Principal Enterprise Architect

CGI•Lafayette, LA

1d•Remote

About The Position

CGI is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to support enterprise-wide Application Portfolio Management (APM), Technology Portfolio Management (TPM), and modernization initiatives within a large financial services environment. This role will help mature how application and technology portfolios are assessed, governed, rationalized, and modernized. The Principal Enterprise Architect will establish portfolio frameworks, improve traceability across business capabilities and technology assets, and turn architecture information into structured data that supports informed investment and modernization decisions. The role works closely with Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture, Product, Engineering, and Portfolio Management teams and uses enterprise architecture platforms such as ARIS, Alfabet, or comparable tools. Experience supporting modernization in AWS heavy cloud environments is highly valuable. This position is required in one of the following locations: Lafayette, LA, Knoxville, TN, Columbia, SC, Birmingham, AL

Requirements

10+ years of Enterprise Architecture experience, particularly within large, complex enterprise environments.
Strong hands-on experience with Application Portfolio Management (APM) and Technology Portfolio Management (TPM).
Experience evaluating application and technology portfolios for modernization, rationalization, lifecycle management, and technical health.
Strong understanding of enterprise architecture modeling, metamodels, architecture repositories, and architecture as data practices.
Hands-on experience with ARIS, Alfabet, or comparable Enterprise Architecture management platforms.
Ability to establish and maintain relationships between business capabilities, value streams, applications, technologies, and supporting processes.
Strong understanding of cloud modernization, preferably within AWS heavy enterprise environments.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting modernization in AWS heavy cloud environments is highly valuable.
Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Establish portfolio frameworks.
Improve traceability across business capabilities and technology assets.
Turn architecture information into structured data that supports informed investment and modernization decisions.
Assess, govern, rationalize, and modernize application and technology portfolios.
Evaluate application and technology portfolios for modernization, rationalization, lifecycle management, and technical health.
Develop portfolio assessment criteria, modernization scorecards, metrics, guardrails, and governance standards.
Translate architecture and portfolio data into actionable recommendations for technology and business stakeholders.