Sr. Technology Architect

Gilbane Building Company • Tampa, FL

1d • $110,000 - $155,000

About The Position

Gilbane is seeking a Sr. Technology Architect to provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, evaluation, and governance of enterprise technology capabilities. The role translates business objectives into scalable, secure, reliable, and sustainable architectures aligned with enterprise strategy, standards, and roadmaps. The position can be based near any Gilbane office or remotely.

The architect partners with business and technology stakeholders, supports strategic initiatives and enterprise roadmaps, and provides guidance throughout the delivery lifecycle. The role also serves as a trusted advisor on technology strategy, solution design, and architectural decisions; promotes consistency and reuse; and coaches less experienced team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Application Architecture, Data Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or related technical leadership roles.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale solutions across applications, data platforms, integrations, analytics, and cloud services.
• Experience evaluating packaged applications, cloud services, platform capabilities, and custom-development approaches to determine appropriate technology solutions.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise and data architecture, including data modeling, governance, information management, APIs, integration patterns, ETL/ELT, data lineage, access controls, and security principles.
• Understanding of application architecture principles, including service boundaries, scalability, resiliency, observability, interoperability, and lifecycle management.
• Ability to define architecture patterns and standards for APIs, events, messaging, data exchange, workflow orchestration, and system integration.
• Ability to translate business requirements and long-term objectives into scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions.
• Ability to architect solutions that balance governance, security, compliance, and data controls with innovation and agility.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, including the ability to identify root causes and build alignment across business, technology, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and capabilities for their potential to improve business outcomes, delivery effectiveness, and technology sustainability.
• Qualified applicants offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree.
• Certification or familiarity with architecture frameworks such as The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) or Zachman.
• Relevant architecture, cloud, application, data, or technology certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), or comparable certification.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and technical guidance for assigned domains.
• Lead architecture and high-level design activities for strategic business and technology initiatives.
• Translate business capabilities, requirements, and constraints into practical architectures.
• Ensure architectures address scalability, security, reliability, interoperability, performance, maintainability, and supportability.
• Develop current-state, target-state, and transition architectures to support enterprise strategies and roadmaps.
• Identify dependencies, risks, gaps, and opportunities across technology domains.
• Participate in architecture reviews, governance processes, portfolio planning, and technology roadmap development.
• Provide architecture guidance throughout the delivery lifecycle to maintain alignment with approved designs and enterprise standards.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand strategic objectives, operational needs, and technology requirements, and align architecture decisions with business priorities and long-term technology strategies.
• Communicate options, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Facilitate collaboration across business teams, product teams, delivery teams, security, operations, and vendors.
• Serve as a trusted advisor for technology strategy, solution design, and architectural decision-making.
• Promote consistency and reuse across Business Units, applications, and technology initiatives.
• Coach and mentor less experienced team members.
• Support a positive and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

• Competitive health and welfare benefits.
• Generous profit-sharing/401k plan.
• Training opportunities through Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills.
• Opportunity to learn industry skills while working with an experienced team.

What This Job Offers

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