Strategic Enterprise Architect — Azure & Power Platform

CDM Smith; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith 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 IT strategy.

You'll define standards, roadmaps, and reusable patterns, collaborating with stakeholders to improve efficiency, integration, and architectural maturity across Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot, and ServiceNow APM/EA.

Qualifications

• 6 years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience with TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Strong Microsoft ecosystem expertise (Azure IaaS/PaaS, M365, Copilot).
• Experience using ServiceNow APM/EA for portfolio management and mapping.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and advisory skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise architecture blueprints across business, application, data, and technology domains.
• Design integration patterns across enterprise systems using Azure services (API Management, Logic Apps).
• Define reference architectures, reusable solution patterns, and architecture guardrails.
• Document and maintain architecture standards and roadmaps in ServiceNow EA/APM.
• Support architecture governance processes and solution approvals.
• Partner with delivery teams to identify risks, dependencies, and integration challenges.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of architecture practices and alignment with roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Application architecture

TOGAF

Azure IaaS/PaaS

ServiceNow APM

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ServiceNow

API Management

Logic Apps

Azure

Power Platform

Job description

CDM Smith 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 IT strategy.

You'll define standards, roadmaps, and reusable patterns, collaborating with stakeholders to improve efficiency, integration, and architectural maturity across Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot, and ServiceNow APM/EA.