Principal Enterprise Architect (Remote)

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Principal Enterprise Architect in Oregon (USA). As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and optimizing the technology landscape, ensuring that enterprise systems align with strategic business objectives. You will collaborate closely with business leaders, solution architects, and cross-functional teams to design scalable, secure, and maintainable architectures. This role involves evaluating application portfolios, guiding technology decisions, implementing AI-driven solutions, and driving innovation across multiple domains. By leveraging your expertise in enterprise architecture and emerging technologies, you will influence the organization’s roadmap, enhance operational efficiency, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. The position combines strategic vision, hands-on technical leadership, and strong communication to deliver meaningful business impact. Accountabilities • Execute the strategic vision for the enterprise architecture practice, aligning technology initiatives with organizational goals. • Lead architecture work across business, solution, application, data, and technology domains. • Participate in Architecture Review Boards to guide sound technology decisions and reduce technical debt. • Design and develop IT capabilities that improve business operations, workload orchestration, and automation. • Evaluate and rationalize the application portfolio, recommending retirements, consolidations, or replacements as needed. • Define and enforce architecture standards and guidelines across the enterprise. • Produce target-state solution architectures, conduct gap analyses, and contribute to solution strategy and roadmap development. • Collaborate with data and integration architects to ensure data integrity, security, compliance, and seamless system communication. • Partner with business leaders to develop capability models that translate business needs into technology solutions. • Identify opportunities to leverage new technologies and AI-driven solutions to enhance enterprise operations. • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. • 5+ years of proven experience as an Enterprise Architect, leading architecture initiatives across large-scale systems and business transformation programs. • Technical expertise in foundational security, cloud strategy, architecture design, and AI platforms. • Experience with Marketing and Sales technologies (e.g., Marketo, Salesforce). • Familiarity with TOGAF/EA methodologies, ITSM/ITIL, Agile frameworks, and security standards. • Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, CISSP, or public cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, GCP). • Proven track record of delivering large-scale initiatives from concept to deployment using AI solutions like Microsoft Copilot or Salesforce Agentforce. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. • Hands-on experience in data architecture, application/solution architecture, integration, technology governance, and business capability modeling. • Knowledge of enterprise data management, application portfolio management, and secure, scalable architecture principles. • Competitive salary: $153,000 - $170,000 per year. • Benefits starting from Day 1, including retirement plan matching. • Flexible paid time off and wellness support programs. • Parental and caregiver leave, fertility and adoption support. • Continuous development and training programs. • Employee assistance programs and inclusion communities. • Recognition programs and additional perks tailored to support work-life balance and professional growth. Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching. When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly. Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements. It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score. Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role. When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed. The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team. Thank you for your interest! #LI-CL1 Apply tot his job