Principal Enterprise ArchitectLocation: Chandler, Arizona (Hybrid)Employment Type: ContractContract Duration: 12 MonthsRole OverviewThis role is responsible for defining the architectural vision for large, complex AI, automation, and orchestration capabilities. The position involves describing solution intent, evaluating system impacts, and defining the architectural runway to support new use-cases. The individual will work across business, engineering, architecture, platform, and operations stakeholders to shape patterns for AI-enabled workflows and agentic capabilities that align with enterprise strategy and governance.Key ResponsibilitiesDefine architectural vision and architecture for large and complex capabilities supporting AI and Agentic Transformation.Work across business and technology stakeholders to shape architecture for AI-enabled use-cases, orchestration patterns, and integration capabilities.Evaluate system impacts, interfaces, dependencies, and architectural implications of new platform capabilities and guide solution decisions.Lead the shaping of high-level architecture for complex solutions, with detail added iteratively as requirements emerge.Ensure architecture is flexible, modular, and designed to adapt to changing use-case priorities and new AI capabilities.Contribute to and evolve reusable architectural patterns, templates, standards, and design guidance.Partner with engineering and delivery teams to clarify architecture, support implementation planning, and resolve architectural impediments.Contribute to the strategic evaluation of emerging capabilities by assessing architectural fit and reuse potential.Define and communicate non-functional requirements to ensure solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, and compliant.Support and lead design reviews and architectural assessments to ensure proposed solutions are fit for purpose.Required QualificationsExperience defining architecture and architectural vision for large, complex technology capabilities spanning application, data, integration, and automation domains.Ability to operate flexibly across strategy, architecture, engineering, and automation domains.Experience shaping architecture for AI-enabled use-cases, workflow orchestration, tool integration, and deterministic automation.Understanding of how to evaluate system impacts, interfaces, dependencies, and implementation tradeoffs for enterprise solutions.Ability to translate business objectives into architectural direction, implementation pathways, and reusable patterns.Knowledge of enterprise architecture standards, technology governance, and security expectations in a regulated environment.Familiarity with AI and agentic solution concepts, including context grounding, tool interaction patterns, and model-enabled workflows.Understanding of deterministic automation concepts, including workflow sequencing, exception handling, and separation of decision and execution layers.Experience contributing to reusable reference patterns, architectural standards, templates, and roadmaps.Written and verbal communication skills to explain architecture and risks to technical and non-technical audiences.Experience working in a fast-paced and complex global environment with evolving priorities.
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