Enterprise Architect - Innovation

**Scope:** * Lead enterprise innovation architecture initiatives by defining technology roadmaps, governance frameworks, and scalable solution architectures that drive digital transformation across cloud, AI, data, integration, and automation platforms. * Partner with business and technology leaders to evaluate emerging technologies, architect enterprise-wide solutions, and enable innovation adoption through proof-of-concepts, modernization programs, and best-practice architecture standards. **What you'll do:** * Develop and communicate a clear innovation architecture vision and roadmap aligned with enterprise business strategy, transformation priorities, and measurable value outcomes. * Establish and maintain architecture governance frameworks, standards, guidelines, and reusable patterns that enable safe experimentation, rapid delivery, and enterprise scalability. * Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate innovation opportunities into solution architectures, capability maps, roadmaps, and delivery plans. * Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, tools, and vendor solutions to determine fit, feasibility, risks, integration needs, and enterprise adoption potential. * Design resilient, secure, and scalable solution architectures that incorporate data protection, compliance, observability, business continuity, and operational readiness from the outset. * Lead proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and pilots by defining architecture guardrails, success criteria, technical approach, integration strategy, and transition plans for production scaling. * Architect integration platforms, APIs, data flows, and interoperability patterns that connect innovation solutions with existing enterprise systems and digital ecosystems. * Drive adoption of innovative enterprise capabilities including automation, analytics, AI-enabled solutions, modern applications, cloud platforms, and digital experience technologies. * Contribute to and leverage the enterprise architecture repository to document innovation principles, reference architectures, technology standards, reusable patterns, and decision records. * Mentor architects, engineers, and product teams on innovation architecture practices, technology evaluation methods, design thinking, and disciplined experimentation. **What we are looking for:** * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field. * At least 10+ years of experience in technology roles with strong expertise in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, cloud platforms, integration, data, digital transformation, and emerging technologies. * At least 7+ years in senior architecture, enterprise architect, principal architect, or innovation leadership role with proven success guiding enterprise transformation and technology modernization initiatives. * Deep expertise in enterprise architecture practices, including business capability modeling, technology roadmaps, reference architectures, architecture governance, and solution design patterns. * Proficiency in cloud platforms and modern enterprise technologies, including Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, container platforms, serverless architecture, DevSecOps, and platform engineering concepts. * Strong experience evaluating and integrating emerging technologies such as AI, automation, analytics, low-code platforms, intelligent applications, IoT, and digital experience platforms. * Expertise in enterprise data platforms, data engineering, analytics, APIs, event-driven architecture, and integration technologies that support innovation and digital transformation at scale. * Proven understanding of technology governance, risk management, cybersecurity principles, compliance requirements, architecture review processes, and responsible technology adoption. * Experience with enterprise integration platforms and delivery tools such as MuleSoft, Boomi, Kafka, API gateways, workflow automation platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and architecture modeling tools. * Demonstrated ability to define proof-of-concept architectures, evaluate build-versus-buy options, assess vendor solutions, and create transition plans from experimentation to production adoption. * Knowledge of innovation management methods, design thinking, agile delivery, product operating models, value measurement, and enterprise change enablement practices. **Our Values** If you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success – and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: [Core Values](https://blueyonder.com/about/core-values) All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.