Senior Enterprise Architect

MSQ DX

Senior Enterprise Architect guiding enterprise-scale cloud, application, and integration solutions. Advising MSQ DX consultancy clients and leading architecture across digital transformation engagements.

Posted 8/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in enterprise architecture, cloud computing, and application integration, with a strong focus on delivering scalable and resilient solutions. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder relationships, and guide architectural decisions that drive business outcomes.

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Enterprise ArchitectureCloud ComputingAzure ExpertiseAPI Design PatternsStakeholder Management

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Hard Skills

Cloud-Native ArchitectureIntegration ArchitectureMiddlewareData ArchitectureSQLCI/CDInfrastructure-as-CodeEvent-Driven ArchitectureDomain-Driven DesignAPI Specifications

Soft Skills

Executive-Level CommunicationNegotiationCross-Functional CollaborationAnalytical SkillsLeadership

Tools & Technologies

OpenAPI/SwaggerService Bus/Message QueueCachingETLObservability

Industry Keywords

Digital EcosystemsTechnical DebtArchitecture GovernanceScalabilityOperational Readiness

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudETLMicroservicesSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with clients and executive stakeholders on strategic technology decisions affecting business outcomes, platform direction, and solution viability
Define current-state, transition-state, and future-state enterprise architectures across digital, cloud, integration, and application ecosystems
Own the integrity of technical designs, architectural decisions, and delivery patterns
Provide architectural leadership to development teams
Lead estimation activities for complex initiatives, documenting scope, assumptions, risks, dependencies, and timelines
Guide backlog definition and prioritization by translating architectural decisions into epics, features, user stories, and technical work items
Facilitate client discussions on scalability, resiliency, security, maintainability, performance, and operational readiness
Provide expertise across platforms, cloud architectures, integration patterns, design patterns, and enterprise solution practices
Mentor architects, technical leads, and senior developers
Build trusted relationships with clients, delivery teams, and internal leadership
Identify architectural risks, technical debt, delivery gaps, and escalation needs, and recommend mitigations
Contribute to architecture governance, standards, reusable patterns, and delivery practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience as a Senior Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Architect, or equivalent senior architecture leadership role
Significant architecture experience across enterprise-scale digital, cloud, application, integration, and data ecosystems
Executive-level communication skills
Stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration skills
Leadership skills guiding architects, technical leads, developers, and delivery teams
Analytical and technical skills for assessing tradeoffs, identifying risks, and recommending solutions
Written and verbal communication skills for architecture documentation and client-facing recommendations
Planning and organizational skills managing multiple workstreams and dependencies
Ability to work with distributed, outsourced, and in-house development teams
Minimum of 10 years of enterprise-scale design and implementation experience in software development
Deep knowledge in at least two of: cloud computing, cloud-native architecture, application development, integration architecture, middleware, data architecture, or enterprise platforms
Proven Azure or AWS expertise; proficiency in both highly advantageous
Familiarity with Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Domain-Driven Design, N-Tier Architecture, API-first design, and composable architecture
Competency in enterprise architecture, middleware, integration, data flow, cloud, and system context diagramming
Ability to audit, assess, and document existing architectures and ecosystems
Experience with API design patterns, API governance, authentication, authorization, versioning, and lifecycle management
Ability to define API specifications, preferably using OpenAPI/Swagger
Proficiency with SQL, Service Bus/Message Queue, Caching, ESB, ETL, observability, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code
Understanding of object-oriented principles, software design principles, scalability, resiliency, security, maintainability, and performance
Understanding of AI tools, models, and software development workflows
Experience in a Senior Enterprise Architect role at a digital agency, consulting firm, or technology organization
Work sample required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
401(k) plan with up to a 4% company match
Self-managed personal time off
Ongoing learning opportunities
Mentorship
Professional development
Competitive compensation for Brazil team
Growth and collaboration with cross-cultural teams