Strategic Enterprise Architect for Modernization & Cloud

Vizient; Missouri; On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligible

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Vizient is seeking a strategic technical leader to serve as Enterprise Architect, guiding architecture initiatives across business and technology domains. You will partner with business, product, engineering, CorpIT, data and shared services to develop scalable, secure architecture solutions aligned with organizational objectives.

You will establish standards, reference patterns, evaluate tradeoffs, govern architecture activities, and mentor teams to raise architectural maturity and delivery

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience across enterprise, solution, or domain architecture.
• Experience designing architectures across applications, integrations, platforms, cloud technologies.
• Ability to assess and communicate technical tradeoffs, enterprise risks, and operational impacts.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-domain architecture initiatives for complex 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

Solution architecture

Cloud architectures

API design

Strategic thinking

Education

Relevant degree

Job description

Vizient is seeking a strategic technical leader to serve as Enterprise Architect, guiding architecture initiatives across business and technology domains. You will partner with business, product, engineering, CorpIT, data and shared services to develop scalable, secure architecture solutions aligned with organizational objectives.

You will establish standards, reference patterns, evaluate tradeoffs, govern architecture activities, and mentor teams to raise architectural maturity and delivery