Principal Enterprise Architect

Navy Federal Credit Union

Principal Enterprise Architect providing strategic architecture leadership spanning business and technology portfolios. Aligns architecture with enterprise strategies, ensuring sustainable tech solutions.

Posted 7/30/2026full-timeVienna • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,100 - $206,450 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in enterprise architecture, translating strategic objectives into actionable architecture designs and roadmaps while ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry standards. Proficient in guiding modernization initiatives and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance operational efficiency and member experience.

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Enterprise ArchitectureFinTech Solutions ArchitectureCloud Architecture AdoptionRegulatory Compliance KnowledgeStakeholder Communication

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Hard Skills

Architecture DesignSystem AnalysisProcess DiagramsCapability MappingCloud Services (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)Integration ArchitectureData ArchitectureSecurity ArchitectureDigital PaymentsBlockchain Technology

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsProblem-SolvingInfluencing SkillsCollaborationCommunication Skills

Tools & Technologies

Architecture Review BoardsDecision FrameworksAgile MethodologiesDevSecOps PracticesPortfolio Architecture Blueprints

Certifications & Qualifications

TOGAFSAFeITILCOBITCloud Architecture Certifications (Azure, AWS)

Industry Keywords

Financial ServicesRegulated EnvironmentsU.S. Financial RegulationsBSA/AML ComplianceCredit Union Operations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve enterprise architecture direction across assigned business and technology portfolios, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategic priorities.
Translate enterprise strategy, operating models, and capability roadmaps into target-state, transition, and reference architectures.
Align architecture outcomes to key strategic and business portfolios, supporting modern architecture and platform evolution, including core modernization, scalable and AI-enabled services.
Partner with business and technology leadership to shape architectures that balance member/team member experience, operational efficiency, risk, and sustainability.
Develop and maintain architecture artifacts and Portfolio Architecture Blueprints, capturing viewpoints including current-state, target-state, and transition architecture, capability maps, system and process diagrams, and architecture decision records.
Provide forward-thinking technical expertise and thought leadership in current and emerging technologies, development practices, market trends and best practices.
Guide modernization initiatives involving major legacy modernization and cloud adoption efforts, support automation, and digital enablement in alignment with strategic growth and scalability objectives.
Define, apply, and govern enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and principles to ensure consistency and reuse across initiatives.
Participate in architecture reviews and governance forums, assessing solution integrity, scalability, security, resiliency, and compliance.
Identify architectural risks, constraints, and dependencies; provide clear recommendations and trade-offs to stakeholders.
Anticipate regulatory, compliance, security, and operational considerations impacting technology solutions and business capabilities.
Provide thought leadership on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to inform enterprise strategy and investment decisions.
Collaborate with multi-disciplinary architects and engineers to ensure stakeholder alignment and coherence across portfolios and enterprise initiatives.
Build strong relationships with business leaders, product teams, technology partners, vendors, and external stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience serving as an Enterprise Architect supporting large-scale, complex business domains within regulated environments.
Proven ability to communicate and influence business and technology leadership with enterprise architectural concepts and practices effectively.
Experience working with or architecting FinTech solutions and ecosystems, including digital payments, embedded finance, open banking, digital wallets, real-time payments, stablecoins, blockchain-enabled platforms, and financial data exchange frameworks.
Familiarity with emerging financial technology trends, FinTech operating models, and strategic partnerships between financial institutions and FinTech providers, with the ability to assess their impact on enterprise architecture, business capabilities, and technology strategy.
Experience guiding modernization initiatives, including cloud and hybrid architecture adoption (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).
Proficiency in facilitating discussions, interviews, review and validation of architecture designs by stakeholders, leaders and peers.
Demonstrated experience aligning technology architecture with technology strategy and enterprise transformation objectives.
Proven ability to translate enterprise strategy, operational needs, and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable architecture designs and roadmaps.
Experience architecting solutions across enterprise architecture domains including application, integration, data, infrastructure, and security.
Strong ability to lead architecture discussions and influence both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive stakeholders.
Experience performing system, process, and fit-gap analysis.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills in matrixed organizations.
Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Enterprise architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF, SAFe, ITIL, COBIT) or equivalent experience.
Cloud architecture certifications (e.g., Azure, AWS) preferred.
Experience supporting enterprise transformation initiatives across multiple business domains within regulated financial institutions.
Strong working knowledge of banking and financial services industry standards, operating models, and best practices (e.g., retail banking, lending, payments, digital channels).
Familiarity with U.S. financial regulations and compliance frameworks, including BSA/AML, privacy, and data protection requirements (e.g., CCPA, GDPR).
Working knowledge of credit union functions, member-centric operating models, and core business processes.
Experience navigating governance, risk, and compliance considerations, including audit, controls, and regulatory engagement.
Experience working within Agile, product-aligned, and DevSecOps delivery models.
Familiarity with enterprise architecture governance, architecture review boards, and decision frameworks.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Remote work options