Sr. Technology Architect

Overview
Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking a Sr. Technology Architect to provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, evaluation, and governance of enterprise technology capabilities. This role translates business objectives into scalable, secure, reliable, and sustainable architectures while ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy, standards, and roadmaps. This role can be located near any Gilbane office or remote.

Responsibilities

Defines and maintains architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and technical guidance for assigned domains
Leads architecture and high-level design activities for strategic business and technology initiatives
Translates business capabilities, requirements, and constraints into practical architectures
Ensures architectures address key attributes such as scalability, security, reliability, interoperability, performance, maintainability, and supportability
Supports enterprise strategies and roadmaps by developing current-state, target-state, and transition architectures
Identifies relevant dependencies, risks, gaps, and opportunities across technology domains
Participates in architecture reviews, governance processes, portfolio planning, and the development of technology roadmaps
Provides architecture guidance throughout the delivery lifecycle to maintain alignment with approved designs and enterprise standards
Partners with business and technology stakeholders to understand strategic objectives, operational needs, and technology requirements; aligns architecture decisions with business priorities, enterprise capabilities, and long-term technology strategies
Communicates critical decision points such as options, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences; facilitates collaboration across business teams, product teams, delivery teams, security, operations, and vendors
Services as a trusted advisor for technology strategy solution design, and architectural decision-making
Promotes consistency and reuse across Business Units, applications, and technology initiatives
Coaches and mentors less experienced team members
Supports a positive and inclusive work environment

Qualifications
EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; advanced degree preferred but not required
?5+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Application Architecture, Data Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or related technical leadership roles
Certification or familiarity with architecture frameworks such as The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) or Zachman preferred
Relevant architecture, cloud, application, data, or technology certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), or comparable certification preferred
Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Experience designing enterprise-scale solutions across applications, data platforms, integrations, analytics, and cloud services
Experience evaluating packaged applications, cloud services, platform capabilities, and custom-development approaches to determine appropriate technology solutions
Strong knowledge of enterprise and data architecture, including data modeling, governance, information management, APIs, integration patterns, ETL/ELT, data lineage, access controls, and security principles
Understanding of application architecture principles, including service boundaries, scalability, resiliency, observability, interoperability, and lifecycle management
Ability to define architecture patterns and standards for APIs, events, messaging, data exchange, workflow orchestration, and system integration
Ability to translate business requirements and long-term objectives into scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions
Ability to architect solutions that balance governance, security, compliance, and data controls with innovation and agility
Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, with the ability to identify root causes and build alignment across business, technology, and cross-functional teams
Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and capabilities for their potential to improve business outcomes, delivery effectiveness, and technology sustainability

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

The pay ranges from $110,000-$155,000.00 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.