Strategic Enterprise Architect: Cloud, APIs & Modernization

Vizient, Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. in Irving, Texas, seeks a strategic technical leader to drive enterprise architecture initiatives across business and technology domains.

You will partner with business, product, engineering and shared services to develop scalable, secure architectures aligned with organizational goals. You will guide modernization, establish standards, evaluate tradeoffs, mentor teams, and produce artifacts, roadmaps, and governance documentation to support long-term technology strategy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant architecture experience across complex environments.
• Experience designing architectures across applications, integrations, platforms and cloud technologies.
• Strong understanding of API design, event-driven patterns, and cloud-native solutions.
• Ability to create architecture artifacts, diagrams, roadmaps and decision docs.
• Able to communicate tradeoffs and risks to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to influence and mentor teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-domain architecture initiatives for enterprise programs and solutions.
• Partner with business units, product teams, engineering, CorpIT, and shared services to align architecture strategies with business goals.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, reusable patterns, and enterprise standards.
• Guide solution design activities by identifying dependencies, integration considerations, technical risks, and reuse opportunities.
• Support modernization initiatives involving cloud platforms, API-first architectures, event-driven solutions, automation, and emerging technologies.
• Evaluate architectural tradeoffs related to scalability, security, cost, supportability, risk, and operational efficiency.
• Identify and communicate technical debt, duplicated capabilities, and enterprise architecture risks.
• Represent Enterprise Architecture within governance forums, including Architecture Review Committee activities.
• Mentor architects, engineers, and technical teams to strengthen architectural maturity and decision quality.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts, roadmaps, and technical documentation supporting enterprise initiatives.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud technologies

API design

Event-driven architectures

Technical leadership

Education

Degree preferred

Job description

Vizient, Inc. in Irving, Texas, seeks a strategic technical leader to drive enterprise architecture initiatives across business and technology domains.

You will partner with business, product, engineering and shared services to develop scalable, secure architectures aligned with organizational goals. You will guide modernization, establish standards, evaluate tradeoffs, mentor teams, and produce artifacts, roadmaps, and governance documentation to support long-term technology strategy.