Senior Enterprise Architect

TEKsystems•Coppell, TX

10h•$148,200 - $222,400•Remote

About The Position

Think of TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) as the growth solution for enterprises today. We unleash growth through technology, strategy, design, execution, and operations with a customer-first mindset for bold business leaders. We deliver cloud, data, and customer experience solutions. Our partnerships with leading cloud, design, and business intelligence platforms fuel our expertise. We value deep relationships, dedication to serving others, and inclusion. We drive positive outcomes for our people and our business, and we stay true to our commitments and act in harmony with our words. We exist to create significant opportunities for people to achieve fulfillment through career success. Ready to join us? Here’s what the opportunity supported through our TGS Talent Acquisition Team requires: Position Overview We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as a Senior Enterprise Architect within our Business & Technology Strategy Practice. The Senior Enterprise Architect is a strategic technical client project leadership role reporting to the Director of Business & Technology Strategy. This individual will be a member of the Enterprise Architecture organization, responsible for developing enterprise architecture strategy primarily for healthcare clients (potentially others) and aligning with the TEKsystems Architecture Guild. The Senior Enterprise Architect will combine a deep understanding of technology, applications, industry best practices, business processes, and architectural patterns to align and drive business and IT transformation initiatives that meet our enterprise objectives. In this role, you will collaborate with industry and business leaders, stakeholders, engineers, and analysts to understand strategic business initiatives and develop technical solutions that meet those needs. This individual is a take-charge professional who has extensive knowledge in healthcare as well as in multiple business and architecture domains, is forward-thinking, and is well-versed in emerging technologies and trends. Must possess the excellent interpersonal skills necessary to articulate the value of a strong enterprise architecture function to critical business stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; advanced degrees (Master’s, Ph.D.) preferred.
10 or more years of broad and relevant business and IT Experience
7 or more years of broad healthcare experience and knowledge (Payer & Provider)
5 or more years in enterprise architecture, solution design, and technical leadership roles
3 or more years in IT consulting and IT services organizations
Certification from Lean IX, TOGAF, MODAF, DODAF, Business Architect Guild, or equivalent preferred
Proven track record in building, leading, and successfully implementing architecture and strategy for large-scale IT modernization
Champions portfolio to enterprise-level strategic initiatives across multiple business units
Develop and maintain strategies and solutions for the enterprise in collaboration with executive leadership across the business and IT
Demonstrates thought leadership influencing one or more business units and has a tangible impact on the strategic direction of enterprise initiatives
Experience within the healthcare landscape and a broad understanding of business problems, objectives, and potential solutions
Understanding and experience with enterprise transformation and the ability to see the big picture and connect the dots within an organization
Familiarity with building strategies that include AI and Gen AI implementations
Demonstrated proficiency in understanding enterprise architecture methodologies and the ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into architectural solutions
Senior-level architect who champions and continuously contributes to the advancement of the architecture operating model, governance, processes, policies, standards, and framework for the enterprise architecture capability
Has strong competencies and exhibits strong thought leadership in the digital architecture domain, including digital applications, modern web app architecture, mobility architecture, cloud-native application architecture, micro-services architecture, integration, and interoperability
Broad understanding of Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Data Analytics, Integration Architecture, DevOps, Release Management, Infrastructure Platform Engineering, and Cloud Operating models
Use repeatable architecture frameworks and processes to enable complex cross-functional initiatives related to major business initiatives
Understanding of application design & integration methods and tools
Understanding of in-depth business processes and how they are interconnected with systems and people
Familiarity with BPMN Files and how to work with them
Experience in using EA tools like Lean IX
Experience working with Business Process Tools such as Camunda and UiPath
Possesses the excellent interpersonal skills necessary to articulate the value of a strong enterprise architecture function to critical business stakeholders
Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities
Displays strong learning agility and business acumen
Must be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity
Collaborative, inclusive, adaptable
Customer first attitude
Willingness to continually learn
Occasional travel to client sites up to 25% (Subject to client's request)

Nice To Haves

Experience building agents in UiPath is a plus
Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

Engage with clients as a trusted advisor to understand their business goals, challenges, and strategic priorities, and how they relate to their enterprise Architecture and potential transformational initiatives
Drive & facilitate and/or participate in strategy and planning workshops with key stakeholders and customers to pinpoint areas of value
Provides comprehensive analytical thinking to ensure transformation costs, impact, and value are properly understood, estimated, and controlled across people, processes, and technology
Collaborates with customers, vendors, industry consultants, and company leadership to continuously learn and identify opportunities to advance our technology strategy and provide value for customers
Drive innovation and the adoption of best practices in business & transformation strategy development, modern enterprise architecture frameworks
Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to identify opportunities for innovation and strategic investment
Provide recommendations on technology adoption and implementation strategies based on the client’s unique needs and outline architectural vision
Responsible for the development and maintenance of enterprise architecture technology blueprints that articulate the client’s business strategy, future state business and technology architecture, and multiyear execution roadmap within an account
Conduct comprehensive assessments of the client’s current IT infrastructure and systems as it relates to their processes to identify areas for improvement, perform maturity analysis of key IT enablers
Leverage in-depth expertise in the enterprise IT space, staying updated on the latest advancements on tools and services available in the market, and guiding the team in applying best practices to build an offering that can be delivered to customers at scale
Collaborates with other architects (Enterprise, Practice, & Client) to create and document standards and patterns that can be leveraged for future re-use and actively seeks opportunities to leverage industry solutions for new business offerings and services
Develops and maintains the reference architecture, which includes the reference models for enterprise platforms, data, applications, and databases, guiding principles, standards, patterns, and usage guidelines
Create contextual and conceptual models that help document and simplify potentially complex topics
Understanding of Information Architecture
Manages the creation and maintenance of models that identify interdependencies between applications, information, and technologies
Work with Agentic AI and tools such as UiPath and Camunda to build out processes and create agents