IT Enterprise Architect

Cleaver Brooks • Thomasville, GA

70d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an IT Enterprise Architect to join our Corporate IT Team and work on-site at our Global Corporate Headquarters. This position will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap to align technology investments with business objectives. This role ensures that the organization's IT systems, applications, infrastructure, and data are integrated, scalable, secure, and future-ready. The Enterprise Architect will collaborate with IT leadership, business leaders, and technical teams to establish standards, drive modernization, and enable digital transformation across the enterprise This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports. Works very closely with IT project teams and business project teams. Any salary estimation specified in this job board may or may not be aligned with our organization's pay philosophy. Apply to connect with a Talent Acquisition Partner who can provide you more details! Job Location: Thomasville, GA This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.  All applicants must possess the legal right to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field required; Master's degree preferred.
• 5-7+ years of progressive IT experience, including time in an architecture, systems design, or a senior technical leadership role.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, or similar).
• Strong understanding of IT domains including infrastructure, cloud, applications (ERP, CRM, etc.), security, and data.
• Experience leading large-scale technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
• Skilled in architecture modeling tools.
• Proficiency with project/program management methodologies and tools.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Ability to balance long-term vision with practical implementation.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, and PMP a plus
• Hands on experience with large enterprise systems.
• Prior experience in manufacturing or industrial environment strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, principles, and standards.
• Develop a multi-year technology roadmap aligned with business and IT strategy.
• Create and maintain comprehensive architecture documentation, including diagrams, application specific roadmaps, and technical specifications
• Establish governance processes to evaluate, approve, and monitor IT initiatives for architectural alignment.
• Assess emerging technologies and work with IT Teams to recommend adoption where beneficial to the enterprise.
• Provide thought leadership on modernization initiatives.
• Partner with IT leadership to prioritize technology investments and ensure scalability and flexibility of IT solutions.
• Oversee the design of integrated solutions spanning applications, infrastructure, security, and data domains.
• Guide technical leads on major projects to ensure architectural consistency and interoperability.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to IT architecture, ensuring compliance with regulatory and security standards
• Maintain an accurate and up-to-date repository of enterprise systems, interfaces, and integrations (application portfolio).
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business and IT stakeholders, translating strategic goals into actionable architecture plans.
• Partner with project managers, business analysts, and technical teams to ensure architecture requirements are incorporated into solution designs.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders in a clear and compelling manner.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, maternity support program, discounted virtual physician visits, voluntary medical benefits (Critical Illness, Hospital Care, and Accidental Injury), FSA, HSA, life insurance, short term and long term disability, cash matching 401(k) plan, employee assistance program (EAP), pet insurance, employee discount program, company paid wellness day, generous vacation and 11 paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees