Senior Enterprise Architect — Cloud & API Strategy

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society is seeking a Solution Architect III within Enterprise Architecture to shape technology strategy across business units. This role guides design of scalable, secure solutions using Azure, APIs, and event-driven patterns while mentoring teams and aligning with EA standards.

You will partner with stakeholders, lead major initiatives such as CRM modernization and cloud-first transformations, and contribute to governance, DevSecOps, and architectural

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, systems design, or architecture roles.
• 7+ years of experience in senior technical leadership, solution architecture, or lead engineering roles.
• Demonstrated experience serving as the lead Solution Architect for large, multi-system, or enterprise-critical initiatives.
• Experience designing solutions involving multiple applications, services, and enterprise integrations.
• Strong Microsoft technology background including Azure.
• Experience architecting cloud-based and modern SaaS/PaaS solutions.
• Strong understanding of API and integration architectures.
• Experience with SOA and Event-Driven Architecture patterns.
• Experience supporting DevSecOps practices, CI/CD automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Understanding of identity, security, and access management principles.
• Experience working in Agile and/or SAFe delivery environments.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solution architectures involving multiple applications, integrations, and technology platforms.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable solution designs.
• Define integration approaches utilizing APIs, messaging, and service-based architectures.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects and Cloud Architects to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and strategic roadmaps.
• Create architecture documentation, solution diagrams, and technical design artifacts.
• Document key architecture decisions, trade-offs, and solution rationale using ADRs or similar artifacts.
• Lead architecture across major initiatives and complex solution delivery efforts.
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to engineering teams.
• Support technical decision-making, design reviews, and architecture governance activities.
• Collaborate with development teams to resolve technical challenges and evaluate solution trade-offs.
• Communicate architecture decisions and design considerations to both technical and business audiences.
• Promote architecture consistency, reuse, and best practices across delivery teams.
• Mentor Solution Architects and engineers by promoting consistent architecture practices and architectural thinking across teams.
• Build the enterprise integration strategy, establish standards and reusable patterns, and ensure systems communicate consistently across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises platforms.
• Design solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure cloud services and SaaS/PaaS platforms.
• Apply modern architecture approaches including APIs, domain-aligned services, Event-Driven Architectures, and SOA.
• Support DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Partner with Cloud Architects to maximize enterprise cloud platform capabilities.
• Promote reusable services, platforms, and integration frameworks.
• Partner with Product Owners, Business Relationship Managers, and engineering teams within SAFe Agile Release Trains (ARTs).
• Participate in backlog refinement, planning, and solution decomposition activities.
• Ensure architecture considerations are incorporated into development and delivery planning.
• Provide architecture leadership throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Collaborate across business and technical teams to deliver strategic initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and architecture patterns.
• Support initiatives involving AI, automation, data platforms, and digital transformation.
• Identify opportunities to improve scalability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to architecture governance, standards, and best practices.
• Help advance enterprise architecture maturity and innovation capabilities.

Skills

Azure

APIs

Event-Driven Architecture

Power Platform

GitHub Copilot

Dynamics 365

DevSecOps

CI/CD

IaC

SAFe

Cloud Platforms

Security & IAM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Power BI

GitHub Copilot

SQL Server

Snowflake

LeanIX

Azure API Management

REST APIs

Job description

Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society is seeking a Solution Architect III within Enterprise Architecture to shape technology strategy across business units. This role guides design of scalable, secure solutions using Azure, APIs, and event-driven patterns while mentoring teams and aligning with EA standards.

You will partner with stakeholders, lead major initiatives such as CRM modernization and cloud-first transformations, and contribute to governance, DevSecOps, and architectural