Lead Enterprise Architect
About The Position
The Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect creates enterprise strategies and ensures application development teams adhere to enterprise architectural standards. The role develops and maintains strategies for enterprise architectural capabilities such as integration, APIs, and digital process automation; architects cloud-native solutions using AWS services or similar technologies to support risk analytics at scale; and reviews designs for architectural soundness and standards compliance. The position translates business strategies into technology investment roadmaps and defines and maintains target technology architectures for an assigned business unit. It provides subject matter expertise on complex technology roadmaps and enterprise systems, helps shape technology solutions and investments, and guides major technology change projects through strategic options analysis, end-to-end solution proposals, and assessment of trade-offs and risks. The architect reviews project designs, aligns IT projects with strategic capabilities and standards, oversees application portfolio management, identifies technology enablers, and influences vendors and partners. The role collaborates with business and technology teams, Federated Architects, data scientists, risk managers, and business stakeholders. It mentors Federated Architects and influences technical standards and architecture decisions across development teams. The position also monitors industry developments, supports organizational change initiatives, identifies process improvements, and provides direction and expertise on complex assignments. The position requires maintaining a current AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification. The role is hybrid, with employees working three days per week in a Lincoln office. Alternate office locations are Greensboro, North Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Radnor, Pennsylvania. Relocation assistance is not available.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience; four years of experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree.
- Five to seven or more years of technology architecture experience directly aligned with the position's responsibilities.
- Current AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain strategies for enterprise architectural capabilities, including integration, APIs, and digital process automation.
- Architect cloud-native solutions using AWS services or similar technology to support risk analytics at scale.
- Review solution designs for architectural soundness and adherence to enterprise standards.
- Collaborate with Federated Architects, data scientists, risk managers, business stakeholders, and technology teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
- Mentor Federated Architects and influence technical standards and architecture decisions across application development teams.
- Translate business strategies into technology investment roadmaps.
- Define and maintain target technology architectures for the assigned business unit.
- Provide subject matter expertise on complex technology roadmaps, enterprise systems, and applications.
- Guide major technology change projects by leading strategic options analysis, proposing end-to-end solutions, and identifying trade-offs and risks.
- Review designs of major technology projects to identify strategic opportunities and resolve design issues during delivery.
- Ensure IT projects align with strategic capabilities, target architectures, and technology standards.
- Oversee the application portfolio management system.
- Identify technology enablers, including innovative uses of emerging enterprise technology platforms, to optimize IT investments.
- Influence key IT vendors and partners.
- Monitor current and emerging developments and trends, assess their impact, and collaborate with senior management on current and future solutions.
- Support organizational change management and departmental or enterprise initiatives.
- Identify and direct process improvements that significantly improve quality across the team, department, or business unit.
- Provide subject matter expertise and direction on complex assignments, projects, and initiatives.
- Maintain a current AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification.
Benefits
- Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, with associated behaviors for Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes.
- Leadership development and virtual training opportunities.
- PTO and parental leave.
- Competitive 401(k) and employee benefits.
- Free financial counseling, health coaching, and employee assistance program.
- Tuition assistance program.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Productivity and technology tools and training.
- The role may be eligible for the discretionary Annual Incentive Program; other rewards may include long-term incentives and sales incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
