Enterprise Architect ONSITE Biloxi 5264

Keesler Federal Credit Union • Biloxi, MS

29d • Onsite

About The Position

The Enterprise Architect is a key contributor within Keesler Federal Credit Union's Enterprise Architecture practice, responsible for maintaining and evolving architecture artifacts, standards, and governance processes across all architecture domains — with primary focus on enterprise business, data, and application architectures. Working with the direction of the Principal Enterprise Architect, this role ensures that architecture documentation, patterns, and decisions remain current, consistent, and aligned to the enterprise architecture blueprint and target-state models.

This position participates in the Enterprise Architecture Review Board (EARB) and Change Advisory Board (CAB), providing architecture analysis and input that supports sound technology decision-making across the organization. The Enterprise Architect operates at the intersection of architecture governance and solution delivery — translating enterprise standards into practical guidance for engineering, development, project, applications and business teams.

This role draws from the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) service domains and best-of-breed enterprise architecture frameworks to support a modern, resilient, and composable architecture for a financial services organization. It requires strong technical depth, collaborative delivery, and a continuous improvement mindset.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the functions of the position required.
• 7+ years of progressive IT Experience or related experience required with at least 3+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or a senior technical role with architecture responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience across multiple architecture domains, with depth in data and application architecture.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), API management, and data platforms.
• Proficiency in architecture modeling tools and repository management (e.g., ArchiMate, LeanIX, Sparx EA, or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, API-led integration, and event-driven patterns.
• Proficient in the use of computers and standard office technology, including Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams).

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or equivalent depth of technical expertise preferred.
• Experience in financial services or a similarly regulated industry preferred.
• Participation in architecture governance processes (EARB, CAB, or equivalent) preferred.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks: BIAN, TOGAF, Zachman, and/or SABSA.
• Familiarity with financial industry regulatory requirements relevant to technology and data (NCUA, FFIEC, CFPB, BSA/AML, OFAC).
• TOGAF or BIAN Foundational certification or equivalent preferred
• Azure certifications or equivalent cloud platform credentials preferred.
• A demonstrated pattern of continuous learning through industry certifications is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and evolve enterprise architecture artifacts, models, and documentation within the EA repository — Keesler's authoritative source for enterprise taxonomy.
• Support the ongoing alignment of current-state, transition-state, and target-state architecture documentation to Keesler Federal's strategic plan and EA blueprint.
• Apply BIAN service domain models and best-of-breed EA frameworks (e.g., TOGAF ADM, Zachman perspectives) to support architecture communication and analysis across all domains.
• Assist in preparing EARB agendas, architecture review packages, and architecture decision records.
• Contribute to the evolution of EA standards, patterns, and reference architectures as the enterprise architecture practice matures.
• Maintain business architecture artifacts including value stream models, capability maps, and operating model documentation.
• Support the connection between technology initiatives and business context by mapping solution designs to value stream and operating model constructs.
• Assist in applying BIAN service domain models to business capability mapping and banking service alignment efforts.
• Provide solution architecture support for technology initiatives, ensuring proposed designs conform to enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and target-state models.
• Conduct architecture fit/gap analysis for vendor solutions, platform evaluations, and internal capability assessments.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of reusable architecture patterns, reference architectures, and architectural building blocks.
• Support technical and project teams in applying architecture standards to solution design and implementation.
• Maintain and evolve enterprise data architecture documentation, including standards for data sources, data domains, data modeling, data flows, data classifications, data integrations, data reporting, and data storage.
• Support the architecture of data platforms and pipelines, including data lake, data warehouse, data mesh, and real-time streaming patterns appropriate to Keesler Federal's analytics and operational data needs.
• Maintain and evolve enterprise application architecture documentation, including standards for application design, integration patterns, and lifecycle management across the application portfolio.
• Support application portfolio rationalization efforts — contributing architecture analysis to inform decisions for consolidation, modernization, or retirement with respect to the application disposition framework — TIME (Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, Eliminate).
• Maintain integration architecture and API standards documentation—Support API lifecycle governance and design consistency across the enterprise.
• Maintain technology and security architecture documentation across infrastructure, platform, cloud, networking, edge, virtualization, containerization, and service layers.
• Support hybrid-cloud modernization architecture efforts including cloud strategy documentation, containerization standards, and workload migration planning.
• Contribute to security architecture documentation and evolution, supporting the embedding of security standards across all domains consistent with financial industry regulatory requirements and zero-trust principles.
• Collaborate effectively across IT, business, and vendor stakeholders to advance architecture standards and practices.
• Contribute to the growth and maturity of the EA practice by sharing knowledge, documenting decisions, and supporting EA program initiatives.
• Mentor junior engineers and technical staff in applying enterprise architecture principles and standards to their work.
• Represent the EA practice with credibility and integrity in governance forums and cross-functional engagements.
• Responsible for compliance with all Federal regulations, including Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
• Participating Member — supports the review of architecturally significant decisions; prepares architecture analysis, documents findings, and contributes to architecture decision records under the guidance of the EARB Chair.
• Participating Member — provides architecture perspective on change risk, technical dependencies, and impact assessment for proposed changes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent Care expenses
• Employee and Dependent Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with 100% match on the first 5% contributed by you
• Paid Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement and Competitive Scholarships
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

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