Senior Enterprise Architect – AI/ML, Cloud & Digital Transformation in Columbus, Ohio – Remote Position

Edi Matrix LLC; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Edi Matrix LLC is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect in the United States to drive IT strategy discussions with senior leadership and business partners. You will establish technology standards, lead AI/RPA initiatives, and guide modernization with cloud services across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

You will oversee enterprise architecture development, advise on risks and costs, and mentor teams while aligning business goals with technology roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems.
• TOGAF Certification preferred.
• 5–7 years IT experience including Enterprise Architecture.
• Experience with AI implementations (Generative AI, RPA, Virtual Assistants).
• Experience with AWS, Google Cloud or Azure for AI/RPA.
• ABACUS EA tool experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic consultation for business and IT strategies across line-of-business customers.
• Create IT strategies and guidelines with SME collaboration.
• Provide architectural input and technical consultation for project execution.
• Participate in enterprise architecture development across business and information architecture.
• Assess near-term needs and advise on options, risks, costs, and impact.
• Conduct informal learning sessions on strategies and technologies.
• Collaborate with IT functions to track progress and inform LOB management.
• Facilitate cross-LOB enterprise solutions combining business processes and tech options.
• Collaborate with the enterprise program management office on reporting status, risks and benefits.

Skills

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Emerging tech analysis

Architecture leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Business-IT alignment

Cloud modernization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

Master's degree preferred

TOGAF Certification preferred

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

ABACUS EA

Job description

Job Overview: Roles and Responsibilities

• Facilitate and drive Business and IT Strategic Planning discussions with Senior Leadership, Business Relationship Managers and subject matter experts ensuring alignment with organization's goals and objectives.
• Partner with IT staff and technology experts to create IT Strategy, establish technology standards and guidelines for design and implementation of projects
• Plan, Initiate and spearhead proof of concept initiatives using emerging technologies
• Partner with business and technology experts to understand business requirements, analyze market trends, conduct technology evaluation and comparison analysis and provide recommendations to senior leadership
• Maintain a holistic view of the organization's strategy, processes, information and technology assets.
• Require Technical Architecture skills and experience in Generative AI, Conversational UI, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable digital business transformation and provide guidance for modernization efforts.
• Technical writing leveraging Word, Powerpoint, Lucid Chart, Visio, Avolution ABACUS, Sharepoint
• The Architect will be working with business strategists'/process owners/SMEs comprised of Business Unit managers across Family Assistance, Unemployment Compensation, Workforce Development and various admin areas like Finance. SMEs are within OIS at various roles eg: Application Development managers/leads, Requirements teams, Client Partners, Operations leads. The Senior Architect role will be primarily aligned to one or more Business Units while providing backup support to others.
• Scope of Activities:
• Provide strategic consultation to assigned line-of-business (LOB) customers for business and IT strategies as well as in researching, internally marketing and enabling the use of standard technologies based on customer requirements.
• Create IT Strategies and guidelines by collaborating with subject matter experts across different IT teams
• Provide architectural input and technical consultation services to implement the strategies and guidelines in projects
• Participate in business opportunity identification and business innovation portfolio development by conducting research, leveraging emerging technologies and adhering to market trends.
• Participate in enterprise architecture development, including business architecture, information architecture, application portfolio and technical architecture and create models to drive informed business and IT decisions.
• Assess near-term needs, using structured interview processes, to establish business priorities; consult with technical subject matter experts and develop alternative technical solutions; advise on options, risks, costs vs. benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities.
• Conduct informal learning sessions for the organization on developed strategies and cutting-edge technologies
• Collaborate with other IT functional areas to remain informed of project status and inform LOB customer management of progress; conversely, keep IT's technology and service managers aware of key LOB customer issues, identifying and resolving potential problems and conflicts.
• Facilitate development of cross-LOB (enterprise) solutions that combine knowledge of business processes and issues, general technological options, and process facilitation techniques.
• Collaborate with the enterprise program management office on reporting project status, issues, risks and benefits.

Skills and Credentials

• Experience developing strategic technology plans and roadmaps, business capability models and customer journey maps
• Ability to present and communicate both business and technical concepts
• Ability to lead and conduct emerging technology analysis initiatives
• Experience in leading efforts to create technology solutions and architectures impacting critical areas of the business
• Strong leadership and negotiation skills with business and technical groups
• Ability to establish and maintain a high-level of customer trust and confidence.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects.
• Ability to think critically and solve problems
• Demonstrated technology skills across multiple IT domains (e.g. application, security, infrastructure)
• Strong consultative skills at a cross-functional level

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information systems or related discipline, or equivalent and extensive related project experience; master's degree preferred.
• TOGAF Certification preferred
• Five to seven years of experience in IT, with a minimum of two years' Enterprise Architecture experience and two years' Solution Architecture experience.
• Technical Experience, leading AI implementations that include Generative AI, RPA and Virtual Assistants
• Experience providing EA Governance for Cloud modernization efforts
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
• Solution Architecture Experience using AWS, Google Cloud Platform and (/or) Azure ecosystems for AI and Robotic Process Automation technologies such as UI Path
• Enterprise Architecture experience using ABACUS EA tool is preferred