Senior Enterprise Architect

UFCU•Austin, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Enterprise Architect (EA) is accountable for UFCU’s enterprise technology architecture strategy, target-state design, and architecture governance, while also serving as a hands-on solution architect for high-impact initiatives. This role ensures UFCU platforms and solutions are secure-by-design, resilient, scalable, interoperable, and audit/regulator-ready, enabling consistent member and employee experiences. This role drives adoption of standards and architectural patterns through practical enablement, developer community engagement, and strong partnership with business and technology leaders. The Sr. Enterprise Architect role reports to the Chief Technology Officer.

Requirements

Advanced knowledge of enterprise architecture practices across application, integration, and data domains
API and event-driven integration patterns
Security architecture fundamentals
Resiliency and operational design principles
Clear communication of architecture and trade-offs
Demonstrated cross-functional collaboration and influence
Experience with vendor evaluation and architecture assessment
Development of practical, reusable patterns
Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels
Ability to identify and mitigate architectural risks early
Ability to balance standardization with delivery speed
5-7+ years of experience in architecture or engineering roles with increasing responsibility
Experience in complex enterprise environments
Exposure across multiple domains such as integration, data, CRM/contact center, and cloud
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field or relevant experience in lieu of degree
Must be bondable

Nice To Haves

Experience in regulated industries
Experience working with credit unions, community banks, regional financial institutions or regulated environments

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the enterprise target architecture across applications, integration, data, security, and infrastructure
Develop multi-year roadmaps aligned to business priorities
Establish architecture principles (API-first, reuse, secure-by-design, observable systems)
Lead architecture for strategic initiatives including CRM, integration, onboarding/origination, and data platforms
Produce actionable artifacts such as architecture diagrams, data flows, interface designs, and ADRs
Define non-functional requirements and operational readiness expectations
Operate the Architecture Review Board (ARB)
Define and maintain architecture standards and reference patterns
Manage exception processes with clear timelines and remediation plans
Ensure decisions are documented and traceable
Define standards for APIs, eventing, and messaging patterns
Drive adoption of reusable integration patterns
Reduce point-to-point integrations and increase platform reuse
Promote domain-based data architecture and governance
Ensure alignment on data quality, lineage, classification, and access
Support scalable data consumption patterns for analytics and reporting
Partner with Information Security and GRC to ensure secure-by-design solutions
Embed controls for identity, encryption, monitoring, and resilience
Ensure architectures are audit-ready and regulator-reassuring
Evaluate vendor solutions for architectural fit, integration feasibility, and risk
Define integration and architecture expectations for third-party platforms
Assess total cost of ownership and long-term viability
Adheres to all company policies, procedures, and business ethics codes.
Completes required regulatory training as assigned.
Maintains strict adherence to and compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, and internal controls specific to the role, including but not limited to Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, USA Patriot Act, OFAC and Fair Lending regulations.