Senior Enterprise Architect – Microsoft Cloud & Platform

CDM Smith; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will define standards, roadmaps, and reusable patterns; collaborate with stakeholders across platforms including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot, and ServiceNow APM.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in enterprise architecture, application architecture, or a related technology architecture discipline.
• Working knowledge of TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Deep understanding of the Microsoft ecosystem, including Azure IaaS/PaaS, Power Platform, Copilot.
• Experience using ServiceNow APM, Enterprise Architecture modules, or comparable tools to support application portfolio management, capability mapping, and rationalization.
• Ability to translate business strategy into capability models, architecture roadmaps, and practical technology recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and advisory skills.
• Expertise in integration architecture, cloud-native design patterns, and enterprise application modernization.
• Experience supporting application portfolio management, rationalization, and technology standardization.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

TOGAF

Microsoft Azure

ServiceNow APM

Stakeholder Engagement

Integration Architecture

Cloud-native Design

Application Portfolio Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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

You will define standards, roadmaps, and reusable patterns; collaborate with stakeholders across platforms including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot, and ServiceNow APM.