Enterprise Solutions Architect

Job description

Enterprise Solutions Architect

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For over 70 years, Teachers Federal Credit Union has been committed to guiding members toward building a strong financial foundation today for a better tomorrow. Recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s Best-In-State Credit Unions in 2025, Teachers has grown into one of the nation’s leading credit unions. As we expand our reach across the country, we remain focused on being both a Best Place to Bank and a Best Place to Work. From part-time roles to executive leadership positions, Teachers offers a wide range of meaningful career opportunities.

Summary

The IT Enterprise Solution Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and delivering cross-functional, end-to-end technology solutions across the enterprise. This role ensures that solutions are secure, scalable, compliant, and aligned with organizational objectives, while enabling modernization and continuous improvement. Operating across application, data, integration, infrastructure, and cyber security concerns, the architect acts as a bridge between technology teams and key stakeholders, translating requirements into cohesive architectures that support both current state operations and future state capabilities.

Qualifications & Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field required

Minimum eight years of progressive IT experience with solution or enterprise architecture responsibilities

Experience in financial services or other highly regulated environments preferred

Demonstrated experience across multiple technology domains, including applications, data platforms, infrastructure, and cyber security

Strong understanding of: Enterprise application and integration architectures

Data architecture, analytics platforms, and governance models

Cloud, hybrid, and on prem infrastructure architectures

Proven ability to evaluate and integrate SaaS and vendor platforms into enterprise ecosystems

TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent enterprise architecture certification preferred

Cloud platform certifications (Azure, AWS, or equivalent) preferred

Job Duties

Defines and governs end-to-end solution architectures spanning applications, data, integration, infrastructure, and security

Develops current-state and target-state architectures, transition roadmaps, and architectural decision records aligned with enterprise standards and technology strategy

Ensures solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, compliant, and operable at scale by embedding security-, privacy-, and resilience-by-design principles

Balances functional, non-functional, regulatory, and security requirements, evaluating trade-offs across cost, performance, risk, scalability, and maintainability

Identifies, documents, and mitigates architectural and security risks throughout the solution lifecycle

Acts as a bridge between technology teams and business stakeholders, translating organizational needs into cohesive, secure technical solutions

Partners with platform, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and delivery teams to support solution execution, issue resolution, and architectural assurance

Leads and participates in architecture and security design reviews for major initiatives and third-party solutions

Strategic Architecture & Initiative Leadership

Contributes to enterprise architecture direction aligned with the multi-year transformation roadmap

Provides architectural leadership across the full project lifecycle, from ideation through production readiness and go-live

Supports cloud-first, AI, and automation initiatives through solution architecture design and implementation guidance

Identifies cross-project dependencies, integration impacts, and technical risks across initiatives

Evaluates and guides vendor and SaaS solutions, ensuring architectural fit, security posture, and alignment with enterprise standards

Produces and maintains architecture artifacts, including solution designs, diagrams, integration patterns, security models, and decision records

Contributes to and enforces architecture and security governance, standards, and best practices

Supports required project lifecycle documentation, including solution designs and infrastructure estimates

Performs other duties as needed upon request by immediate supervisor

Benefits

This position is eligible for our annual discretionary bonus program. Some positions within the credit union also qualify for quarterly performance incentives

Paid time off for vacation, personal days, and holidays

401(k) company contribution

Teachers pays 100% of Dental & Vision premium

Tuition reimbursement is offered to full-time employees

Exclusive employee discount of 0.96% APR on credit card loans and a 1.00% APR on all other loans through Teachers

The good faith range for this position is $120,750 to $150,750 annually. This range is an estimate, based on potential employee qualifications and operational needs. The salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.

All candidates will be subject to a background check, credit check, and drug test to determine employment eligibility.

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Worksite address

hauppauge, NY, 11788, US

Who can apply

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