Strategic Enterprise Architect — Modernization & Governance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligible

Benefits plan

Job summary

Vizient seeks a strategic Enterprise Architect to lead cross-domain architecture initiatives, partner with business units and engineering, and establish scalable standards across cloud and on-premises platforms.

You will guide modernization efforts, develop reference architectures, and communicate technical decisions to diverse stakeholders while mentoring teams to raise architectural maturity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant enterprise or solution architecture experience.
• Experience across applications, integrations, platforms, cloud technologies.
• Ability to communicate tradeoffs and risks to diverse audiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication; mentorship skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-domain architecture initiatives for complex programs.
• 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 architecture

API design

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Relevant degree preferred

Tools

Cloud platforms

Architecture diagrams tools

Job description

Vizient seeks a strategic Enterprise Architect to lead cross-domain architecture initiatives, partner with business units and engineering, and establish scalable standards across cloud and on-premises platforms.

You will guide modernization efforts, develop reference architectures, and communicate technical decisions to diverse stakeholders while mentoring teams to raise architectural maturity.