, and strategic objectives.
• Defines architecture patterns and provides guidance throughout the solution lifecycle from concept through implementation and support.
• Ensures technology solutions, system improvements, and architecture decisions are successfully implemented to increase business value, efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
• Drives platform modernization, technical debt reduction, cloud adoption, and long-term technology sustainability planning.
• Identifies and mitigates architectural risks, dependencies, and technical constraints that may impact delivery outcomes.
• Collaborates with engineering teams to establish DevOps, CI/CD, automation, security, and software engineering best practices.
• Mentors architects, engineers, and technical leads to advance technical capabilities and architectural maturity.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or similar area of study
• 10+ years or more years previous experience.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Master's Degree
• MCSE, CISSP, CNA, AIX or Solaris Administration.

Physical Requirements

• Repetitive Motions
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination
• Sitting
• Talking
• Hearing

Office: This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.

Benefits

• Benefits At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability. In addition, we offer a stock purchase plan, company matching on a 401(k), and more. Employees also receive paid vacation, holidays, and personal days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.