Senior Enterprise Architecture Leader (Remote)

OP RaaS; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 94,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx Freight is seeking an enterprise IT Architect to provide leadership across compute, storage, network, cloud, and application platforms. You will develop architecture blueprints, reference designs, standards, and patterns to guide engineering and operations.

You will translate business requirements into scalable designs, lead end-to-end solution design, govern architecture during delivery, and drive modernization initiatives while ensuring security, resiliency, and lifecycle planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related field.
• Five (5) years’ experience in IT architecture, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or systems design.
• Strong technical expertise in compute/virtualization, storage, networking, cloud platforms, or data technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Linux, Windows, virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware), containers, and/or infrastructure automation.
• Working knowledge of security controls, compliance frameworks, and architectural governance practices.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, drive cross-functional alignment, and influence engineering decisions.
• Proficiency in performance analysis, capacity considerations, reliability engineering, and system lifecycle planning.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills with experience presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain architecture blueprints, reference architectures, design standards, and platform patterns to ensure consistency and scalability across enterprise systems.
• Translate business requirements into technical architecture, ensuring alignment with strategy, security controls, operational readiness, and lifecycle plans.
• Lead end-to-end solution design for infrastructure, platforms, data center technologies, and mission‑critical systems.
• Conduct architectural assessments, gap analyses, and technology evaluations to recommend improvements and modernization opportunities.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and product teams to ensure solutions are designed for resiliency, performance, efficiency, and supportability.
• Provide architectural governance and oversight during solution development, implementation, and transition to operations.
• Create detailed design documents, diagrams, and technical specifications supporting platform engineering and implementation work.
• Establish technology standards, best practices, and guardrails to ensure secure and compliant deployments across platforms.
• Evaluate new technologies, tools, platforms, and vendors, providing guidance on adoption strategies and long-term roadmap impacts.
• Support capacity planning, performance engineering, and reliability engineering efforts to ensure architecture scalability and sustainability.
• Participate in incident and problem management by contributing root cause analysis and architectural recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Lead architecture reviews, design sessions, and technical workshops with stakeholders across IT and business units.
• Guide automation, orchestration, and infrastructure‑as‑code integration throughout architecture designs and engineering processes.
• Contribute to disaster recovery, redundancy, and continuity strategies, ensuring architectural alignment with enterprise resilience goals.
• Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Compute/Virtualization

Storage

Networking

Cloud platforms

Data technologies

Linux/Windows

VMware

Containers

Automation

Security controls

Governance

Leadership

Communication

Performance analysis

Capacity planning

Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related field

Job description

FedEx Freight is seeking an enterprise IT Architect to provide leadership across compute, storage, network, cloud, and application platforms. You will develop architecture blueprints, reference designs, standards, and patterns to guide engineering and operations.

You will translate business requirements into scalable designs, lead end-to-end solution design, govern architecture during delivery, and drive modernization initiatives while ensuring security, resiliency, and lifecycle planning.