Distinguished Enterprise Architect
About The Position
The Enterprise Architecture organization is seeking a Distinguished Enterprise Architect to provide enterprise-wide architecture leadership for strategic initiatives and complex technology challenges. This individual contributor serves as a trusted advisor to Architecture leadership and senior executives, helping define enterprise strategy, target-state direction, standards, technical doctrine, and multi-year direction within a strategic technology specialty. The role provides expertise on decisions and challenges with enterprise-wide impact and helps guide technology choices with long-term organizational implications. The Distinguished Enterprise Architect establishes specialty strategy, standards, reference architectures, and technical direction while resolving complex challenges that span organizational and technology boundaries. Through strategic advisory work, technology evaluation, architecture governance, and collaboration with executive leadership, this role helps shape long-term enterprise technology direction. The position also mentors architects and senior technical leaders, contributes to architecture excellence across the organization, and represents Mayo Clinic in strategic engagements with vendors, research collaborators, standards organizations, and professional communities. This role is appointed for exceptional and recognized expertise in a named strategic technology or architecture specialty. It sets enterprise specialty strategy, technical doctrine, target-state direction, standards, and precedent; solves unprecedented or systemic problems; and advises Architecture leadership and senior executives on decisions with enterprise-wide and multi-year consequences. Distinguished is a cross-cutting technical-authority overlay rather than routine ownership of a portfolio, platform operating backlog, or governance service. This is a hybrid position located within 100 miles of a Mayo Clinic campus, with occasional on-site expectations based on business needs. A bachelor's degree and 15 years of relevant technology experience are required. A master's degree and demonstrated architecture or technical leadership at a senior technical-authority level are preferred. TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner or TOGAF 9 Certified certification is required within 12 months of employment; TOGAF EA Leader is preferred. Applicants must be authorized to work and remain in the United States without current or future Mayo Clinic sponsorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, systems engineering, or another relevant degree.
- At least 15 years of relevant technology experience.
- TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner or TOGAF 9 Certified certification within 12 months of employment.
- Authorization to work and remain in the United States without the need for Mayo Clinic sponsorship now or in the future.
- Ability to work in a hybrid position within 100 miles of a Mayo Clinic campus and meet occasional on-site expectations based on business needs.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in computer science, information systems, systems engineering, or another relevant degree.
- Demonstrated architecture or technical leadership as a Principal, Chief, Distinguished, Fellow, or equivalent senior technical authority.
- TOGAF EA Leader credential.
- Experience defining enterprise-wide technology and architecture strategy.
- Experience developing standards, reference architectures, and technical guidance.
- Experience leading complex cross-organizational technology initiatives.
- Experience advising senior executives on technology direction, risk, and investment decisions.
- Experience evaluating emerging technologies and guiding adoption decisions.
- Experience solving highly complex technical and architectural challenges.
- Experience building alignment across multiple technology domains and stakeholder groups.
- Experience mentoring architects and senior technical leaders.
- Experience representing an organization in strategic vendor, research, and professional engagements.
Responsibilities
- Provide enterprise-wide architecture leadership for strategic initiatives and complex technology challenges.
- Help define enterprise strategy, target-state direction, standards, technical doctrine, and multi-year direction within a strategic technology specialty.
- Advise Architecture leadership and senior executives on enterprise-wide technology decisions and challenges with long-term organizational implications.
- Establish specialty strategy, standards, reference architectures, and technical direction.
- Resolve complex challenges spanning organizational and technology boundaries, including unprecedented or systemic problems.
- Conduct strategic advisory work, technology evaluation, and architecture governance in collaboration with executive leadership.
- Mentor architects and senior technical leaders and contribute to architecture excellence across the organization.
- Represent Mayo Clinic in strategic engagements with vendors, research collaborators, standards organizations, and professional communities.
Benefits
- Multiple medical plan options.
- Delta Dental or a reimbursement account for flexible dental coverage.
- Affordable vision plan with a national network.
- HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
- Competitive retirement package.
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans.
- Continuing education and advancement opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
