• Senior Enterprise Architect

    Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis, MN)


    Job Overview

    Job Overview:

    Fairview is looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to join our team! The Senior Enterprise Architect will lead the development and governance of business architecture frameworks, ensuring alignment between business strategy and enterprise capabilities. This role drives capability modeling, maturity assessments, and the creation of policies, standards, and guidelines to enable consistent architecture practices across the organization while leading Enterprise Architecture Review Board (ARB).

    Position Details:

    + 1.0 FTE (80 hours per pay period)

    + day shift

    + no weekends

    + fully remote, salaried position

    Key Responsibilities:

    + Business Architecture Leadership

    + Define and maintain the enterprise business capability model.

    +  Align business capabilities with strategic objectives and transformation initiatives.

    +  Facilitate capability-based planning and investment prioritization.

    + Governance & Standards

    +  Develop and enforce architecture policies, principles, and guidelines.

    +  Establish governance processes for business architecture compliance.

    + Partner with IT and business stakeholders to ensure adherence to standards.

    +  Architecture Review Board (ARB) Leadership

    + Establish and Chair ARB: Lead the Architecture Review Board to ensure alignment of technology initiatives with enterprise architecture principles and business strategy.

    + Governance & Standards: Define and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and guidelines across projects and programs.

    +  Solution Review & Approval: Oversee review and approval of solution architectures, ensuring compliance with security, scalability, and interoperability requirements.

    +  Risk Assessment: Identify architectural risks and provide mitigation strategies during project evaluations.

    +  Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate collaboration between business units, IT teams, and external partners during ARB sessions.

    +  Continuous Improvement: Monitor effectiveness of ARB processes and recommend enhancements for agility and governance.

    +  Documentation & Reporting: Maintain records of ARB decisions and communicate outcomes to leadership and project teams.

    +  Capability & Maturity Analysis

    +  Conduct capability maturity assessments and identify improvement opportunities.

    +  Recommend roadmaps for capability evolution and optimization.

    +  Provide insights to support portfolio planning and enterprise transformation.

    +  Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

    +  Work closely with business leaders, solution architects, and enterprise architecture teams.

    +   Communicate architecture vision and governance requirements effectively.

    +   Facilitate workshops and decision-making forums.

    +  Tools & Frameworks

    +   Utilize industry frameworks (TOGAF, BIZBOK, etc.) for business architecture.

    +   Maintain architecture repository and modeling tools (e.g., ServiceNow, LeanIX, Sparx EA).

    Required Qualifications

    + B.S./B.A. Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

    + 8 years progressive IT experience, including 5+ years in architecture roles.

    + Proven experience in enterprise-level architecture design, governance, and implementation.

    + Strong knowledge of architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).

    + Expertise in Cybersecurity principles, Data Architecture, and Integration patterns.

    + Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence executive stakeholders

    Preferred Qualifications

    + M.A./M.S. Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

    + Experience with Agile and DevOps practices.

    + Familiarity with AI/ML architectures, API management, and event-driven systems

    + Strong communication and presentation skills for executive-level engagement.

    + TOGAF 9.x or equivalent EA certification.

    + Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect Expert).

     

    Benefit Overview

     

    Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract

     

    Compensation Disclaimer

     

    The posted pay range is for a 40-hour workweek (1.0 FTE). The actual rate of pay offered within this range may depend on several factors, such as FTE, skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization values pay equity and considers the internal equity of our team when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

     

    EEO Statement

     

    EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status