Senior Director of Enterprise Architecture – Innovation, Oracle Fusion

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ohio, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Establish and uphold enterprise architecture (EA) frameworks, standards, and reference architecture across various business domains, including application, data, infrastructure, and integration.

• Collaborate with the Governance Committee and Architecture Review Board (ARB) to ensure adherence to established standards.

• Develop and enforce architectural principles, design patterns, and criteria for technology selection.

• Align IT strategy with business capabilities by creating capability maps and future-state architecture roadmaps.

• Provide architectural oversight for significant programs, ensuring they are scalable, interoperable, and sustainable in the long term.

• Lead the creation and adoption of enterprise reference architectures for both on-premises and cloud applications, data, integration, security, and digital platforms.

• Standardize technology stacks, APIs, and integration patterns, including microservices and event-driven architecture.

• Define best practices for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, as well as platform engineering.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory, cybersecurity, and governance requirements.

• Establish and scale a unified DevSecFinOps model, integrating development velocity, security posture, and cost optimization across Taylor.

• Promote the use of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), automated testing, and release management frameworks.

• Integrate security controls into development workflows and software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes.

• Assess the current application landscape and formulate modernization strategies, including rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, retiring, or replacing applications.

• Lead the transition towards cloud-native, API-first, and composable architectures.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to prioritize modernization initiatives based on their value and associated risks.

• Identify, evaluate, and incubate emerging technologies such as Specification-Driven Development, AI/ML, Agentic AI, automation, and data platforms.

• Build relationships with technology vendors, startups, and system integrators.

• Mentor architects and engineering teams, promoting a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

⛳️ Requirements

• 12–15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or senior engineering leadership roles.

• Proven experience leading large-scale digital transformation and modernization initiatives.

• Extensive expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, as well as in microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.

• Demonstrated success in implementing DevOps and integrating security and financial governance practices (DevSecFinOps).

• Familiarity with architecture frameworks like TOGAF, Zachman, or similar methodologies.

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, compliance, and risk management.

• Excellent skills in stakeholder management and executive-level communication.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance.

• 401(k) plan with company match.

• Paid time off (PTO).

• 64 hours of annual holiday pay.

• Wellness programs.