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Think of TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) as the growth solution for enterprises today. We unleash growth through technology, strategy, design, execution and operations with a customer-first mindset for bold business leaders. We deliver cloud, data and customer experience solutions. Our partnerships with leading cloud, design and business intelligence platforms fuel our expertise.

We value deep relationships, dedication to serving others and inclusion. We drive positive outcomes for our people and our business, and we stay true to our commitments and act in harmony with our words. We exist to create significant opportunities for people to achieve fulfillment through career success.

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Here’s what the opportunity supported through our TGS Talent Acquisition Team requires:

Position Overview

We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as a Senior Enterprise Architect within our Business & Technology Strategy Practice. The Senior Enterprise Architect is a strategic technical client project leadership role reporting to the Director of Business & Technology Strategy. This individual will be a member of the Enterprise Architecture organization responsible for developing enterprise architecture strategy across primarily retail and technology clients (potentially others) and aligning within the TEKsystems Architecture Guild.

The Senior Enterprise Architect will combine a deep understanding of technology, applications, industry best practices, business processes and architectural patterns to align and drive business and IT transformation initiatives that meet our enterprise objectives. In this role, you will collaborate with industry leadership, business and technology leaders, stakeholders, engineers, and analysts to understand strategic business initiatives and develop technical solutions that satisfy those needs.

This individual is a take charge professional that has extensive knowledge in retail and technology as well as in multiple business and architecture domains, forward thinking, and is well-versed in emerging technologies and trends. Must possess the excellent interpersonal skills necessary to articulate the value of a strong enterprise architecture function to critical business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Strategy, Solutioning & Leadership

o Engage with clients as a trusted advisor to understand their business goals, challenges, and strategic priorities and how they relate to their enterprise Architecture and potential transformational initiatives

o Drive & facilitate and/or participate in strategy and planning workshops with key stakeholders and customers to pinpoint areas of value

o Provides comprehensive analytical thinking to ensure transformation costs, impact, and value are properly understood, estimated, and controlled across people, processes, and technology

o Collaborates with customers, vendors, industry consultants, and company leadership to continuously learn and identify opportunities to advance our technology strategy and provide value for customers

o Drive innovation and the adoption of best practices in business & transformation strategy development, modern enterprise architecture frameworks

o Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to identify opportunities for innovation and strategic investment

o Provide recommendations on technology adoption and implementation strategies based on client’s unique needs and outline architectural vision

o Drive architectural oversight, governance, best practice, risk standards, and guidelines

Technical EA

o Responsible for the development and maintenance of enterprise architecture technology blueprints that articulate the client’s business strategy, future state business and technology architecture, and multiyear execution roadmap within an account

o Conduct comprehensive assessments of client’s current IT infrastructure and systems as it relates to their processes to identify areas for improvement, perform maturity analysis of key IT enablers

o Leverage in-depth expertise in enterprise IT space, staying updated on the latest advancements on tools and services available in the market and guiding the team in applying best practices to build offering that can be delivered to customers at scale

o Collaborates with other architects (Enterprise, Practice, & Client) to create and document standards and patterns that can be leveraged for future re-use and actively seek opportunities to leverage industry solutions for new business offerings and services

o Develops and maintains the reference architecture which includes the reference models for enterprise platforms, data and applications and databases, guiding principles, standards, patterns, and usage guidelines

o Create contextual and conceptual models that help document and simplify potentially complex topics

o Conducts high level design reviews

o Supporting current state baseline and migration of existing/new platforms

o Understanding of Information Architecture of Information Architecture

o Manages the creation and maintenance of models that identify interdependencies between application, information, and technologies

o Work with Agentic AI and tools such as UiPath and Camunda to build out processes and create agents

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; advanced degrees (Master’s, Ph.D.) preferred.

• 10 or more years of broad and relevant business and IT Experience

• 7 or more years of broad retail and technology experience knowledge

• 5 or more years in enterprise architecture, solution design, and technical leadership roles

• 3 or more years in IT consulting and IT services organizations

• Certification from Lean IX, TOGAF, MODAF, DODAF, Business Architect Guild, or equivalent preferred

Skills

Strategy, Solutioning & Leadership

o Proven track record in building, leading, and successfully implementing architecture and strategy for large scale IT modernization

o Champions portfolio to enterprise level strategic initiatives across multiple business units

o Develop and maintain strategies and solutions for the enterprise in collaboration with executive leadership across the business and IT

o Demonstrates thought leadership influencing one or more business units and has a tangible impact on the strategic direction of enterprise initiatives

o Experience within the retail and technology landscape and broad understanding of business problems, objectives, and potential solutions

o Understanding and experience with enterprise transformation and the ability to see the big picture and connect the dots within an organization

o Familiarity with building strategies that include AI and Gen AI implementations

o Experience with Product Launch and Growth, Marketing, and BD/Sales

Technical EA

o Demonstrated proficiency in understanding enterprise architecture methodologies and ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into architectural solutions

o Senior level architect who champions and continuously contributes to the advancement of the architecture operating model, governance, processes, policies, standards, and framework for the enterprise architecture capability

o Has strong competencies and exhibits strong thought leadership in digital architecture domain, including digital applications, modern web app architecture, mobility architecture, cloud-native application architecture, micro-services architecture, integration, and interoperability

o Broad understanding of Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Data Analytics, Integration Architecture, DevOps, Release Management, Infrastructure Platform Engineering and Cloud Operating models

o Use repeatable architecture frameworks and processes to enable complex cross-functional initiatives related to major business initiatives

o Understanding of application design & integration methods and tools

o Understanding of in-depth business processes and how they are interconnected with systems and people

o Familiarity with BPMN Files and how to work with them

o Experience in using EA tools like Lean IX

o Experience working with Business Process Tools such as Camunda and UiPath, including building agents

o Experience with Adobe Experience Manager, Pega, Salesforce

o Experience with UI & UX, AI & Automation, Analytics and Reporting (Tableau, Splunk, Adobe Analytics)

Soft Skills

o Possesses the excellent interpersonal skills necessary to articulate the value of a strong enterprise architecture function to critical business stakeholders

o Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities

o Displays strong learning agility and business acumen

o Must be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity

o Collaborative, inclusive, adaptable

o Customer first attitude

o Willingness to continually learn

o Occasional travel to client sites up to 25% (Subject to client asks)

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Chicago, IL.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $148200.00 - $222400.00/yr.

We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification.

Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc.

Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan or program terms. Our benefit plans include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision· 401(k)/Roth· Insurance (Basic/Supplemental Life & AD&D)· Short and long-term disability· Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)· Transportation benefits· Employee Assistance Program· Tuition Assistance· Time Off/Leave (PTO, Paid Family Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 4, 2025.

h4>About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.