Senior Enterprise Architect – Data & Cloud Strategy

Desert Financial Credit Union; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Desert Financial Credit Union seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the design of large-scale solutions across complex business ecosystems. You will partner with business and technology leaders to translate strategic objectives into current-state assessments, target-state architectures, and actionable roadmaps.

You will act as the technical leader and governance owner for multi-year initiatives, establishing standards, reviewing designs, and guiding delivery teams to secure,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or related field (preferred) or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or related roles.
• 5+ years leading architecture for large enterprise or transformation initiatives.
• 5+ years as trusted technical advisor to executives; ability to navigate ambiguity and influence.
• 1+ years in financial services, banking, or regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of enterprise-scale solutions across complex ecosystems including business apps, integrations, data flows, and infrastructure.
• Serve as technical advisor and architecture owner for multi-year, multi-domain initiatives.
• Establish architecture governance, standards, roadmaps, and lifecycle direction.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to connect business priorities with architecture roadmaps and investment decisions.
• Provide reusable patterns and documentation; coach architects and engineers on best practices.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Data flows

Cloud & infrastructure

Architecture governance

Stakeholder management

Security & identity

Business partnership

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

TOGAF

Architecture modeling tools

Job description

Desert Financial Credit Union seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the design of large-scale solutions across complex business ecosystems. You will partner with business and technology leaders to translate strategic objectives into current-state assessments, target-state architectures, and actionable roadmaps.

You will act as the technical leader and governance owner for multi-year initiatives, establishing standards, reviewing designs, and guiding delivery teams to secure,