Corporate Enterprise Architect

8am • Austin, TX

69d

About The Position

We are seeking a highly technical and strategically minded Enterprise Architect to lead the advancement of 8am’s integrated systems architecture. This role focuses on strengthening our corporate IT foundation, optimizing endpoint management, enhancing SaaS integrations, and enabling secure expansion into AI-driven capabilities.
The Enterprise Architect will serve as the key technical bridge between IT operations, corporate security, and business systems teams—driving cohesive architecture, system interoperability, and future-proof designs. This individual will report to the Senior Director of IT and collaborate closely with the Sr. VP of Security to ensure aligned but non-overlapping responsibilities. The Enterprise Architect’s mandate is to design, implement, and govern technology ecosystems that are secure, scalable, and harmonized across all business functions.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise systems architecture, infrastructure engineering, security or IT operations.
• Strong technical foundation in networking, security frameworks, endpoint management, and system integrations.
• Hands-on experience with EDR and SIEM solutions (e.g., CrowdStrike, CrowdStrike LogScale (Humio), SentinelOne, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel).
• Proven success designing architectures for complex SaaS and hybrid environments.
• Experience automating workflows across IT and business systems using APIs, middleware, or low-code platforms.
• Exceptional documentation and systems mapping skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities to partner effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Okta, Kandji/JAMF, Intune, Google Workspace, and enterprise MDM solutions.
• Familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, and zero-trust security principles.
• Knowledge of AI systems integration or experience enabling LLM-driven workflows.
• Background in or collaboration with ITIL/Service Management practices.
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced, security-conscious technology environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a holistic enterprise architecture blueprint that defines the relationships among business systems, SaaS platforms, endpoints, and integrations.
• Evaluate and implement architectural patterns that support interoperability, workflow automation, and security by design.
• Conduct architectural reviews and provide guidance on system scalability, resiliency, and data integrity.
• Oversee endpoint lifecycle management (Windows, macOS, mobile, and virtual endpoints) with a focus on automation, zero-trust enforcement, and MDM/EDR integration.
• Design strategies for patch management, software deployment, and asset compliance across the enterprise.
• Partner with IT Operations to standardize configurations and ensure alignment with corporate security baselines
• Establish architectural frameworks for managing and integrating 3rd-party SaaS applications (Okta, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Zoom, etc.).
• Define policies for secure onboarding/offboarding, identity management, and data flow between SaaS platforms.
• Drive the development of API-based workflows to reduce manual work and improve data consistency across systems.
• Partner with internal product and data teams to evaluate and safely implement enterprise AI integrations (e.g., LLM-based automation, data enrichment tools, or security AI analytics).
• Define architectural and compliance requirements for AI use within corporate and customer-facing systems.
• Support proof-of-concept builds that explore responsible automation and productivity enhancement.
• Collaborate with the IT Helpdesk and Infrastructure teams to improve workflows, automate request handling, and standardize escalation paths.
• Ensure that operational systems (ticketing, asset tracking, onboarding tools, etc.) are architected for growth, resilience, and integration.
• Conduct periodic reviews to assess system health, technical debt, and process improvement opportunities.
• Work in close partnership with the Sr. VP of Security to align system architecture with corporate security strategy.
• Focus on architectural enablement and governance, leaving ownership of incident response and threat management to the security organization.
• Participate in security design reviews for major initiatives and ensure that risk considerations are incorporated early in solution planning.

Benefits

• Health Insurance Coverage: We offer our 8Team a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit your needs, including a 100% company-paid HDHP plan for employees.
• Financial perks: We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including annual bonuses, equity options and 401(k) or RRSP if in Canada, with a company match for all team members.
• Time for what matters: Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, and a parental leave program for our new parents.
• Wellness: Wellness stipends, mental health support, and one-on-one nutrition coaching.
• Learning and Development: Continuous learning through 8am.edu, leadership programs, professional development funds, and individually focused talent development.
• Giving back to the communities around us: Participate in our charitable matching gift program, paid time off for volunteer service, and company-sponsored volunteer events (both local and virtually).
• Engagement: Virtual and in-person team-building events, quarterly award recognition through our Rise & Shine Award of Excellence Program, and our peer-to-peer appreciation platform.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level