# Principal Enterprise Architect, Data

Hiring organization: [The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/the-guardian-life-insurance-company-of-america)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/fcbe337e-f67d-4853-be38-4fb1f793fdd6

Listed on The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Lead / Staff / Principal
- Salary: 178690 – 293560 USD per year

## Summary

Guardian seeks a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead strategic technology direction across the organization, translating business strategy into enterprise standards, target-state designs, and modernization roadmaps. This role suits senior architects with deep cross-domain expertise who can influence complex federated technology organizations and mentor architects while balancing business value, cost, risk, and long-term maintainability.

_Our summary, not The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Enterprise Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), TOGAF

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, domain architecture, or senior technology strategy roles
- Deep cross-domain expertise spanning applications, integration, data, AI, cloud, security, and platform strategy
- Experience supporting or leading architecture for large-scale transformation initiatives in complex enterprise environments
- Experience with architecture governance, standards development, target-state planning, and strategic technology decision-making
- Proven ability to influence across organizational boundaries without direct authority
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills

## Nice to have

- Experience in insurance, financial services, healthcare, or another highly regulated industry
- Experience in a federated technology organization with centralized architecture direction and distributed execution
- Experience with cloud modernization, API strategies, platform engineering, data ecosystems, and enterprise integration
- Familiarity with AI-enabled enterprise capabilities, automation, and emerging technology trends
- Advanced degree and/or relevant certifications such as TOGAF, SAFe, AWS, Azure, GCP, or equivalent

Apply on The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's site: https://guardianlife.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Guardian-Life-Careers/job/New-York/Principal-Enterprise-Architect--Data_R000109948-2