Job Title: Senior Enterprise Architect
Location: Pittsburgh PA (Onsite – 5 days)
Duration: Contract
Overview
Client is looking for a senior Enterprise Architect to help define the organization’s future-state architecture and guide enterprise integration platform initiatives. The role is intended for someone who can challenge the current technology landscape, evaluate emerging technologies, and provide practical modernization roadmaps aligned with security and regulatory expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Define and communicate the target enterprise architecture.
Evaluate new technologies and architectural patterns for enterprise adoption.
Provide clear migration and modernization roadmaps.
Lead enterprise integration platform initiatives from architecture through delivery.
Work closely with senior leadership on strategic technology decisions includes CIO and Other C level executives
Collaborate with internal engineering teams and third-party partners.
Establish architecture standards and governance across enterprise applications.
Recommend technology solutions that align with enterprise policies and long-term business objectives.
Capable of justifying technology choices (Java vs .NET) based on enterprise standards, existing developer skill sets, maintainability, scalability, and security.
Broad enterprise architecture expertise is more important than deep lending workflow knowledge.
Seen as a go-to advisor for evaluating new technologies.
Senior architect with a strong enterprise-wide technical perspective.
Able to communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.
Comfortable leading architecture discussions and guiding implementation teams.
Technical Focus
Java Spring Boot or .NET
Enterprise API design and integration
Microservices and modern application architecture
Cloud and hybrid integration patterns
Security and governance considerations
Technology evaluation and modernization strategy