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Enterprise Architect

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Hybrid
4 Locations
144K-300K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
4 Locations
144K-300K Annually
Senior level
The Enterprise Architect at Wells Fargo will shape digital strategy, develop target architecture, and lead complex technology solutions for business capabilities.
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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking an enterprise architect to shape the digital strategy and target technology ecosystem. In this role, the enterprise architect will drive the creation of the target architecture towards business capabilities that are modular, composable cloud-native services on modernized infrastructure. The enterprise architect will partner with domain architects to design target banking platforms lending to reuse, resiliency, agility, and customer centricity.

The enterprise architect will be a passionate technologist that can go broad as well as deep – must have the experience to operate across the enterprise through the understanding of available technology and tools and be an expert in the solution architecture practice. The candidate must be able to work effectively in a rapidly changing environment and possess excellent communication skills, sound judgment, and reasoning skills.

In this role, you will:

  • Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups
  • Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking
  • Translate advanced technology experience, an in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives, the enterprise technological environment, the organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions
  • Provide vision, direction and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions
  • Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
  • Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership
  • Lead the development of strategy for capabilities across the bank and influence target state architectures with forward-looking architecture principles, data management, and modern technology
  • Credibly challenge line of business / domain architecture on alignment to enterprise goals
  • Contribute to forward-looking policies, patterns, standards, non-functional requirements, methodologies and industry best practices and work with domain architects to promote adherence
  • Provide leadership and guidance at architecture councils, review boards and internal and external architecture forums
  • Perform enterprise and portfolio-level analysis to drive investment analysis, rationalization, and convergence strategies
  • Support data center migration efforts and understand full stack architecture to migrate dependencies accordingly
  • Produce enterprise architecture specifications and documents using industry standard modeling languages and tools
  • Drive efforts to ensure resiliency, fault tolerance, and performance of architecture solutions
  • Stay current with technology innovations and industry best practices and apply across the enterprise, where valuable
  • Transform the Architecture practice

Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 7+ years of architecture in one or a combination of the following areas: enterprise architecture, solution architecture, application architecture, infrastructure or security, or security architecture
  • 7+ years of experience creating architecture strategy, designs, and patterns
  • 7+ years of software development experience
  • 2+ years of experience with architecting solutions using leading vendor solutions and in-house developed systems

Desired Qualifications:

  • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to influence across all organizational levels, particularly senior management
  • Ability to negotiate/challenge, influence, and collaborate to build successful relationships
  • Knowledge and understanding of applications technology management role, including managing applications development and support for multiple systems and business functions
  • Ability to identify key issues, involve affected parties, design solutions, obtain buy-in, and communicate effectively through resolution
  • Ability to be proactive, innovative and creative in meeting customer and enterprise needs
  • 3+ years of experience using industry standards such as BAG, BIAN, TOGAF and architecture modeling languages such as ArchiMate, UML, BPMN, etc. leveraging BizzDesign Horizzon
  • Bachelor’s and/or master’s in computer science or information systems
  • Prior related experience leading and/or managing architecture strategies with architecture roadmap that aligns with business strategy and objectives
  • Deep understanding of cloud technologies (GCP, Azure) and familiarity with data center exit strategies
  • Good analytical skills to set data driven insights with high attention to detail and accuracy
  • Lead application consolidation and rationalization efforts and the related emerging technology assessments

Job Expectations:

  • Ability to influence across all organizational levels, particularly senior management
  • Ability to negotiate, influence, and collaborate to build successful relationships
  • Ability to effectively assess stakeholder, partner, or client needs while consulting, building solutions, and developing processes
  • Ability to be proactive, innovative and creative in meeting customer and enterprise needs
  • Ability to identify key issues, involve affected parties, design solutions, obtain buy-in, and communicate effectively through resolution
  • Ability to work effectively, as well as independently, in a team environment
  •  Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
  • Position will require onsite presence at one of the required locations listed below in a hybrid work schedule
  • This position in not eligible for Visa sponsorship
  • Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

$144,400.00 - $300,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Discounts and savings
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

13 Jul 2025

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

 

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

Top Skills

Archimate
Azure
Bizzdesign Horizzon
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Cloud-Native Services
GCP
Uml

Wells Fargo Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Office

355 W Martin Luther King, Jr BLVD, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28202

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