Architect - United States

"Persistent • San Jose, CA

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Enterprise Architect to join our team as a contractor. This role is critical in leading current state discovery and architecture assessment across technology and business domains, particularly in the context of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong knowledge of Azure and will be adept at rapidly building an accurate picture of the existing environment using enterprise architecture (EA) tooling, such as LeanIX.

Requirements

• Strong enterprise architecture experience with hands-on current state discovery and assessment.
• Proven proficiency with EA tools (LeanIX preferred or equivalent).
• Experience mapping: Application portfolios, Infrastructure and hosting environments, System integrations and interfaces, Data flows and dependencies, Business processes and capabilities.
• Ability to work quickly in ambiguous environments and produce clear, decision-ready artifacts.
• Strong communication skills—able to explain complex architectures simply.
• Strong knowledge of Azure.

Nice To Haves

• M&A or large-scale integration experience.
• Experience supporting application rationalization or tenant consolidation efforts.
• Familiarity with DevOps / CI/CD maturity assessments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct current state architecture discovery and assessments across acquired or complex environments.
• Perform rapid asset inventory and mapping, including applications, infrastructure, integrations, and data flows.
• Build and maintain application portfolio maps, integration diagrams, and infrastructure views.
• Map data flows, business processes, and business capabilities, aligning technology assets to business outcomes.
• Capture cost elements tied to applications and platforms to support rationalization and prioritization decisions.
• Assess CI/CD maturity and delivery pipelines where relevant.
• Define and document integration architecture patterns and constraints to inform future state planning.
• Utilize EA tools (e.g., LeanIX) to model, analyze, and communicate findings clearly to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Partner with program, engineering, and business teams to translate discovery outputs into actionable inputs for integration roadmaps and execution plans.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
• Hybrid work and flexible hours

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed