Principal Enterprise Architect

Description

The company is a Fortune 10 healthcare business that provides insights, products and services to make quality care easier to reach and more affordable.

The medical-surgical unit, expected to be renamed in early 2027, distributes medical-surgical supplies, pharmaceuticals, diagnostic equipment and related services to alternate care settings outside the traditional hospital, including physician offices, surgery centers, long-term care providers, labs, home health and hospice agencies, health systems, government facilities and online retailers.

Alternate care is growing quickly. The unit has about 8,000 staff, 15 distribution centers and roughly 900 delivery vehicles, works with more than 2,200 manufacturers and serves over 200,000 customer accounts across the U.S. Its catalog holds more than 270,000 branded and private-label SKUs, from bandages to specialty drugs and COVID-19 tests.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain technology standards, architectural patterns and governance processes.
• Lead architecture review board sessions and give architectural direction on enterprise technology initiatives.
• Work with application, infrastructure, security, cloud and operations teams to assess solution designs and technology choices.
• Spot architectural, operational, security and supportability risks and recommend how to reduce them.
• Advise project teams across the solution lifecycle, from first design through build and handover to operations.
• Check proposed architectures for scalability, reliability, maintainability and fit with enterprise goals.
• Assess emerging technologies and recommend whether and how the enterprise should adopt them.
• Build trusted relationships with technical and business stakeholders and advise them on technology decisions.
• Prepare and present architecture recommendations, readiness assessments and governance findings to leaders and governance forums.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, engineering, infrastructure or similar technology roles.
• Experience leading architecture reviews and guiding technical decisions across varied technology areas.
• Solid understanding of application architecture, cloud platforms, integrations, security, infrastructure and operational support models.
• Experience working directly with delivery teams, engineering teams and technology leaders.
• Proven ability to shape decisions and build consensus among technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Ability to weigh governance requirements against practical delivery needs.
• Hands-on experience with emerging AI technologies and applying them to real-world challenges.
• Preferred: Experience serving on or leading architecture review boards or similar governance processes.
• Preferred: Experience supporting production readiness, operational readiness, deployment governance or service transition.
• Preferred: Experience with cloud platforms, DevOps practices, enterprise integrations and observability or monitoring tools.
• Preferred: Experience in large, complex enterprise environments, especially healthcare or medical distribution.
• Preferred: Experience with large-scale distribution, supply chain, logistics, fulfillment or e-commerce platforms.
• Preferred: Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes and IaC/Terraform.
• Preferred: Knowledge of IT operational processes including incident, change, problem and service management.
• Preferred: Experience creating technology standards, reference architectures and architectural guidance.
• Preferred: Experience working in regulated or highly governed environments.

Conditions

Base pay range: $178,500 - $297,500.

Pay depends on performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market reviews and geographic market.

Pay follows the company's pay philosophy and always complies with applicable regulations.

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package as part of the company's Total Rewards program.
• An annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered in addition to base pay.