Sr. Director, Enterprise Architecture
TEEMA, Santa Clara, CA, United States
Job Details
Job Title: Sr. Director, Enterprise Architecture
Job ID: 87246
Location: Santa Clara, California
What you will be doing
- Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture roadmap aligned with business strategy and growth objectives
- Translate complex business requirements into scalable, sustainable architectural solutions
- Lead architecture governance forums and define principles, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency and compliance
- Drive capability heat maps to identify opportunities for technology to exceed business goals across domains
- Champion cloud-native technologies and modern development practices such as container orchestration, serverless computing, and API-first architecture
- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies through proof-of-concept initiatives and strategic selection of hardware/software
- Architect and govern AI platforms, including machine learning, LLMs, and deep learning, while managing AI strategy, governance, and use case lifecycle
- Build and mentor a high-performing architecture team, fostering innovation, collaboration, and alignment across enterprise, infrastructure, security, product, and data teams
- Communicate architectural decisions and trade-offs effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership
- Establish architecture governance frameworks and ensure adherence to security, privacy, and regulatory standards such as SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA
What you must have
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of software architecture experience, including 5+ years in leadership roles within high-growth tech environments
- Proven expertise in designing and implementing cloud-native architectures on AWS, Azure or GCP
- Strong knowledge of microservices, API design, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
- Familiarity with architecture frameworks and modern design methodologies
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience scaling distributed systems in high-availability, high-traffic environments
- Knowledge of data architecture, AI/ML infrastructure, and observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana
- Relevant professional certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or TOGAF
- Analytical mindset with a passion for innovation, emerging technologies, and continuous learning
Salary/Rate Range: $211,800.00 – $329,670.00
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