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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Enterprise Architect - **Company:** Zions Bancorporation - **Location:** Midvale, UT, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Application Portfolio Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, IT Management, Generative AI, Togaf, Containerization, Data Lakes, Information Technology, Virtual Agents, Microservices - **Published:** August 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://careers.zionsbancorp.com/jobs/enterprise-architect-27682 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Technology Management, or a related field. * 8+ years of proven experience in enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, or IT leadership, with a strong track record of designing complex, enterprise-scale systems. * Deep, hands-on understanding of modern architectural paradigms, including cloud computing (AWS/Azure), CI/CD, microservices, containerization, and data lake modernization. * Demonstrated ability to produce strategically focused written content, architectural artifacts, and formal presentations for technical and non-technical audiences. The Mindset & Soft Skills: * Executive Gravitas & Translation: Proven ability to sit with business leaders, understand their operational goals, and translate those objectives into a coherent technology strategy without relying on technical jargon. * Diplomatic Disruption & High EQ: Strong emotional intelligence to challenge legacy thinking, negotiate conflicting priorities, and drive transformation through influence and collaboration rather than mandates. * Comfort with Ambiguity & Systems Thinking: The ability to connect dots across highly siloed departments, resolve conflicting requirements, and bring order to complex business and technical challenges. Nice to Have Experience: * Experience in banking or other financial services sectors (e.g., knowledge of core banking systems such as TCS BaNCS, FIS, Fiserv). * Working understanding and certifications in related frameworks such as TOGAF and BIAN. * Experience using formal EA repository software (e.g., BizzDesign, Orbus). * Knowledge of regulatory direction and industry-related frameworks (e.g., FFIEC controls) in highly regulated environments. ## Description Enterprise Architecture Foundation & Practice: * Develop, maintain, and mature target-state architectures and strategic roadmaps across business, data, application, infrastructure, and security domains. * Define core architectural principles, integration patterns (e.g., API-led, event-driven), and technology standards to ensure scalable, resilient, and standardized solutions across the enterprise. * Manage baseline architectures to actively identify and reduce technical debt, driving continuous application portfolio simplification and rationalization. * Guide the technical design of complex solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and seamless integration across transactional, analytical, and core banking systems. Enablement-First Governance: * Lead and participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and Technology Strategy Boards, enforcing compliance to technology and regulatory standards. * Actively modernize and simplify Zions' Technology Governance. Respect the critical nature of our regulatory environment while evolving our review frameworks into an "enablement-first" model that uses automated guardrails and playbooks to accelerate delivery teams. Business Architecture & Strategic Alignment: * Partner directly with executive business leaders to define capability models and perform value stream analysis. * Act as a trusted advisor in portfolio management and investment prioritization, ensuring our technology spend is ruthlessly aligned to our highest-value business capabilities. * Guide enterprise sourcing strategies, objectively evaluating market solutions against internal capabilities to maximize investment value and operational agility. * Optimize executive-level decision-making by embedding rigorous trade-off and risk analysis into the architectural discipline, ensuring leaders have clear visibility into the long-term impacts of technology investments. Innovation & AI Strategy: * Govern the enterprise adoption of emerging technologies, including Generative and Agentic AI. 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