Define and govern enterprise application strategy, set architecture vision and standards, reduce technical debt, oversee integrations and cloud modernization, guide vendors and implementation teams, coach architects, and evaluate emerging technologies to align solutions with business objectives.
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.
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