Enterprise Architect, Staff

** This role is not eligible for sponsorship AND is four days onsite hybrid at our N. Scottsdale office **

Who are we looking for?

Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, has an exciting new opportunity as our Enterprise Architect, Staff in the IT Strategy Domain. The IT Strategy Domain is the team that drives the technology strategy and enterprise architecture that powers our hotel franchising platform and digital guest experiences. As a key member of our IT Strategy Domain, you will shape, guide, and deliver enterprise architecture solutions that align business objectives with scalable, resilient technology across the organization.

Are you a passionate technologist with deep enterprise architecture expertise, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences? We invite you to apply today for our Enterprise Architect, Staff role and #MakeItYourChoice.

Your Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of enterprise reference architectures in collaboration with solution architects, ensuring alignment with business and technology objectives.
• Assess current and future states within assigned technology domains and identify incremental transition states to guide architectural evolution.
• Design and communicate conceptual and reference architectures, participating in technology governance processes and architecture review boards.
• Serve as a technical advisor on project solution architecture, ensuring adherence to enterprise principles, guidelines, and compliance standards (e.g., PCI, SOX, GDPR).
• Collaborate with delivery teams to implement solutions aligned to enterprise architecture standards, balancing delivery timelines with long-term architectural integrity.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices; partner with stakeholders to socialize and adopt architectural principles and artifacts.
• Mentor junior architects and technical team members on architecture standards and practices.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to support intake and discovery processes for new initiatives and solution planning.
• Facilitate effective communication between business and technical teams to enable successful outcomes.

Your Experience, Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related field; equivalent work experience considered.
• Passion for emerging technologies and comfort level with testing out new capabilities
• 7+ years of relevant experience in software development, information systems, or technical environments, including experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and API-based architectures.
• Experience implementing architectures that meet business, systems, information, security, application, and technology requirements.
• Familiarity with systems engineering techniques such as architecture modeling and tradeoff analysis.
• Experience with business process modeling and reengineering.
• Advanced knowledge of designing and implementing enterprise-class systems, including service APIs, messaging solutions, and system integration.
• Understanding of non-functional requirements (scalability, availability, security).
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Python, Node.js) and familiarity with others.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and relevant security/compliance standards (e.g., PCI, SOX, GDPR, OAuth, SAML).
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Your Team

This is an individual contributor role that will report to the Director, Enterprise Architecture. You will have 2 peer teammates and collaborate with cross-functional technology and business teams on a regular basis.

**This role is not eligible for sponsorship**

Choice prioritizes our associate wellbeing by offering a comprehensive benefits program that is both competitive and flexible to help you achieve your wellbeing goals - here are just a few:

• Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance
• Financial benefits for retirement and health savings
• Employee recognition programs
• Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide

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