Senior Enterprise Architect - Security & Transformation Leader

NiSource Inc.; Merrillville (IN); On-site; USD 133,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

NiSource Inc. is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to provide architecture leadership across the company, partnering with Security, Data & Analytics, Infrastructure, and PMO teams in Indiana.

You will shape the vision, standards, and roadmaps, and mentor architects while guiding transformation initiatives. Responsibilities include defining target architectures, building consensus, and delivering secure, scalable designs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of architecture experience including deep security capabilities listed: Vulnerability Management, Network Security, Identity Management, Firewall Management, End Point Protection, Risk Management, Incident Response, SIEM, SOAR, Data Loss Prevention, IPS/IDS, Cloud Services, IoT / OT Security, Data Encryption (In Motion and at Rest), Automation (DevSecOps)
• Experience within security architecture design, risk and asset management, policy and compliance, system evaluation and integration, incident response and monitoring.
• Stay updated on emerging threats, hacker methodologies, and security standards.
• Experience in directing and mentoring other architects in the team and across the organization.
• Expertise in security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, etc.
• Professional certifications like CISSP, CISM are highly valued
• Experience with on-premise solutions and cloud platforms on Azure, AWS.
• Deep knowledge of API-first design patterns
• Technology skills across multiple IT domains (e.g. application, data, infrastructure, security)
• Strong consultative skills at a cross-functional level
• Strong skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and LeanIX
• Knowledge of TOGAF, ITIL, and other architecture / business process frameworks
• Experience in application development, systems management, and/or project management is a plus
• Leadership competencies in: - Organizing and Setting Priorities - Managing and Measuring Work - Peer Relationships - Continuous Improvement - Motivating Others - Self-motivated; capable of managing multiple tasks

Responsibilities

• Provides senior level expertise on overall direction, guidance, definition, decisions, and priorities regarding the enterprise's overall architecture to effectively support the organization business strategy.
• Interact with business leaders, IT leaders, vendors and industry experts to translate business requirements, understand options to capabilities, and create architecture blueprints and high-level solution designs for the most complex architectural components of a program.
• Strategy - Interfaces across several business areas, acting as a visionary to proactively assist in defining direction for future projects. Help business leaders and their teams think through the technology, business and operational implications of their technology investment decisions.
• Execution - Reviews, advises, and designs standard software and hardware builds, system options, risks, costs versus benefits, and impact on the enterprise business process and goals. Be the architecture thought leader and trusted go-to partner for Product and Engineering leadership across the organization, recommending innovative solutions to improve live and new system architectures.
• Operations - Facilitates the establishment and implementation of standards and reference material that guides the design of technology solutions. Lead architectural collaboration and governing processes including Architecture Review Boards, Solution Architecture reviews, exception management, and related processes.
• Innovation - Responsible for researching, analyzing, designing, proposing, and delivering solutions that are appropriate for the business and technologies strategies. Tracks industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies to better serve the enterprise's architecture needs.

Skills

Security architecture

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

TOGAF / ITIL knowledge

LeanIX

APIs and integration

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work experience

Tools

LeanIX

Azure

AWS

TOGAF

ITIL

Job description

NiSource Inc. is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to provide architecture leadership across the company, partnering with Security, Data & Analytics, Infrastructure, and PMO teams in Indiana.

You will shape the vision, standards, and roadmaps, and mentor architects while guiding transformation initiatives. Responsibilities include defining target architectures, building consensus, and delivering secure, scalable designs.