Strategic Enterprise Architect: Roadmaps & Modernization

Socket.dev; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GCI seeks an experienced Senior Staff Architect to define and advance enterprise and solution architecture direction in support of business outcomes and technology modernization. The role collaborates with product, engineering, operations, and leadership to translate needs into sustainable standards, roadmaps, and capabilities.

The position emphasizes governance, risk management, and ongoing modernization across platforms, with an emphasis on reducing complexity, enabling agility, and optimizing

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant architecture experience across multiple disciplines.
• Leads architecture initiatives for growth, scalability, performance, and innovation.
• Develops architecture artifacts, roadmaps, and governance inputs.
• Provides technical guidance and consults with business and technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess objectives, capabilities, risks, and modernization opportunities.
• Develop target-state architectures and roadmaps for technology investment.
• Create architecture artifacts, standards, references, and guardrails; evaluate alternatives.
• Participate in architecture reviews and governance forums.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and technical debt within architecture practice.
• Partner with product, delivery, engineering, and operations for guidance.
• Support road mapping, dependency management, and sequencing.
• Improve architecture methods, governance, and reuse patterns.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Architecture modeling

Strategy & roadmap

Governance & standards

Cloud/integration/security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering/Business/Data Management/Cybersecurity

Tools

TOGAF

FEAC

Open CA

CITA

SABSA

CCAr

Cloud certs (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

GCI seeks an experienced Senior Staff Architect to define and advance enterprise and solution architecture direction in support of business outcomes and technology modernization. The role collaborates with product, engineering, operations, and leadership to translate needs into sustainable standards, roadmaps, and capabilities.

The position emphasizes governance, risk management, and ongoing modernization across platforms, with an emphasis on reducing complexity, enabling agility, and optimizing