Overview:

The Principal Enterprise Architect develops high-level frameworks that align an organization’s IT infrastructure with business processes and data to improve the efficiency and productivity of business operations. This includes mapping relationships between information systems components, such as end users, business processes, applications, data, IT platform hardware and software, and networks. The role identifies key interactions and dependencies across systems and platforms and evaluates the total cost of ownership and return on investment of various architecture alternatives.

As an expert professional and recognized master within the discipline, this role requires advanced knowledge typically obtained through education and extensive work experience. Responsibilities include establishing operational plans for assigned job areas and developing and implementing new products, processes, standards, and operational plans that impact functional results. The position also requires regular communication and collaboration with leadership.

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience (Preferred) or 10+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.

Experience

• Extensive experience developing enterprise architecture frameworks that align IT infrastructure, applications, data, and business processes.
• Demonstrated experience identifying system integrations, dependencies, and interactions across complex enterprise platforms and technologies.
• Experience evaluating architecture solutions based on total cost of ownership (TCO), return on investment (ROI), scalability, and business value.
• Proven experience developing and implementing technology standards, processes, operational plans, and architecture strategies, with the ability to communicate recommendations to senior leadership.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $160,513.60 - $238,409.60 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.