Senior Enterprise Architect

Are you excited to shape enterprise-wide technology strategy and architect the future of scalable, cloud-native platforms? Join us as a Senior Enterprise Architect and drive modernization across a complex, global technology ecosystem.

The Senior Enterprise Architect enables business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and prioritize current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the organization's longer-term strategic vision. Furthermore, the enterprise architect provides technology guidance, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices. This position works with the organization's Engineering, Operations, Security, and Product Management. 

What You’ll Do

• Lead enterprise-wide infrastructure and application modernization initiatives

• Develop reference architectures for cloud-native, event-driven, and data platforms

• Perform gap analysis between current and target architectures, defining transition states

• Conduct feasibility and cost-benefit analyses for major architecture decisions

• Ensure scalability, interoperability, and resilience of BERT and enterprise platforms

• Evaluate emerging technologies through structured horizon scanning

• Partner with product and engineering teams to optimize system design and performance

• Define non-functional requirements (security, reliability, observability)

• Hands-on, detailed knowledge of Azure cloud components and architecture is desirable.

• Experience with recent artificial intelligence tools.

• Involvement in setting the short-term and long-term direction of technology for CFA applications.

• Provide leadership when applications require guidance on evaluating and properly using new technologies.

• Participate in the EA review board and ensure solutions comply with target-state architecture models.

• Work with business leaders to understand business requirements and help them understand how technology tradeoffs influence strategy.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, system analysis, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise infrastructure modernization programs

• Experience architecting large-scale, multi-application platforms (microservices / APIs / event-driven)

• Proven ability to perform gap analysis, business case development, and architecture tradeoff analysis

• Strong understanding of data architecture and lifecycle management and integration patterns (API, messaging, ETL)

• Experience balancing technical strategy with financial and operational outcomes

• Experience in a multinational environment is a plus.

• Hands-on, detailed knowledge of AWS cloud components and architecture is required.

• Fluency in English required

• Must demonstrate outstanding stewardship and relationship-building to expand the mission of the CFA Institute

• Global cultural orientation and working experience

• Requires exposure to multiple diverse technologies and processing environments.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including a professional and diplomatic demeanor

• Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal, listening, and presentation

• The ability to create new and unique ideas is a plus.

• Proficient in using standard office software such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, drawing tools such as LucidChart, and collaboration tools, specifically Jira and Confluence.

• Very high level of organizational and time management skills

• Flexibility in competently juggling competing priorities and changing expectations

• Must demonstrate outstanding judgment and mature business skills with the ability to establish a strong rapport with senior management

• Excellent consulting, problem-solving, and analytical skills

• Willingness to ask questions rather than follow directions is required.

At CFA Institute, we are committed to transparency and equity in our hiring process. In compliance with wage transparency laws in many of the jurisdictions in which we recruit, we provide the following information regarding compensation for this position: Expected salary range: $106,400 - $150,900 per year. All salary ranges are subject to adjustment based on experience, education, and other factors relevant to the position. Additional benefits include eligibility for an annual incentive bonus, a 12% employer contribution to a 401(k) or pension plan, and a comprehensive medical benefits package.

About CFA Institute

CFA Institute are the global leader in investment excellence and ethics. With nearly 200,000 charterholders across 160 markets, we drive professional growth, ethical behavior, and better markets. We care about our employees’ well-being, offering industry-leading benefits like:

• Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family

• Generous leave and time off

• Competitive retirement plans

• Flexible work options

• Wellness, education, and support programs

If you feel this opportunity could be the next step in your career, we encourage you to click “Apply” and complete our three-minute application.

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Important Message: Your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements as CFA Institute cannot make assumptions about your education, experience, or location. We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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