Strategic Enterprise Architect: Apps, Integrations & Cloud Strategy

CornerStone Technology Talent Services; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

CornerStone Technology Talent Services seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise-wide technology architecture, modernization initiatives, and strategic solution design for a growing financial services organization.

The role partners with executives, technology leaders, and engineering teams to translate business objectives into scalable, secure architectures, with hands-on leadership across design, implementation, and governance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Application Architecture, or related roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture initiatives across applications, integrations, data, cloud, infrastructure, security, and identity.
• Develop current-state assessments, target-state architectures, and enterprise technology roadmaps.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient solutions supporting critical business operations.
• Establish architecture standards, reference architectures, integration patterns, and governance practices.
• Lead architectural direction for large, multi-year technology transformation initiatives.
• Evaluate technology platforms, vendor solutions, modernization opportunities, and technical investments.
• Partner with executive stakeholders to align technology strategy with business objectives.
• Facilitate architecture reviews, technical workshops, and solution design discussions.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to validate designs and guide implementation.
• Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, simplify application portfolios, and improve interoperability.
• Mentor architects and engineers while promoting architecture best practices.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Application Architecture

API Integration

Data Architecture

Cloud

Security & Identity

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related discipline

Master's degree in a technical field or MBA

Tools

Architecture modeling tools

Architecture repositories & modeling

Job description

CornerStone Technology Talent Services seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise-wide technology architecture, modernization initiatives, and strategic solution design for a growing financial services organization.

The role partners with executives, technology leaders, and engineering teams to translate business objectives into scalable, secure architectures, with hands-on leadership across design, implementation, and governance.