Enterprise Architect

Role: Enterprise Architect

Location: Remote-EST Preferred

Duration: Long Term

1. Architecture leadership (enterprise + program)

• own target-state architecture, principles, guardrails, and decision governance (ADRs/decision log)
• ensure alignment across application, data, integration, security, cloud, and DevOps

2. Solution architecture oversight (delivery-facing)

• review/approve key HLD/LLD for major workflows/epics; keep patterns consistent across PODs
• drive NFRs (performance, resiliency, security, scalability, maintainability)
• establish baseline templates (logging/tracing/error handling) and reference implementations

3. Business + domain alignment (client-facing)

• translate BRDs into architecture-relevant requirements and sequencing/dependencies
• support LLF/MVP shaping with PO + functional leadership
• present tradeoffs/options and drive clear decisions with stakeholders

4. Integration + data strategy

• set API/integration patterns, versioning, contracts, system boundaries, and data ownership
• define data model evolution, migrations/versioning, governance basics (audit/retention/privacy)

5. Security + risk management

• define security architecture guardrails, threat modeling approach, and compliance considerations
• maintain an architecture risk register with mitigation plan and owners

6. Operational excellence

• set CI/CD, environment strategy, release/rollback patterns
• define observability standards (logs/metrics/traces), SLO thinking, and incident readiness

7. AI-first enablement (if relevant to how you work)

• define how AI-assisted delivery fits SDLC without breaking quality/security/traceability
• help standardize AI guardrails/templates and measurement (cycle time, rework, defect leakage)

8. Stakeholder Management

• chair architecture working group; align architects, tech leads, POs, QA, DevOps
• mentor solution architects and senior engineers; raise architecture maturity
• communicate crisply: decisions, rationale, risks, and what changes for teams