Enterprise Architect

San Francisco, CA

Overview

We are seeking a strategic and experienced professional to help shape the organization’s technology direction and ensure alignment between business goals, enterprise systems, and long-term growth. In this role, you will define architectural standards, evaluate current and emerging technologies, and partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to design scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategies, principles, and roadmaps that support business objectives.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to assess business needs and translate them into technology and architecture requirements.
  • Evaluate current systems, identify gaps, and recommend improvements to optimize performance, scalability, and integration.
  • Guide solution design across applications, data, infrastructure, security, and cloud environments.
  • Establish and promote architectural standards, governance processes, and best practices.
  • Review proposed solutions to ensure consistency with enterprise architecture vision and technical standards.
  • Support modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, platform rationalization, and system integration efforts.
  • Partner with engineering, product, operations, and security teams to resolve complex design challenges.
  • Monitor technology trends and assess their potential impact on the organization.
  • Communicate architectural concepts and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or a related strategic technology role.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise systems, application architecture, data architecture, infrastructure, and security considerations.
  • Experience developing technology roadmaps and aligning architecture with business strategy.
  • Ability to evaluate complex technical environments and recommend practical, scalable solutions.
  • Experience with cloud platforms, integration patterns, modernization approaches, and governance frameworks is preferred.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to influence without direct authority and build consensus across diverse teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience in large, complex, or distributed enterprise environments.
  • Familiarity with architecture modeling tools, reference architectures, and framework-based governance.
  • Exposure to digital transformation, cloud migration, cybersecurity, or data platform initiatives.
  • Professional certifications in architecture or cloud technologies are a plus.

What We Offer

  • The opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technology strategy and transformation.
  • Collaborative partnerships with leaders and teams across the organization.
  • A role with visibility, impact, and the ability to shape future-state architecture.
  • A professional environment that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, experience, and business needs.

JOB CODE: 4980