Enterprise Architect

Mizuho • New York, NY

7d • $111,000 - $200,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Mizuho as an Enterprise Architect! In this role, you will support the day-to-day operation of the Enterprise Architecture function by coordinating key governance forums and reporting cadences. The ideal candidate will produce regular leadership-ready reporting on architecture KPIs and KRIs, and proactively track dependencies, risks, and issues to ensure timely visibility, escalation, and follow-through across stakeholders.

Requirements

• At least 3+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture (EA), IT governance, PMO, or technology operations role supporting cross-functional stakeholders and executive/committee-level reporting.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating governance forums (e.g., Architecture Review Board or similar): agenda development, distribution of pre-reads, minute-taking, action-item tracking, and follow-up with accountable owners.
• Strong reporting and data management skills, including KPI/KRI definition support, data collection from multiple sources, validation/quality checks, trend analysis, and creation of leadership-ready status summaries and dashboards.
• Working knowledge of project delivery and RAID management (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies), with the ability to drive clear ownership, due dates, and escalation paths for cross-team dependencies (e.g., GRC, infrastructure, application teams).
• Experience maintaining structured repositories for architecture artifacts such as Architectural Decision Records (ADRs), standards, and approved technology stacks (including versioning, metadata, auditability, and retrieval).
• Proficiency with common collaboration and reporting tools (e.g., Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; SharePoint/Teams; Jira/Confluence or similar), including building trackers, generating summaries, and maintaining controlled documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex inputs into concise meeting minutes and executive updates; strong attention to detail, organization, and discretion when handling sensitive technology and risk information.
• Eligibility to work in the local market.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Architecture Review Board (ARB) administration (Secretary): schedule recurring and ad-hoc ARB meetings, coordinate attendee availability, publish agendas and pre-read materials, and document meeting minutes, decisions, and action items; track completion of follow-ups and support timely escalation of blockers.
• External dependency and issue tracking: maintain a consolidated log of EA dependencies on partner teams (e.g., GRC and other IT teams) and dependencies other teams have on EA; identify owners, required deliverables, target dates, and risk levels; monitor status through to closure and ensure impacts are communicated to the appropriate stakeholders.
• EA project status reporting: collect schedule, scope, milestones, RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies), and key decisions from initiative teams; consolidate updates into weekly/monthly status reports and dashboards for EA leadership; highlight variances, emerging risks, and items requiring decisions or escalation.
• EA KPI and KRI collection and reporting: define and maintain the reporting cadence, templates, and data sources for Enterprise Architecture KPIs/KRIs; validate inputs for completeness and accuracy; produce trend views and commentary, and distribute outputs to governance bodies and senior stakeholders.
• Architectural Decision Records (ADRs): maintain a centralized ADR repository; ensure each decision is captured with context, options considered, rationale, impacts, approvers, and effective date; support review cycles, version control, and retrieval for audits, re-use, and future design work.
• Approved technology stack register: maintain, record, and track the approved technology stack (platforms, tools, versions, and standards); document exceptions and time-bound waivers where needed; coordinate periodic reviews with architecture and engineering stakeholders to keep the stack current and aligned to enterprise standards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees