Principal Enterprise Architect

This is a hybrid position and must be located within 100 miles of a Mayo Clinic campus for occasional on-site expectations based on business needs. 

The Enterprise Architecture organization is seeking four Principal Enterprise Architects to provide accountable architecture leadership across Mayo Clinic's most critical technology domains. Principal Enterprise Architects serve as the named architecture authority for their assigned area and are responsible for defining target-state architecture, multi-year roadmaps, architecture standards, decision frameworks, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and strategic technology direction. They work closely with business and technology leaders to guide major technology decisions and ensure alignment with enterprise priorities. 

Principal Enterprise Architects are responsible for integrating architecture across multiple capabilities, technologies, and workstreams while maintaining alignment with enterprise architecture direction. Through architecture engagements, governance activities, technology planning, and modernization efforts, these leaders provide architecture oversight for significant initiatives, identify technology opportunities and dependencies, and help translate business and technology objectives into architecture direction and actionable roadmaps. They lead through influence, build trusted partnerships across the enterprise, and help develop the next generation of architecture talent. 

The Principal Enterprise Architect is the accountable architecture authority for a major integrated business portfolio, enterprise technology platform, strategic transformation, or enterprise architecture discipline. The role owns target-state direction, multi-year roadmaps, integrated architecture models, decision frameworks, senior stakeholder relationships, architecture quality, and measurable outcomes for the assigned scope. Principal Enterprise Architects hold delegated final architecture authority within their charter, integrate multiple subdomains and workstreams, guide major investment and technology decisions, and provide functional leadership through influence rather than required direct-report responsibility. 

Serves as the principal architecture advisor to senior business and technology leaders for the assigned major scope. Works laterally with other Principal architects, Distinguished specialty authorities, architecture and technology executives, people managers, portfolio and platform leaders, solution and domain architects, engineering, operations, information security, privacy, risk, data, procurement, finance, vendors, and delivery teams. 

Areas of Coverage

• Data Platform Architecture (1 position)
• Artificial Intelligence Architecture (1 position)
• Infrastructure Architecture (1 position)
• Software, Integration & Operations Architecture (1 position)

Cover Letter Instructions:

Submit a cover letter with your application and identify your preference of area in ranking order.

Example format in Cover Letter:

My area of preference is:

1. Business Portfolio Architecture
2. Core Enterprise Architecture & Operations

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, systems engineering or other relevant degree and 12 years of demonstrated technical experience is required. Master's degree in computer science, information systems, systems engineering or other relevant field and experience practicing as an enterprise architect, domain or platform architect, business architect, or equivalent role is preferred. 

TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner or TOGAF 9 Certified certification is required within 12 months of employment. TOGAF EA Leader credential is preferred. 

Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience with the following:

• Developing target-state architectures and multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Serving as an architecture leader for a major business, platform, or technology area.
• Establishing architecture standards, principles, guardrails, and reusable patterns.
• Leading architecture reviews and significant technology decisions.
• Partnering with senior business and technology leaders.
• Identifying modernization opportunities and technology investment priorities.
• Applying enterprise architecture frameworks and governance practices.
• Mentoring architects and providing architecture leadership through influence.
• Communicating architecture strategy and technology direction to diverse stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated technical experience along with experience practicing as an enterprise architect, domain or platform architect, business architect, or equivalent role.
• TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner or TOGAF 9 Certified credential, or ability to obtain certification within the required timeframe.

Authorization to work and remain in the United States, without necessity for Mayo Clinic sponsorships now, or in the future (for example, be a U.S. Citizen, national, or permanent resident, refugee, or asylee). Mayo Clinic does not participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program.