IS Architect – Enterprise Architecture Practice & Governance

Role overview Help build and strengthen enterprise architecture practice across a complex, multi-division organization. Working with enterprise and domain architects, this individual maintains shared principles, standards, reference architectures, and governance processes so technology decisions remain consistent with strategic direction. The position has no direct reports and follows a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities - Maintain and improve architecture principles, standards, reference designs, and reusable building blocks. - Work with domain architects to align domain plans with enterprise strategy and target architecture. - Encourage simplification, interoperability, reuse, and optimization across the information systems landscape. - Advise domain and solution architects on applying architecture standards and practices. - Support architecture reviews, compliance checks, exception handling, risk tracking, and decision documentation. - Promote architecture methods and governance, while facilitating knowledge sharing across business and technology teams.

Requirements - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field. - At least 6 years of experience in enterprise, domain, or solution architecture, technology consulting, or a related discipline. - Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, frameworks, standards, governance, and reference architectures. - Experience with architecture reviews, compliance assessments, and managing exceptions. - Background working in complex, decentralized, matrixed, or multi-division environments. - Strong analysis, documentation, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills; able to influence without formal authority.

Nice to have Experience with TOGAF and the Ardoq architecture modeling tool.