The Blackstone Group LP

Enterprise Architect Lead

The Blackstone Group LP • $102K — $193K *
Oak Brook, IL 60523In-Person
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
  • 8+ years of experience in Enterprise, Solution, or Technical Architecture
  • Proven experience in complex enterprise environments
  • Experience influencing architectural outcomes across teams
  • Strong understanding of application and integration architecture
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure or AWS preferred)
  • Familiarity with architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or SAFe

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise architecture requests, prioritizing and delivering guidance across initiatives
  • Conduct architecture assessments and design target states for major programs
  • Translate business strategy into effective architectural patterns and roadmaps
  • Provide comprehensive architectural guidance across applications, integrations, and security
  • Partner with leaders and teams to create scalable and secure technology solutions
  • Participate in architecture governance processes and document decisions
  • Guide delivery teams to maintain architectural integrity during execution

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • 401k contribution
  • Short-term incentive plan eligibility
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous improvement
  • Supportive and inclusive work environment that values diverse backgrounds
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Sr. 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. This role partners closely with business and IT leaders to translate enterprise strategy into scalable, secure, and cost effective technology solutions. Reporting to the Director of Enterprise Architecture & Application Development, this position manages day to day Enterprise Architecture demand, solution direction, and architectural governance while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, roadmaps, and long term strategy. The ideal candidate brings strong technical depth, business acumen, and the ability to influence to drive consistent architectural outcomes, reduce technical debt, and improve alignment between business strategy and technology execution.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • 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.
  • Translate enterprise and business strategy into reference architectures, architectural patterns, capability maps, and technology roadmaps.
  • Provide end-to-end architectural guidance across applications, integrations, data, cloud/infrastructure, and security domains.
  • Partner with business leaders, product owners, and IT teams to translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions.
  • Ensure solution designs align with enterprise architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and guardrails.
  • Lead or participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB), design forums, and governance processes; document architectural decisions, trade-offs, and decision records.
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate architectural risks, technical debt, and non-standard implementations.
  • Evaluate vendor products and third-party solutions; provide architecture recommendations and comparative trade-off analysis.
  • 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.
  • Guide delivery teams during implementation to ensure architectural intent is maintained through execution.
  • Balance speed-to-market with architectural integrity and long-term sustainability.
  • Influence stakeholders across business and IT domains without direct authority to achieve architectural alignment.
  • 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.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of Enterprise
  • Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; managers should also ensure compliance across their teams.
  • Protect Chamberlain Group's reputation by keeping information confidential.
  • Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
  • Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed.


Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Experience:
  • 8+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technical Architecture roles.
  • Proven experience operating in large, complex enterprise environments.
  • Demonstrated success influencing architectural outcomes across multiple teams and domains.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • 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.
  • Ability to create current-state and target-state architectures, transition roadmaps, and reference architectures.
  • 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.

Other:

Preferred Qualifications

Education/Certifications:

Experience:
  • Experience supporting digital transformation, modernization, or cloud migration initiatives.
  • Exposure to portfolio management, capability modeling, or value-stream mapping.
  • Architecture certifications

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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. In addition to base pay, also offered is a comprehensive benefits package and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). This position is eligible for participation in a short-term incentive plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.

About The Blackstone Group LP

Blackstone Asia is a Strategic Intelligence, Integrated Operation Agency Services and Tech Venture Group, the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) company with strong focus on strategy, communication, digital campaign, social media marketing, cyber defence, and intelligence software development based in New York, USA and Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Learn more about The Blackstone Group LP
Size
3,795 employees
Market Cap
$88.7 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$1 billion
Founded
1985
5 Year Trend
+34.4%
Revenue
$6.1 billion
NASDAQ
BX
* Ladders Estimates

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