Senior Enterprise Architect — Cloud & Microsoft Platform

CDM Smith; Lafayette (LA); Remote; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to join our Corporate Business Technology team. This role designs, governs, and continually improves the firm’s enterprise application architecture in alignment with a Microsoft-centric, cloud-first IT strategy.

The Senior Enterprise Architect will work with stakeholders to support enterprise architecture across platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot, and ServiceNow APM/EA.

Qualifications

• 6 years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of TOGAF or similar EA frameworks.
• Deep understanding of the Microsoft ecosystem (Azure IaaS/PaaS, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot).
• Experience with ServiceNow EA/APM or comparable tools for portfolio management and capability mapping.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise architecture blueprints across business, application, data, and technology domains.
• Design integration patterns across enterprise systems using Microsoft Azure services (API Management, Logic Apps, etc.).
• Define reference architectures, reusable solution patterns, and architecture guardrails for secure, scalable delivery.
• Document and maintain architecture standards, roadmaps, and patterns within ServiceNow EA/APM or similar tools.
• Support architecture governance processes, including review boards and solution approvals.
• Partner with delivery teams as a trusted architecture advisor to identify risks and integration challenges.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of architecture practices and alignment with target-state roadmaps.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF

Microsoft Azure

ServiceNow

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud-native design

Integration patterns

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ServiceNow APM

Azure

Power Platform

Copilot

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to join our Corporate Business Technology team. This role designs, governs, and continually improves the firm’s enterprise application architecture in alignment with a Microsoft-centric, cloud-first IT strategy.

The Senior Enterprise Architect will work with stakeholders to support enterprise architecture across platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot, and ServiceNow APM/EA.