Enterprise Architect

TEKsystems•Dallas, TX

18h•Remote

About The Position

Think of TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) as the growth solution for enterprises today. We unleash growth through technology, strategy, design, execution and operations with a customer-first mindset for bold business leaders. We deliver cloud, data and customer experience solutions. Our partnerships with leading cloud, design and business intelligence platforms fuel our expertise. We value deep relationships, dedication to serving others and inclusion. We drive positive outcomes for our people and our business, and we stay true to our commitments and act in harmony with our words. We exist to create significant opportunity for people to achieve fulfillment through career success. Ready to join us? We’re seeking a bold, independent thinker who thrives at the intersection of business strategy and technology transformation. This is not a role for order-takers; it is for leaders who challenge conventional thinking, bring creative solutions to complex problems, and drive outcomes without waiting to be told what to do. You will serve as a trusted advisor to our most important customers, helping executive and technical leaders cut through ambiguity and chart a clear path forward. AI advisory and strategy have become a defining capability in this role - you will guide clients through enterprise AI readiness, use case prioritization, governance frameworks, and the architectural decisions required to move from pilot to production at scale. You own the advisory relationship, shape the strategy, generate new opportunities, and solution the right approach for each client. You bring a bias for action, a high tolerance for ambiguity, and the credibility to stand in a room with a C-suite and say something they haven't heard before, then back it up. Ability to travel up to 25%

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
10+ years relevant professional experience in strategic IT planning & designing.
5+ years' experience customer facing IT consulting and IT services organizations leading complex transformations.
Deep fluency in AI/ML platforms, LLM-based architectures, agentic systems, and enterprise data and integration patterns that underpin scalable AI solutions.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degrees (Master’s, Ph.D.) are preferred.

Responsibilities

Engage directly with clients to cut through complexity and provide the expert strategic guidance and architectural direction needed to move transformation initiatives forward.
Work shoulder-to-shoulder with customer leadership, technical architects, and program sponsors, ensuring the work is progressing, decisions are getting made, and the right outcomes are within reach.
Bring deep fluency in modern enterprise architecture frameworks and know how to apply them pragmatically.
Assess current-state architecture honestly, define the target state with clarity, and chart a pragmatic path between the two, leveraging modern technologies and platforms.
Design target-state architectures built for where the business is going, spanning application, data, integration, and AI layers.
Understand the relationship between business capability and technology architecture and use that lens to help clients make better investment and design decisions.
Be current on modern architecture patterns including cloud-native design, API-led integration, event-driven architecture, and AI-ready infrastructure, and know when each one is the right tool for the job.
Engage with clients to understand not just their stated goals but the underlying business challenges and strategic pressures shaping their decisions.
Facilitate strategy and planning workshops that drive real alignment, not just consensus, turning complex transformation ambitions into clear, sequenced initiatives.
Provide strategic guidance on how technology and enterprise architecture can become genuine enablers of business outcomes.
Assess clients' current IT landscape with depth and rigor, identifying gaps, improvement opportunities, and maturity levels across key IT enablers.
Translate assessment findings into strategic roadmaps that are actionable, prioritized, and tied directly to business objectives.
Define clear goals, milestones, and success criteria for every initiative, working with relevant Centers of Excellence to ensure there is accountability and measurable impact from day one.
Work alongside client leadership to define strategic IT priorities that are grounded in long-term vision.
Evaluate emerging tech trends with a critical eye, identifying where real opportunities for innovation and strategic investment exist for your clients.
Provide clear, opinionated guidance on technology adoption and implementation strategy, and articulate an architectural vision.
Help clients cut through the noise, evaluate platform and tooling options across foundation model providers, enterprise AI platforms, and MLOps infrastructure, and make sound build vs. buy vs. partner decisions.
Develop an AI investment thesis that is grounded in their business context and tied to outcomes they can measure.
Bring business and IT into the same room and make sure they leave speaking the same language.
Facilitate workshops that build genuine shared understanding of strategic objectives.
Drive collaboration and communication across departments so that IT initiatives are designed around business processes from the start.
Actively collaborate across practices and teams to shape modernization strategies and roadmaps.
Recognize opportunity signals when they surface in client engagements, and shape them into compelling, well-scoped solutions.
Shape the approach, define the scope, and articulate the value in a way that resonates with both executive sponsors and technical stakeholders.
Build trust first, and use that trust to open doors, advance conversations, and bring the right TEKsystems capabilities to bear at the right moment.
Lead the development of offerings that meet clients where the market is actually going.
Build and evolve practice capabilities across the full spectrum of enterprise transformation.
Identify what's missing, build what's needed, and ensure our offerings stay sharp, differentiated, and ready to deploy at scale.
Leverage in-depth expertise in Enterprise IT space, staying updated on the latest advancements on tools and services available in the market.
Guide the team in applying best practices to build offerings that can be delivered to customers at scale.
Set the standard for how this practice thinks about transformation strategy and enterprise architecture - driving innovation, challenging stale approaches, and ensuring best practices are embedded in everything we build and deliver.
Help clients build the organizational and technical foundations to move beyond proof-of-concept into something that actually scales and sticks.
Ensure AI strategy and best practices are woven into every capability we offer: discovery, assessment, road mapping, architecture, and operating model design.
Define governance, build reference architectures that address data readiness, model selection, integration patterns, and responsible AI guardrails.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life and AD&D for employee and dependents)
Short and Long-Term Disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation Benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc.