Your day at NTT DATA
As a Senior Enterprise Architect at NTT DATA, you will lead the design of complex managed service solutions for our largest enterprise clients. Your role involves driving the strategic vision and direction for these solutions, combining technological expertise and business acumen to create IT strategies and roadmaps aligned with our clients' business objectives, KPIs, and SLAs.

You will collaborate closely with the sales team during the presales process, participating in client meetings, writing proposals, and delivering presentations. Your insights will translate clients' business strategies into IT strategies and roadmaps, focusing on comprehensive solution design that spans multiple domains and geographies.

Your Responsibilities will include integrating services, processes, applications, DATA, and technology through design processes, and leading complex solution design with both clients and internal service teams. You will contribute to our knowledge base by sharing best practices and fostering innovation within our teams and with our clients.

You will develop business cases and roadmaps to optimize IT operations and deliver measured business value. This includes defining architectural principles, creating methodical transition roadmaps, managing large application and technology portfolios, and guiding governance to influence architectural outcomes.

In your role, you will stay ahead of technology trends, synthesizing them with client imperatives to create compelling, value-driven solutions. Your work will influence IT strategies, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategies and business architectures.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Strategy

• Define and maintain the enterprise-wide technology architecture vision and roadmap

• Align technology strategy with business objectives, digital transformation priorities, and growth initiatives

• Establish architecture principles, standards, and governance models

• Lead multi-year modernization and rationalization efforts across the technology landscape

Holistic Technology Landscape Oversight

• Maintain end-to-end visibility across all major technology domains, including: Networking & Connectivity, Cybersecurity & Identity, Data Center & Hybrid Infrastructure, Cloud Platforms & Integration, Digital Workspace & End-User Computing, Data & AI Enablement Platforms.

• Ensure interoperability, scalability, security, and resiliency across domains

• Eliminate siloed design approaches and drive cross-domain architectural cohesion

Network & Connectivity Architecture

• Define enterprise network strategy including core, edge, cloud connectivity, and segmentation

• Ensure network architectures support security, performance, high availability, and future scalability

• Align network capabilities with digital transformation and AI-driven workloads

Security & Risk Architecture

• Establish enterprise security architecture aligned with zero trust and defense-in-depth principles

• Ensure security is embedded across infrastructure, identity, applications, and data layers

• Provide oversight of regulatory, compliance, and risk-based architectural controls

Data Center & Infrastructure Modernization

• Lead architectural strategy for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-integrated data center environments

• Drive modernization of compute, storage, virtualization, and resiliency frameworks

• Ensure infrastructure supports high-performance, AI-ready workloads

Digital Workspace Strategy

• Define architecture for modern workplace technologies including endpoint strategy, identity integration, secure access, collaboration platforms, and mobility

• Ensure seamless, secure user experiences across distributed environments

AI Readiness & Future-State Architecture

• Establish enterprise readiness for AI and advanced analytics initiatives

• Ensure foundational capabilities in data architecture, compute scalability, security, and governance support AI workloads

• Align infrastructure and security strategy to enable responsible and scalable AI adoption

Architecture Governance & Leadership

• Lead architecture review boards and cross-domain design authority forums

• Provide executive-level guidance on major technology investments

• Mentor domain architects and senior technical leaders

• Ensure technology investments align with enterprise standards and long-term strategy

Required Qualifications

Experience & Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field preferred

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture or senior technology leadership roles

• Demonstrated experience defining enterprise-wide architecture across multiple technology domains

Architecture Expertise

• Deep understanding of full-stack enterprise architecture including network, security, data center, cloud, digital workspace, and AI-enabling infrastructure

• Experience building multi-year architecture roadmaps

• Strong understanding of system interoperability, scalability, resilience, and governance

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF or equivalent)

• Experience supporting digital transformation or AI enablement programs

• Experience in large, regulated, or complex global organizations

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting pay range for this remote role is $160,000 - 200,000. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.

This position is eligible for company benefits that will depend on the nature of the role offered. Company benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.