Enterprise Architect

Overview:

Enterprise Architect

Location: Davenport, IA - Onsite

Experience: 15+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the strategic design and governance of our IT landscape. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in enterprise-wide technology strategy, architecture governance, and AI/ML-driven business transformation. This role requires strong leadership, critical thinking, and the ability to align technology initiatives with business goals to enable scalability, security, and innovation across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and communicate the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with business objectives.

Define and enforce architectural standards, principles, blueprints, and reference architectures for systems, applications, and technology domains.

Proactively analyze current IT environments to identify gaps, deficiencies, or improvement opportunities, and recommend scalable solutions.

Define high-level migration plans to transition from legacy to modern architectures while minimizing technical debt and ongoing support costs.

Stay current on AI and ML technologies, trends, and tools, and recommend practical applications to drive measurable business value.

Provide architectural guidance to development and project teams throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Ensure integration design and governance across applications, systems, and data flows, enabling seamless interoperability across the enterprise.

Maintain best practices for security, compliance, and performance while designing and implementing cloud and on-premise solutions.

Create and present technical visualizations and models to communicate proposed solutions to business and technical stakeholders.

Partner with senior leaders to ensure IT strategies align with enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives.

Oversee vendor and technology evaluations to support enterprise objectives. Required Skills & Experience

15+ years of overall IT experience with at least 12 years in complex IT environments (infrastructure, applications, databases, security, monitoring, and MIS).

Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and cross-functional initiatives.

Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Excellent oral and written communication skills, with ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience in designing and maintaining enterprise-wide architecture standards and governance models.

Strong knowledge of AI and ML technologies and practical applications in enterprise solutions.

Experience with legacy modernization strategies and minimizing long-term technical debt.

Solid background in system integration design, cloud and on-premise solutions, and enterprise-wide data interoperability.

Expertise in establishing security, compliance, and performance frameworks across enterprise systems. Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

Certifications such as TOGAF, Zachman, AWS/Azure Architect, or SAFe Architect.

Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Prior leadership role in enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives.