Enterprise Architect

Apply for the Enterprise Architect role at Affinity . On behalf of our Healthcare Client, Affinity is seeking an Enterprise Architect to provide enterprise-level architectural oversight and leadership across multiple IT initiatives within the IT Capital and Enterprise Architecture Team. The successful supplier will play a key role in shaping technology strategy, aligning projects to roadmaps, and ensuring the successful delivery of integrated IT solutions across various departments and business domains. Responsibilities Coach and advise domain and solution architects. Collaborate with existing teams to enhance architectural maturity. Develop and provide best practices, standards, and methods to optimize architecture processes. Contribute to domain roadmaps with a focus on infrastructure-related solutions. Assist in the operations of the Architecture Review Board. Design scalable, secure, and cost-effective Information Technology solutions. Define architecture templates and standards. Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the implementation lifecycle. Provide project support to manage the implementation of various IT Capital projects. Ensure integration with existing systems and alignment with business goals. Prepare technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and solution blueprints. Support risk management and compliance requirements. Participate in vendor evaluations and technology selection. Required Skills and Qualifications Experience Minimum five (5) years proven experience working as an Enterprise Architect, supporting IT Capital projects, aligning projects with the organizational roadmap and strategy. Minimum one (1) year proven experience as a Solution Architect supporting infrastructure-related projects (migrations, storage, capacity upgrades). Education Master’s degree in Systems Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or Computer Science; or Bachelor’s degree in a related Enterprise Architecture or Information Technology field plus an additional three (3) years of experience as an Enterprise Architect or similar role. Certifications TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) certification. PMP (Project Management Professional) certification. Expert Knowledge Creating architecture roadmaps, blueprints, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs). Aligning technology initiatives with long-term business goals and transformation strategies. Business models, financial drivers, and how IT can create competitive advantage. Networking, storage, cloud platforms, virtualization, and security architecture and how they all connect. Leading IT Capital planning processes, evaluation, prioritization, and selection of technology projects. Collaborating and managing senior-level executives, business leaders, and technical teams. Evaluating trade-offs and making architecture decisions under uncertainty. Extensive Experience With Leading or contributing to large infrastructure projects or solution deployments. Physical and virtual server architectures, Data Domain, Isilon, storage backups, and high availability configurations. Greenfield, virtual machine provisioning, resource allocation, and performance tuning. Critical, constructive and creative problem‑solving skills involving issue identification, objective development, action planning, and resource management. Information management, logic modeling, conceptual, business process, and workflow design. Requirements gathering, analysis, plan, design, develop, implement and maintain data management systems. Experience working with healthcare projects would be considered an asset. Affinity Earn Know someone who’s great for this, or any of our open roles? Earn up to $4,000/year for each successful referral through Affinity Earn. You can also earn up to $50,000 for helping us find new clients. Learn about our referral program at or browse our jobs & follow us at About Affinity Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long‑term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. For more information on Affinity, please visit #J-18808-Ljbffr