Strategic Enterprise Tech Architect

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen); Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Wellness programs

Job summary

CLA, a national professional services firm with a growing Information Technology team, seeks an experienced Business Technology Architect to bridge business strategy and technology capabilities. The role focuses on enterprise capability models, architecture frameworks, and strategic roadmaps to support organizational objectives.

You will partner with business and technology leaders to identify gaps and opportunities for modernization, consolidation, reuse, and innovation, while providing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience required.
• Experience in business/enterprise architecture, technology strategy, portfolio management, or digital transformation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain business and technology capability models, heat maps, and dependency views to support decision-making.
• Map relationships among capabilities, processes, data, applications, and technology.
• Create current-state and target-state architecture views aligned with business objectives.
• Identify capability gaps, dependencies, redundancies, and modernization opportunities.
• Promote alignment with enterprise architecture principles and standards across teams.
• Translate strategy into architecture priorities and actionable roadmaps.
• Assess opportunities to improve scalability, efficiency, and security in technology environments.
• Evaluate portfolio investments and advise on modernization, consolidation, or retirement of capabilities.
• Identify enterprise-wide reuse and standardization opportunities across platforms and apps.
• Advise on data, AI, automation, and emerging tech to support strategy and governance.

Skills

Business architecture

Enterprise architecture

Technology strategy

Capability modeling

Roadmaps

Stakeholder facilitation

Executive storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

ArchiMate

Job description

CLA, a national professional services firm with a growing Information Technology team, seeks an experienced Business Technology Architect to bridge business strategy and technology capabilities. The role focuses on enterprise capability models, architecture frameworks, and strategic roadmaps to support organizational objectives.

You will partner with business and technology leaders to identify gaps and opportunities for modernization, consolidation, reuse, and innovation, while providing