Strategic Enterprise Architect: Roadmaps & Modernization

Addison Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Addison Group is seeking an Enterprise Architect to champion technology strategy, architecture governance, roadmaps, and modernization initiatives. This role partners with business and IT to assess the current landscape, define future-state architecture, and align solutions with enterprise standards.

The ideal candidate brings broad domain knowledge across multiple architecture areas and can operate between high-level strategy and technical teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of overall IT experience.
• 3+ years in Enterprise Architecture or a closely related architecture role.
• Experience creating architecture diagrams, roadmaps, reference architectures, system/application maps, or similar EA artifacts.
• Experience with architecture governance and/or technical design reviews.
• Broad understanding of at least 2–3 architecture domains, such as: Applications, Integration/APIs, Data, Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, Business Architecture.
• TOGAF certification is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain current-state, future-state, and transition-state architectures.
• Build and maintain technology roadmaps, reference architectures, capability maps, application maps, integration diagrams, and architecture documentation.
• Review proposed solutions and designs for alignment with enterprise standards and technology strategy.
• Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and other technology governance forums.
• Identify technical debt, redundant technologies/applications, architecture gaps, risks, and modernization opportunities.
• Support application portfolio rationalization and technology lifecycle planning.
• Help establish and enforce enterprise architecture standards, patterns, guardrails, and approved technologies.
• Evaluate new platforms, vendor solutions, and emerging technologies.
• Partner across applications, data, integration, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and business teams.
• Translate technical architecture recommendations into language business and technology leaders can understand.

Job description

Addison Group is seeking an Enterprise Architect to champion technology strategy, architecture governance, roadmaps, and modernization initiatives. This role partners with business and IT to assess the current landscape, define future-state architecture, and align solutions with enterprise standards.

The ideal candidate brings broad domain knowledge across multiple architecture areas and can operate between high-level strategy and technical teams.