Lead Enterprise Architect - Corporate IT

Position Summary
Burns & McDonnell is seeking an enterprise architect to own and drive our technology strategy, standards, and roadmap for our multi-billion global architecture, engineering, and construction firm. This role serves as the critical bridge between business strategy and IT execution within our hundred plus million-dollar technology portfolio. The enterprise architect will establish and govern technology strategy and standards, collaborate with, and guide all technology personnel who perform an architect function (including six full-time technology architects), and support development of the long-term roadmap for transformational business initiatives such as our Blue Horizon transformation program.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Alignment: Translate Business Enablement and corporate strategies, goals, and objectives into actionable enterprise technology roadmap.
• Technology Standards: Working with all Global Practice, Regional and Corporate Services technology and innovation leaders, establish, publish and oversee usage of architecture principles and standards across applications, data, security, and infrastructure.
• Initiative Support: Provide overarching architectural direction for key projects prioritized through the Enterprise Transformation Office (EXO) and corporate portfolio management functions (Evolve and Launch), making certain solutions scale and integrate seamlessly.
• Architectural Leadership: Mentor and guide all technology professionals performing an architect function.
• Technology Rationalization: Identify opportunities to consolidate platforms, reduce technical debt and prevent redundant software acquisitions across the company.
• Solution Architecture: Personally produce architecture artifacts for high-priority initiatives, including diagrams, integration specifications, and technical decision records, and maintain active involvement with engineering teams through implementation, not only at the point of review or approval.
• Engineering Enablement: Coach software engineers and developers on architecture patterns, integration design, and technical decision-making, expanding architectural capability beyond professionals in formal architecture roles.