IT Enterprise Architect
Holland & Knight LLP•Tampa, FL
•Hybrid
About The Position
We are seeking an IT Enterprise Architect to join our team. The IT Enterprise Architect defines and governs enterprise architecture to directly enable the firm’s strategic priorities, business capabilities, and value streams. This role leverages broad IT knowledge of IT networks, cloud computing, software development, and automation tools to translate business objectives—such as client service excellence, operational efficiency, risk management, and growth—into actionable architecture decisions, roadmaps, and standards.
Requirements
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills.
- High degree of intellectual curiosity and integrity, coupled with a pragmatic, outcome-first mindset.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Confidence to lead architectural evaluations and recommendations, influencing solution direction and investment decisions.
- Strong capability to frame architectural options in terms of business outcomes, tradeoffs, risk, cost, and long‑term enterprise value.
- Ability to translate firm strategy, business objectives, and value streams into actionable architecture decisions and roadmaps
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
- 3+ years of experience architecting and delivering enterprise solutions across multiple enterprise architecture domains (technology, application, information, and infrastructure)
- 3+ years of experience with programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, HTML, CSS, JSON/REST APIs, SQL, NoSQL, and Shell
- 2+ years of experience in cloud computing architecture, technical design, and implementations, including (IaaS), (PaaS), and (SaaS) delivery models across multiple different cloud vendors (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong understanding of enterprise security technologies, including proxies, antispam, authentication repositories, intrusion detection and prevention solutions, logging and monitoring, network access control, encryption, identity management, authentication, and privileged access management solutions.
- Understanding security-related regulatory requirements, such as NIST, PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA compliance, and familiarity with security tools integrated with DevOps (e.g., Fortify, WhiteSource, and Qualys).
- Up-to-date knowledge of AI-related tools and large language models.
- Aptitude to quickly understand the functions and capabilities of existing, new, and emerging technologies to update the firm’s architecture models.
Nice To Haves
- Relevant industry certifications (AWS, CISSP, Professional Cloud Solutions Architect, Open CA, ITIL).
Responsibilities
- Contributes to architecture standard definition and design, including documenting and diagramming the logical, physical, and process views across multiple technology domains.
- Leads architectural evaluation and decision-making for enterprise initiatives, ensuring solution choices align with approved standards, target-state architecture, and business outcomes.
- Participates in product selection and upgrade process as needed.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to project teams to assist in the delivery of approved solutions.
- Participates in and continuously develops architectural knowledge, architecture artifacts the architecture framework.
- Partner with business and practice leaders to translate strategic objectives into architectural priorities and guardrails.
- Special projects and duties as assigned.
Benefits
- comprehensive medical (PPO and HDHPs), dental and vision plans including coverage for domestic partners
- life and AD&D insurance
- short and long term disability insurance
- tax-advantaged accounts for health care expenses, including FSAs and HSAs
- FSAs for dependent care
- health advocacy services
- behavioral health and counseling resources for all family members
- 401(k)
- profit sharing
- backup dependent care
- senior care planning support
- resources for individuals with development disabilities and their caregivers
- paid holidays and other paid time off, including paid leave for new parents
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
