POSITION SUMMARY
The Principal Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining and governing the enterprise application strategy across all business systems, platforms, and modernization initiatives. This role will guide future-state architecture, reduce technical debt, and ensure both internal and vendor-delivered solutions align with long-term business objectives. Lastly, the Principal Enterprise Architect plays a critical part in maintaining organizational control over technology direction, ensuring the company's long-term business and technology objectives are met while enabling scalable, maintainable, and effective business capabilities.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Establish the enterprise architecture vision, standards, target-state roadmaps, and reference patterns.
- Serve as the final authority for architectural decisions, complex designs, data strategy, and technology tradeoffs.
- Identify architectural risks and technical debt to maximize operational efficiency while reducing risk.
- Guide implementation by overseeing strategic initiatives across core enterprise systems and modern cloud/integration platforms.
- Partner with and challenge implementation and product vendors to maintain internal ownership of the technology direction.
- Standardize integrations: Define enterprise API, data exchange, and interoperability standards.
- Partner with IT and business leaders to translate corporate strategy into technology roadmaps.
- Coach architects, technical leads, and developers on design best practices.
- Ensure technology solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, business objectives, scalability requirements, and operational goals.
- Serve as the final architectural escalation point for complex design decisions and technology tradeoff discussions.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, platform capabilities, and architectural approaches that may benefit the organization.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field (equivalent experience/certifications considered).
- 15+ years in progressive technology roles (software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture).
- Proven track record of establishing architectural standards, design review practices, and multi-year roadmaps.
- Deep expertise in modern integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud technologies, and Agile/DevOps.
- Significant experience with core insurance functional areas and platforms is strongly preferred.
- Experience with Duck Creek technologies is highly preferred
- Experience reviewing, guiding, and approving solution designs for large-scale technology implementations.
- Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and is self-directed in accomplishing deliverables.
