Enterprise Architect (EA) Consultant - Sacramento, CA

NavitasPartners•Sacramento, CA

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

"Navitas Partners, LLC" is seeking a senior Enterprise Architect (EA) Consultant to lead tactical enterprise architecture execution while designing and standing up a centralized EA Office within a unified Strategy & Governance function. This role combines hands-on solution architecture leadership with governance model design, AI enablement, automation, and PMO/BRM integration.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in Engineering/Technical Sciences
15+ years IT experience (infrastructure, enterprise systems, data architecture)
15+ years in enterprise data architecture, migration, and governance
Experience implementing AI and automation in IT governance/processes
Strong background in enterprise governance models (procurement, cybersecurity, AI, integrations)
Expertise in cloud platforms, SQL, enterprise architecture frameworks
Enterprise/Solution Architecture, ADRs, capability modeling
Cloud & Integration (event-driven, IAM)
Data & AI governance, ETL/ELT, AI/ML lifecycle, prompt engineering
Power Platform, Power BI, M365 Copilot
Azure DevOps or Jira; data catalog/lineage tools (e.g., Purview)

Nice To Haves

TOGAF, ITIL/COBIT, Azure, SAFe certifications
Master’s degree (Technical field)

Responsibilities

Develop solution intents, ADRs, and reference architectures
Establish and enforce cloud, data, integration, security, and AI standards
Lead Architecture Review Board (ARB); manage exceptions and technical debt
Maintain capability maps and technology roadmaps aligned to business strategy
Embed security/privacy-by-design and regulatory compliance
Evaluate vendors, software purchases, and system interoperability
Oversee CMDB optimization and technology lifecycle governance
Partner with executives and business leaders to align IT strategy
Define EA Charter, Operating Model, Service Catalog, and RACI
Establish demand-to-delivery lifecycle (intake → triage → ARB → delivery checkpoints)
Design EA organizational structure (domain architects, analysts)
Implement tooling (Power Platform, Power BI, DevOps, artifact repository)
Develop compliance, risk, reuse, and benefit realization dashboards
Lead change management, adoption, and executive reporting
Standardize and automate intake & triage workflows
Establish AI use-case registry, model governance, and prompt libraries
Implement data governance guardrails (lineage, catalog, MDM, migration playbooks)
Enable PMO automation (stage gates, RAID logs, reporting, Copilot enablement)
Develop financial dashboards linking portfolio costs to business outcomes