Enterprise Architecture Lead

CSC

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About The Position

CSC is looking for an Enterprise Architecture Lead, a strategic and hands-on leadership role responsible for shaping, governing, and evolving the enterprise architecture, with a strong emphasis on delivering scalable, secure, and resilient hybrid-cloud infrastructure solutions, to align with business goals and technology transformation. This role leads a team of architects across domains (e.g., solution, security, data, infrastructure, business and applications) and partners with business and technology leaders to ensure that architecture is a catalyst for innovation, scalability, and measurable value delivery. ET provides global platforms and infrastructure to business-unit oriented digital product teams. ET is embarking on a transformation to enable a full self-service hybrid cloud. We are enabling infrastructure-as-code infrastructure platforms and self-service Iaas/PaaS-like products. We are making a significant investment in new and refactored cloud-ready modern applications.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Highly self-motivated and directed, logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience across the full spectrum of architecture domains.
• Demonstrated experience in business architecture, including capability modeling, value stream mapping, and strategic planning.
• Experience leading application architecture initiatives, including legacy modernization, SaaS adoption, and microservices design.
• Proven track record of leading architectural initiatives and driving organizational change.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud and hybrid-cloud infrastructure solutions (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware).
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture principles, including multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud, and edge computing models.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Experience establishing cloud governance, cost optimization, and operational monitoring frameworks.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to see the big picture and align architectural decisions with long-term business objectives.
• Excellent analytical, planning, organizational and technical skills, with a focus on delivering practical and innovative solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Proven ability to lead and scale architecture teams across domains (e.g., solution, security, data, infrastructure) and geographies.
• Experience establishing and operating architecture governance boards, review forums, and communities of practice.
• Skilled in coaching and mentoring architects and engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and architectural excellence.
• Ability to manage architecture capability maturity, performance metrics, and knowledge management practices.
• Value-based & Principle-based decision making.
• Demonstrated experience in working with a geographically dispersed team.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with corporate objectives.
• Partner with Strategy, Engineering, and Product teams to translate business goals into architectural direction and outcomes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, providing insights on technology trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with business leaders to translate strategic goals into enterprise capability maps and transformation roadmaps.
• Facilitate enterprise-wide architecture planning sessions to align business, application, and technology strategies.
• Define and evolve business capability models and value streams in partnership with business stakeholders.
• Align application portfolios with business capabilities, identifying opportunities for consolidation, modernization, or innovation.
• Lead the development of application reference architectures and patterns that support agility, scalability, and reuse.
• Collaborate with business analysts, product managers, and process owners to ensure architecture supports business process optimization and digital transformation.
• Drive alignment between business strategy and IT investments through capability-based planning and road mapping.
• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-wide cloud and hybrid-cloud strategies, ensuring alignment with business and technical objectives.
• Drive adoption of cloud-native and hybrid-cloud infrastructure patterns, including containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Define cloud governance models, landing zones, and security architectures across public and private cloud environments.
• Collaborate with platform engineering and DevOps teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure.
• Evaluate and select cloud service providers, tools, and platforms based on architectural fit, performance, and risk.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and operational standards in cloud deployments.
• Lead architecture governance forums, design reviews, and capability assessments to ensure alignment and compliance.
• Establish and maintain architecture standards, reference models, and guardrails across domains.
• Drive adoption of architecture tools (e.g., ABACUS) and ensure architecture documentation is current and actionable.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of architects across multiple geographies and domains.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and architectural excellence.
• Develop and manage career paths, training programs, and communities of practice for architects, engineers, and product teams.
• Define and manage by metrics—translating business goals into measurable outcomes, using dashboards, OKRs, and KPIs to track performance and guide continuous improvement.
• Embed architects within delivery teams to guide solution design, ensure alignment to target architecture, and support execution.
• Collaborate with technical leaders and project owners to define architecture milestones, dependencies, and value realization.
• Support procurement and vendor assessments with architectural input and risk evaluation.
• Lead complex, multi-regional initiatives with clear accountability for delivering scope, quality, timeline, and budget.
• Guide application rationalization and modernization efforts, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
• Support business case development for major initiatives by providing architectural insights and impact assessments.
• Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to inform strategic planning and innovation.
• Promote architectural thinking across the organization through coaching, workshops, and enablement.
• Drive continuous improvement in architectural practices, tools, and engagement models.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree