Domain Managing Architect Digital

Job Description

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LRS Consulting Services is seeking an experienced Domain Managing Architect Digital for our client located in Springfield IL. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic technology leader to provide architectural vision governance and modernization leadership across critical digital business domains.

LRS Consulting Services has been delivering IT excellence for over three decades. Our reputation for quality flexibility and strong client relationships keeps organizations turning to us to meet their technology consulting needs. Combined with your expertise our network creates exceptional career opportunities.

Position Summary

The Domain Managing Architect Digital provides strategic architectural leadership across Digital domains and serves as a key partner to business and technology leaders in shaping the organizations future-state architecture. This role leverages enterprise architecture disciplines frameworks and governance practices to ensure technology solutions align with long-term business objectives while delivering scalable secure and resilient capabilities.

The successful candidate will lead architecture strategy modernization initiatives governance processes and technology standards while working closely with solution delivery teams architects engineering organizations and executive leadership. This individual will also play a critical role in advancing AI governance digital transformation and enterprise modernization efforts.

Qualifications

Must have 10 years of experience with the following:

• IT architecture enterprise architecture solution architecture or technology leadership roles
• Developing and maintaining current-state future-state and transition-state architectures
• Creating conceptual logical and physical architecture models diagrams and design artifacts
• Defining and governing enterprise architecture standards patterns policies and technology roadmaps
• Working within Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or similar methodologies
• Leading enterprise modernization initiatives and legacy transformation programs
• Cloud transformation and adoption initiatives across complex technology environments
• Designing cloud-native microservices-based event-driven and AI-enabled architectures
• Collaborating across infrastructure networking data integration security and application domains
• Executive-level presentations stakeholder communication and architecture governance activities
• Architecture risk management technical debt reduction and technology lifecycle planning
• Developing architecture documentation using tools such as Visio or similar platforms
• Translating business objectives into scalable secure and resilient technology solutions

Must have 5 years of experience with the following:

• Architecture leadership roles with enterprise-wide influence and responsibility
• Driving digital transformation initiatives across business and technology organizations
• Leading architecture reviews assessments and governance processes
• Partnering with business leaders IT leadership architects and engineering teams
• Establishing and maintaining architecture standards and reusable architectural patterns
• Facilitating consensus among diverse business technical and executive stakeholders
• Leading modernization efforts including legacy rationalization and platform transformation
• Managing architecture decisions across multiple programs projects and technology domains

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain current-state future-state and transition-state architecture roadmaps
• Create conceptual logical and physical architecture models and diagrams
• Formulate review and approve high-level solution and architecture designs
• Define document and govern architectural decisions across programs and projects
• Develop and enforce architecture policies standards governance processes and best practices
• Identify and establish enterprise building blocks reusable patterns and reference architectures
• Establish AI governance frameworks addressing model risk management explainability fairness compliance and responsible AI practices
• Lead and approve Enterprise Architecture Assessments including AI-enabled and cloud migration solutions
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards related to security data governance privacy compliance and responsible AI
• Provide architectural guidance during evaluation and selection of vendor products and technology platforms
• Partner with Solution Delivery teams architects technical leads and engineering teams to maintain target-state architectures
• Facilitate collaboration and consensus across business and technical teams
• Lead modernization initiatives including legacy rationalization system decommissioning and adoption of cloud-native and AI-ready platforms
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders
• Identify assess and mitigate architecture risks technology gaps and technical debt
• Support strategic planning efforts through enterprise architecture governance and technology guidance

Strong Candidates Will Have:

• TOGAF Certification
• Azure Solutions Architect Certification
• AWS Solutions Architect Certification
• Experience implementing AI governance frameworks within regulated environments
• Exposure to Agentic AI Generative AI Large Language Models (LLMs) Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and vector database technologies
• Experience establishing enterprise architecture governance programs and standards
• Experience driving enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives
• Knowledge of customer-facing digital platforms and modern digital ecosystems
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and innovation opportunities
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience within the insurance industry or other highly regulated industries
• Experience supporting Customer Distribution and Producer/Agent business domains
• Experience implementing AI governance frameworks and responsible AI practices
• Strong knowledge of enterprise security privacy compliance and governance requirements
• Experience leading enterprise modernization initiatives across complex digital environments
• Proven ability to align business strategy with technology architecture and execution

Candidate Requirements

• Must be able to effectively communicate in English (written and verbal)
• Must have permanent authorization to work in the USA for any employer

The ideal candidate will be a strategic and influential architecture leader with a proven ability to drive digital transformation enterprise modernization and architectural governance across large organizations. They will possess exceptional communication and leadership skills enabling them to effectively engage executives business stakeholders architects and engineering teams while building consensus around technology direction and delivery.

This individual will bring deep enterprise architecture expertise a strong understanding of digital business domains and the ability to align technology investments with business outcomes. They will be passionate about innovation modernization and responsible AI adoption while ensuring the organizations architecture remains scalable secure resilient and positioned for future growth.

The base range for this contract position is $40.00 - $70.00 per hour depending on experience; pay ranges are determined by role level and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hires of this position across all US locations. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills experience and relevant education or training

In some cases LRS Consulting uses generative artificial intelligence (AI) in support of our hiring processes. LRS takes steps to ensure the use of AI does not result in discrimination based on protected class(es). AI may be used in the hiring process solely in support of the assessment of candidate qualifications. All decisions in the hiring process are made by LRS employees. If AI will be used in the hiring process for the position for which you are applying you will be notified and will have the opportunity to opt out. Please contactwith any questions.

LRS is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for employment will receive consideration without unlawful discrimination based on race color religion creed national origin sex age disability marital status gender identity domestic partner status sexual orientation genetic information citizenship status or protected veteran status.