IT Enterprise Architect

Danaher•Coralville, IA

1d•Onsite

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, future-proof decisions across the enterprise. As a strategic advisor to business and IT leaders, the Enterprise Architect partners with Solution and Platform Architects and serves as a key decision maker in architecture governance forums. This role reports to the VP, Business Transformation and IT and is part of the IT Organization. It is based onsite in either Coralville, Iowa, or Fargo, North Dakota, with travel of up to 25% for stakeholder engagement and site or program support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of experience in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 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 (ERP/CRM), digital channels, and data/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, aligning them 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.