Staff Enterprise Architect - Enterprise Architecture Practice Lead
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SoFiFinancial Services
Full-TimeStaff
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSAgileETLKafkaJiraCI/CDRESTful APIsMicroservicesJSONGoogle WorkspaceSlack
Requirements
- 10+ years of broad experience across business, applications, data, and technology architecture domains.
- Proven track record in a similarly scoped role, having owned or significantly enhanced the design and strategy for an organization’s enterprise technology.
- Working knowledge of common corporate processes (Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Hire to Retire, Security and GRC) domains.
- Deep understanding of SOA, microservices, and REST APIs (XML/JSON), with real-world experience building scalable, globally-shared solutions.
- Experience with master data management, data warehousing, and big data streaming/ETL patterns.
- Exposure to IaaS (AWS), IaC, and CI/CD-driven automation.
- Demonstrable knowledge of common frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, ISO, ITIL, or Agile/SaFE.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to syndicate roadmaps and influence executive-level stakeholders.
- Familiarity with productivity platforms (Google Workspace, Slack, Jira) and emerging AI tools (Copilot, Gemini, Glean) is appreciated.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in information systems, computer science, or a combination of degrees spanning technical and business disciplines.
- Current TOGAF certification is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Enhance and scale the long-term enterprise technology roadmap and vision, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy.
- Evaluate existing systems and identify modernization opportunities across platforms and shared services.
- Assess emerging technologies—including AI-enabled productivity and automation—to enhance innovation.
- Drive financial rigor in technology decisioning, leveraging metrics such as ROI, EVA, and NPV.
- Mature the EA practice by curating the enterprise continuum, defining reference architectures, and establishing "gold standards."
- Own and enforce architecture governance policies and change advisory processes.
- Architect the infrastructure and integration patterns required to support enterprise AI strategy.
- Lead the design of large-scale, complex enterprise systems using loosely-coupled, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and microservices patterns.
- Oversee enterprise-level application portfolio management and maturation of master data management solutions.
- Provide architectural oversight for data center building blocks and cloud capabilities (ideally AWS).
- Implement Architecture-as-Code and 'Shift-Left' principles to automate architectural compliance within CI/CD pipelines.
- Act as the primary bridge between high-level business strategy and technical implementation.
- Elevate technical talent through mentoring, coaching, and establishing best practices.
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