Chamberlain

Enterprise Architect Lead

Oak Brook, IL

Sponsorship not specified$103k-$193kDetected 14 days ago

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About the role

Enterprise Architect serves as a trusted architecture leader responsible for owning and executing Enterprise Architecture requests and providing architectural direction across initiatives, programs, and portfolios.
Translate enterprise and business strategy into reference architectures, architectural patterns, capability maps, and technology roadmaps.

Partner with business leaders, product owners, and IT teams to translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions.
Lead or participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB), design forums, and governance processes; document architectural decisions, trade‑offs, and decision records.
Drive technology rationalization initiatives to reduce redundancy, improve reuse, and optimize cost and complexity.
Collaborate closely with security, infrastructure, data, and platform teams to ensure solutions meet non‑functional requirements including performance, availability, scalability, compliance, and security.
Develop, maintain, and communicate architecture artifacts such as diagrams, roadmaps, patterns, and governance documentation.
Mentor solution architects, domain architects, and technical leads on enterprise architecture standards, practices, and design principles.
Serve as the primary Enterprise Architecture lead for Enterprise Architecture Requests (EAR), triaging, prioritizing, and delivering architectural guidance across initiatives.
Lead architecture assessments, solution designs, and target-state definitions for major programs and projects.
Ensure solution designs align with enterprise architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and guardrails.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
8+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technical Architecture roles.
Proven experience operating in large, complex enterprise environments.

Experience supporting digital transformation, modernization, or cloud migration initiatives.
Exposure to portfolio management, capability modeling, or value-stream mapping.
Architecture certifications
This position is eligible for participation in a short-term incentive plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.
Chamberlain Group wants all of its employees to succeed and encourages people of all backgrounds to apply.
We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and you'll be considered for this role regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, ancestry
marital, disabled or veteran status.
We're committed to fostering an environment where people of all lived experiences feel welcome.

Strong understanding of application and integration architecture.
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS preferred).
Knowledge of data architecture, analytics platforms, and security and identity principles.
Practical experience with architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or SAFe.
Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
Pragmatic, outcome-driven mindset - knows when to enforce standards and when to enable flexibility.
Collaborative, confident, and comfortable operating with ambiguity.
Provide end‑to‑end architectural guidance across applications, integrations, data, cloud/infrastructure, and security domains.

The pay range for this position is $102,600.00 - $193,425.00; base pay offered may vary depending on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.

Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.

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