Senior Director of Architecture

The Senior Director of Architecture provides senior-level technical leadership and architectural direction for Clean Harbors’ enterprise platforms and applications. This role is accountable for ensuring architectural solutions align with enterprise standards, platform strategy, and business objectives, while enabling secure, scalable, and resilient systems.

Why work for Clean Harbors?

• Health and Safety is our #1 priority and we live it 3-6-5!

• Competitive wages

• Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment

• Group 401K with company matching component

• Own part of Clean Harbors with our Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Generous paid time off, company paid training and tuition reimbursement
• Positive and safe work environments

• Opportunities for growth and development for all the stages of your career

• Architecture Strategy & Governance
  • Ability to innovate and introduce proven technological trends into CLH ecosystems
  • Apply to innovate and apply proven and enforce enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and principles established by Clean Harbors Architecture leadership.
  • Lead and participate in architecture design reviews, ensuring solutions meet security, performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.
  • Ensure architectural decisions are documented, communicated, and aligned with enterprise direction.
  • Identify architectural risks and escalate when enterprise alignment or platform integrity is at risk.
• Solution Architecture & Delivery Leadership
  • Own solution architecture for complex, cross-platform initiatives supporting Clean Harbors business operations.
  • Design application, integration, data, and deployment architectures that support enterprise scale and long-term sustainability.
  • Translate business objectives and non-functional requirements into clear, implementable technical designs.
  • Ensure architectural intent is realized through delivery by working closely with Engineering and Platform teams.

• Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

  • Identify technical debt, modernization needs, and architectural gaps across platforms.

  • Champion improvements that enhance production stability, operational readiness, and maintainability.

  • Support ongoing modernization efforts in alignment with Clean Harbors technology standards and strategy.

• Strategic Alignment & Business Partnership

  • Align architectural decisions with platform vision, roadmaps, and long-term business strategy.

  • Serve as a senior technical advisor to Platform Owners, Product Owners, and Engineering leadership.

  • Balance near-term delivery needs with long-term architectural health and enterprise consistency.

• Cross-Platform Collaboration & Influence
  • Partner across platforms and teams to reduce duplication and fragmentation.
  • Influence technical direction without direct authority through credibility, clarity, and strong design rationale.
  • Communicate architectural concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Related field required (Masters degree preferred)

• 10-15 + years of Extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise‑scale software solutions.
• Strong expertise in application architecture, integrations, data flows, and deployment models.
• Demonstrated ability to apply non‑functional requirements (security, performance, reliability) to complex systems.
• Proven ability to collaborate across teams and influence technical outcomes.
• Experience working within formal architec