IT Enterprise Architect
About The Position
The IT Enterprise Architect defines, governs, and evolves enterprise-wide technology architecture to enable business strategy, scalability, security, and regulatory compliance. The role provides architecture leadership across applications, data, integration, cloud, and AI platforms, ensuring coherent and future-proof decisions across the enterprise. The Enterprise Architect serves as a strategic advisor to business and IT leaders, partners with Solution and Platform Architects, and acts as a key decision maker in architecture governance forums. The position is part of the IT Organization and is based on-site in either Coralville, Iowa, or Fargo, North Dakota. It reports to the VP, Business Transformation and IT. Travel of up to 25% is required for stakeholder engagement and site or program support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or platform strategy within complex enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated ability to create and govern standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading cross-functional architectural decisions.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to articulate trade-offs, risks, and recommendations.
- Ability to travel up to 25% for stakeholder engagement and site or program support.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and modeling, such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, UML, capability modeling, and process modeling.
- Experience with large-scale modernization and cloud transformation programs.
- Experience in regulated industries and designing controls for security, privacy, and compliance.
- Experience integrating enterprise platforms such as ERP and CRM, digital channels, and data and analytics ecosystems.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve enterprise architecture vision, principles, and target-state roadmaps across application, data, integration, infrastructure, and security domains.
- Advise executive stakeholders on technology investments, modernization options, and trade-offs.
- Provide architectural leadership for major programs and platform decisions, ensuring alignment with business strategy, risk posture, and technology standards.
- Establish and operate architecture governance, including architecture review boards, decision records, standards, reference architectures, and exceptions.
- Partner with business and IT leaders to translate strategic priorities into capability-based architectures and sequenced transformation plans.
- Identify opportunities to simplify the technology landscape, reduce technical debt, and improve interoperability and operability.
Benefits
- Comprehensive, competitive benefit programs, including health care and paid time off.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
