Lead Enterprise Architect - Solutions & Engineering Enablement

NISC • Lincoln, NE

6h • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced visionary Lead Enterprise Architect - Solutions & Engineering Enablement (internally called: Lead Solutions Architect) to drive the development, execution, and education of enterprise-wide architectural strategy. This role combines technical expertise with people and team leadership. It requires strategic vision, a focus on employee development, and the ability to build scalable, efficient frameworks that support developers and align with business objectives. You will lead experienced architecture teams while driving innovation and simplifying complexity to shape the future of enterprise frameworks at NISC.

Requirements

• Typically requires 10+ years of related software development experience with 7+ years of leadership experience.
• Proven experience in enterprise or solutions architecture leadership roles.
• Deep knowledge of architectural frameworks, governance, and emerging technology trends.
• Strong people management and mentorship skills.
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and visual (e.g., diagrams, presentations).
• Demonstrated success in aligning technology strategy with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Leadership & Vision: Define and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy in alignment with business objectives.
• Lead a high-performing architecture team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Empower architects to influence technical direction, mentor development teams, and drive thought leadership.
• Translate business needs into architectural requirements in collaboration with product managers, developers, and executive leaders.
• Serve as a key conduit between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring shared understanding and alignment.
• Provide executive-level communication around architectural vision, strategy, and progress.
• Strategic People Leadership: Servant leader with a proven ability to lead and empower highly experienced architects.
• Technical leader with a persuasive communication style, capable of translating complex solutions into strategic narratives.
• Comfortable saying "no" when appropriate, with a strong sense of long-term business impact.
• Passionate about driving change, simplifying the complex, and enabling others to succeed.
• Adept at mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and decision-making transparency.
• Developer Enablement: Lead and scale teams of enablement engineers dedicated to accelerating strategic goals through effective knowledge sharing, technical enablement, and hands-on guidance supporting hundreds of developers.
• Design and execute an enablement roadmap with defined KPIs to measure effectiveness and value.
• Establish feedback loops such as architecture office hours, reviews, and retrospectives to stay responsive to developer needs.
• Standards, Governance and Oversight: Lead development of enterprise frameworks, coding standards, and reference architectures that promote consistency and scalability.
• Ensure architectural governance through established and evolving processes, in coordination with developers and their needs to cover compliance and enterprise gaps.
• Provide strategic oversight across business, application, and infrastructure domains through exercises like well architected reviews.
• Maintain accurate and accessible architectural documentation, including diagrams and decision records
• Strategic Impact: Drive strategic clarity and alignment between technical capabilities and business goals.
• Own the strategy for simplifying our developer platform and toolchain, reducing cognitive load and accelerating time-to-productivity.
• Provide tangible ROI for architectural investments. Your work will directly impact onboarding velocity, code quality, and cycle time across teams.
• Guide technology selection and adoption of emerging trends, including AI integration and cybersecurity enhancements.
• Ensure risk is proactively identified and mitigated in architectural planning.
• Commitment to NISC’s Shared Values and promotion of our cooperative spirit.
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level