Senior IT Enterprise Architecture Leader

Oceaneering; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services company in Houston seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead architectural initiatives. You will support crucial enterprise architecture engagements, conduct assessments, and develop architectures. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree, 10 years in IT, and 2 years of enterprise architecture leadership. Familiarity with EA tools and experience in asset-intensive organizations are desired. You will guide a team and ensure alignment with strategic business objectives in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 10 years of progressive experience in IT with significant exposure to enterprise or solution architecture roles.
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading Enterprise Architecture.
• Experience working with EA tools is required.

Responsibilities

• Support enterprise architecture engagement with business and IT stakeholders.
• Conduct architectural assessments to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Develop and maintain enterprise and solution architectures.

Skills

Enterprise architecture engagement

Risk mitigation

Mentoring

Collaboration

Organizational change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or Computer Science

Tools

ServiceNow APM

LeanIX

Bizzdesign

Orbus

Job description

• Support enterprise architecture engagement with business and IT stakeholders, working closely with the Director of EA for new business initiatives.
• Conduct current-state and future-state architectural assessments, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities for optimization and modernization.
• Develop and maintain enterprise and solution architectures, including reference architectures, standards, and guiding principles.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, security, data, and integration teams to design cross-domain, scalable, and secure solutions.
• Support and actively participate in Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes, ensuring architectural consistency, risk mitigation, and governance compliance.
• Participate in the evaluation of technologies, platforms, and vendors; provide architecture-based recommendations to support investment and roadmap decisions.
• Mentor and guide architects and analysts, fostering architectural rigor, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with IT and business leadership to align architectural priorities with strategic initiatives and delivery roadmaps.
• Ensure architectural decisions considering security, compliance, resilience, and operational sustainability.
• Support enterprise application portfolio management activities, including rationalization, lifecycle management, and technology roadmap planning.
• Foster a positive team culture through motivation, collaboration, empowerment, coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Supervise the day-to-day activities of the team to ensure effective support of EA initiatives.
• Utilize effective organizational change management, including training, communication, and organizational alignment.
• Working with senior management and other peers for strategy development and execution planning
  
  

Functions

JOB DESCRIPTION

Essential

• Support enterprise architecture engagement with business and IT stakeholders, working closely with the Director of EA for new business initiatives.
• Conduct current-state and future-state architectural assessments, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities for optimization and modernization.
• Develop and maintain enterprise and solution architectures, including reference architectures, standards, and guiding principles.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, security, data, and integration teams to design cross-domain, scalable, and secure solutions.
• Support and actively participate in Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes, ensuring architectural consistency, risk mitigation, and governance compliance.
• Participate in the evaluation of technologies, platforms, and vendors; provide architecture-based recommendations to support investment and roadmap decisions.
• Mentor and guide architects and analysts, fostering architectural rigor, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with IT and business leadership to align architectural priorities with strategic initiatives and delivery roadmaps.
• Ensure architectural decisions considering security, compliance, resilience, and operational sustainability.
• Support enterprise application portfolio management activities, including rationalization, lifecycle management, and technology roadmap planning.
• Foster a positive team culture through motivation, collaboration, empowerment, coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Supervise the day-to-day activities of the team to ensure effective support of EA initiatives.
• Utilize effective organizational change management, including training, communication, and organizational alignment.
• Working with senior management and other peers for strategy development and execution planning
  
  

Responsibilities

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervises a team including Onshore/Offshore Employees and consultants.
• Providing guidance to direct reports
• Ensuring clarity around priorities and goals for the entire functional area
• Working across functions with peers in other groups to ensure collaboration for shared goals
• Communicating goal results and key performance indicators to direct reports
• Facilitating goal-level creation for the broader function and working with managers to ensure the goals cascade to all workers
  

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or a related field.
• 10 years of progressive experience in IT with significant exposure to enterprise or solution architecture roles
• Minimum two (2) years of experience leading Enterprise Architecture
• Minimum one (1) year of experience working with any EA tools like ServiceNow APM, LeanIX, Bizzdesign or Orbus.
  
  

DESIRED

• Formal architecture qualifications (e.g.: TOGAF)
• Experience with enterprise application portfolio management, including rationalization, TCO analysis, and lifecycle planning Experience with Master Data Management
• Experience in large, global, or asset-intensive organizations.
• Prior people leadership or matrix leadership experience.
• Experience in the energy, offshore, or industrial services industry
• Prior experience working with multiple cultures and nationalities.
  
  

Working Conditions

This position is considered OFFICE WORK which is characterized as follows.

• Almost exclusively indoors during the day and occasionally at night
• Occasional exposure to airborne dust in the workplace
• Work surface is stable (flat)
  
  

Physical Activity/Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• This position is considered LIGHT work.
  
  

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Employee benefits vary by role, however, may include Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Retirement Savings, Life and Disability, Paid Maternity and Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program.

About Us

Oceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore energy industry. We develop products and services for use throughout the lifecycle of an offshore oilfield, from drilling to decommissioning. We operate the world's premier fleet of work class ROVs. Additionally, we are a leader in offshore oilfield maintenance services, umbilicals, subsea hardware, and tooling. We also use applied technology expertise to serve the defense, material handling, aerospace, science, and renewable energy industries.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for all positions without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other non-merit factor.