Senior Enterprise Architect – Cloud Modernization

Cox Communications; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Wellness program

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid leave programs

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Huntington is seeking a Senior Principal Architect to shape enterprise technology strategy, governance, and modernization across a regulated financial services environment. You will partner with business, risk, security, data, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant solutions.

Reporting to the Director of Enterprise Architecture, you will translate priorities into practical roadmaps, influence executives, and lead governance across cloud, data, and application domains.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of enterprise/solution architecture, technology strategy, IT transformation, or financial services tech leadership.
• Experience implementing architecture governance in regulated, agile, product-centric or scaled delivery environments.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and modern architecture patterns (APIs, distributed systems, data platforms, security).

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture strategy, target-state architectures, reference architectures, and modernization roadmaps.
• Challenge business lines on architecture and processes to elevate outcomes and enable complementary solutions.
• Translate business priorities into actionable architecture guidance, investment themes, and transformation plans.
• Support AI governance, risk controls, and architecture review forums.
• Document architecture standards and maintain a central repository of reusable artifacts.
• Evaluate enterprise solutions, platforms, and vendor selections for architecture fit and risk alignment.
• Partner with cybersecurity, risk, data, and operations to support holistic IT risk management.
• Communicate complex topics with clear roadmaps and executive-ready materials.

Skills

Enterprise architecture leadership

Cloud strategy and governance

Regulated environment experience

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering / Business

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Huntington is seeking a Senior Principal Architect to shape enterprise technology strategy, governance, and modernization across a regulated financial services environment. You will partner with business, risk, security, data, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant solutions.

Reporting to the Director of Enterprise Architecture, you will translate priorities into practical roadmaps, influence executives, and lead governance across cloud, data, and application domains.