Enterprise Architect

Alpine Bank•Denver, CO

3d•$145,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Enterprise Architect is a senior technical leader who solves complex technology challenges, guides enterprise architecture strategy, and aligns infrastructure, security, compliance, resilience, and business objectives in a highly regulated financial environment. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical architecture and implementation. The architect advises executive leadership, leads architecture reviews and cross-functional initiatives, develops enterprise standards and roadmaps, and supports audit, risk, security governance, and operational resilience efforts. The position also mentors technical staff, evaluates emerging technologies and automation opportunities, and participates in incident response and operational escalations when needed. The job operates in a professional office environment using standard office equipment. After-hours and weekend support is required for systems changes and disaster recovery testing, and travel to conferences, meetings, and branch locations may be necessary. The role may require lifting up to 25 pounds and regularly requires talking and hearing; vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and adjusting focus. Starting pay is $145,000 to $175,000 per year, depending on experience. The position is anticipated to close October 30, 2026, or until filled.

Requirements

Extensive experience in highly regulated environments and strong understanding of audit, compliance, and governance requirements.
Deep experience with enterprise cloud platforms, including AWS and Azure.
Strong background in identity and access management, including SSO, federation, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, privileged access management, and identity governance.
Experience designing and implementing resilient infrastructure and disaster recovery solutions.
Strong knowledge of enterprise security frameworks, including NIST, CIS, PCI, FFIEC, and related governance standards.
Experience leading enterprise security or infrastructure modernization initiatives.
Strong understanding of infrastructure automation, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and operational automation.
Experience building or governing cloud security programs and application security capabilities.
Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership and technical engineering teams.
Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams, influencing cross-functional stakeholders, and driving organizational maturity.
Experience supporting or leading vulnerability management, threat intelligence, security governance, and operational risk reduction programs.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with willingness to engage directly in technical implementation when needed.
Experience working across infrastructure, networking, security, development, and operational disciplines.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, or a related field is required.
Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid State of Colorado Driver’s License is required.
Five to seven years of experience administering and operating multi-site networks with multiple data centers.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including lifting up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Industry certifications from Cisco, Microsoft, or other related fields are preferred.
Supervisory experience is beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

Serve as a senior technical advisor to executive leadership on enterprise architecture, technology strategy, resilience, and modernization initiatives.
Partner with Security, Infrastructure, Development, Risk, Audit, and Compliance teams to align technology solutions with regulatory expectations and organizational standards.
Lead architecture and design reviews for critical initiatives across cloud, infrastructure, identity, networking, security, and application environments.
Drive enterprise resilience initiatives, including disaster recovery, high availability, operational maturity, and self-healing system design.
Evaluate complex technical and organizational problems, perform root cause analysis, and lead development of sustainable long-term solutions.
Provide architectural guidance for cloud security, identity and access management, infrastructure automation, application security, and operational governance.
Develop and maintain enterprise standards for secure architecture, infrastructure-as-code, cloud governance, identity lifecycle management, and operational controls.
Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, risk assessments, and security governance processes.
Advise leadership on technology risk, operational maturity, security posture, and strategic investment priorities.
Assist in developing and executing cloud, infrastructure, and security roadmaps aligned with organizational goals.
Lead cross-functional technical initiatives involving multiple engineering and operational teams.
Mentor technical staff and provide leadership across architecture, engineering, and security disciplines.
Evaluate emerging technologies, AI capabilities, automation opportunities, and operational improvements to improve efficiency, resilience, and security posture.
Participate in incident response, operational escalations, and enterprise problem resolution when necessary.
Maintain regular and reliable attendance, perform assigned work, and undertake other duties as assigned.
Provide after-hours and weekend support for systems changes and disaster recovery testing.
Travel to conferences, meetings, and branch locations as necessary.