Director, Enterprise Architect

Sandisk • Milpitas, CA

7d

About The Position

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape. Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality. Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Define enterprise architecture strategy across business and technology domains , aligning business capabilities, application landscape, data/AI platforms, and cloud infrastructure into a cohesive, outcome-driven architecture. Partner with business leaders and domain architects to map business capabilities and value streams to enabling technologies, ensuring technology investments directly support business growth, efficiency, and innovation goals. Lead application and platform architecture evolution , driving modernization of legacy systems, rationalization of the application portfolio, and adoption of scalable, API-first and event-driven integration patterns. Establish balanced hybrid and multi-cloud architectures , aligning cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), SaaS/PaaS solutions, and on-prem environments to enable agility, resilience, and cost-effective scale. Drive cross-domain architecture standards and reference models spanning applications, integration, data/AI, security, and infrastructure—ensuring consistency while enabling flexibility for business innovation. Translate business strategy into executable architecture roadmaps , prioritizing initiatives across business capability gaps, application modernization, and platform investments with clear ROI and measurable outcomes. Lead enterprise architectural governance (ARB/STARC) to guide design decisions, resolve trade-offs across business and technology domains, manage exceptions, and ensure alignment to risk, security, and compliance requirements. Champion data and AI as core enterprise capabilities , enabling semantic layer adoption, intelligent automation, and agentic workflows as part of the broader architecture strategy. Drive value realization and technical debt reduction , continuously measuring architecture effectiveness, business impact, and simplification of the technology estate.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, application/platform architecture, and/or technology strategy in large global organizations
• Proven leadership in driving cross-functional architecture initiatives spanning business, applications, data, and cloud
• Strong ability to translate between business strategy and technical execution
• Business capability modeling and value stream mapping
• Enterprise architecture frameworks and governance
• Application portfolio rationalization and modernization
• Integration architecture (API-first, event-driven)
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid architectures
• SaaS/PaaS ecosystems and platform engineering
• Data & AI architecture (data platforms, ML/GenAI enablement)
• Security and Zero Trust architecture (working knowledge)
• Agile and product-based delivery models
• Architecture governance (ARB/STARC or equivalent)
• Technology investment planning and roadmap development

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture strategy across business and technology domains , aligning business capabilities, application landscape, data/AI platforms, and cloud infrastructure into a cohesive, outcome-driven architecture.
• Partner with business leaders and domain architects to map business capabilities and value streams to enabling technologies, ensuring technology investments directly support business growth, efficiency, and innovation goals.
• Lead application and platform architecture evolution , driving modernization of legacy systems, rationalization of the application portfolio, and adoption of scalable, API-first and event-driven integration patterns.
• Establish balanced hybrid and multi-cloud architectures , aligning cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), SaaS/PaaS solutions, and on-prem environments to enable agility, resilience, and cost-effective scale.
• Drive cross-domain architecture standards and reference models spanning applications, integration, data/AI, security, and infrastructure—ensuring consistency while enabling flexibility for business innovation.
• Translate business strategy into executable architecture roadmaps , prioritizing initiatives across business capability gaps, application modernization, and platform investments with clear ROI and measurable outcomes.
• Lead enterprise architectural governance (ARB/STARC) to guide design decisions, resolve trade-offs across business and technology domains, manage exceptions, and ensure alignment to risk, security, and compliance requirements.
• Champion data and AI as core enterprise capabilities , enabling semantic layer adoption, intelligent automation, and agentic workflows as part of the broader architecture strategy.
• Drive value realization and technical debt reduction , continuously measuring architecture effectiveness, business impact, and simplification of the technology estate.

Benefits

• paid vacation time
• paid sick leave
• medical/dental/vision insurance
• life, accident and disability insurance
• tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• employee assistance program
• other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• tuition reimbursement
• transit
• the Applause Program
• employee stock purchase plan
• Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan

What This Job Offers

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