Chief Architect

Censis is seeking an experienced Chief Architect to lead the design, governance, and execution of enterprise‑wide architecture across data, applications, integrations, and platforms. This role will manage and scale a team of architects while remaining hands‑on in defining modern, secure, and scalable architecture solutions that support Censis’s business strategy and long‑term growth.

The Chief Archiect will be responsible for establishing architectural standards and guardrails, guiding critical technical decisions, and ensuring alignment between business priorities and technology execution. This role requires deep technical expertise—particularly in modern data and analytics platforms (Microsoft Fabric, Lakehouse architecture, Power BI, semantic modeling)—combined with strong people leadership, strategic thinking, and cross‑functional influence.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Leadership

• Define, own, and evolve the enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring alignment between business objectives, technology capabilities, scalability, security, and compliance.
• Lead a team of architects, providing technical direction, performance coaching, and career development while planning for future team growth.
• Establish and enforce architecture governance, standards, and best practices across data, applications, integrations, and infrastructure domains.
• Serve as the final decision authority for enterprise and product architecture decisions, resolving trade-offs and architectural disputes across teams.
• Partner closely with Technology, Product, Engineering, Security, and Business leaders to ensure architecture roadmaps support organizational goals.
• Build and mature the Enterprise Architecture function, fostering a culture of architectural excellence and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide strategic investments in data platforms, analytics, AI tools, integration technologies, and automation.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external partners such as Microsoft, AWS, and service delivery partners to execute on enterprise architecture strategy.
• Accountable for architecture decisions that balance performance, scalability, reliability, security, and total cost of ownership
• Define architectural patterns and deployment standards that reduce operational burden and long-term maintenance costs.
• Partner with Finance, Engineering, and Cloud Operations to guide cost-aware architectural decisions, including cloud spend optimization.
• Own the end-to-end architecture of Censis products and shared platforms, including application design, data architecture, integrations, and infrastructure.
• Define and drive the product modernization strategy, including cloud-native design, modularization, and reduction of technical debt.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to influence roadmap decisions based on architectural risk, scalability needs, and long-term cost implications.
• Ensure architectural decisions support multi-tenant scalability, high availability, and healthcare-grade reliability.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in technology and enterprise architecture across data, applications, integrations, and platforms
• 5+ years in an enterprise, solution, or architecture leadership role with accountability for architectural outcomes
• Proven ability to build, lead, and scale high‑performing teams, including mentoring senior architects
• Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and setting enterprise‑level technical direction, standards, and guardrails
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, and governance operating models
• Strong experience designing and governing modern data platforms (e.g., Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse) with a focus on scalability, performance, and reuse
• Hands‑on experience with Power BI and modern semantic modeling, including ownership of enterprise data and reporting standards
• Experience designing and governing integrations using APIs and middleware platforms such as Azure API Management, Boomi, or similar
• Proficiency in ELT/ETL architecture using SQL Server, columnar data formats (Delta, Parquet), and modern pipeline orchestration tools
• Strong working knowledge of Python, T‑SQL, Spark, or similar technologies
• Working knowledge of application technologies such as C#, .NET, Node.js, and modern front‑end frameworks (Vue.js a plus)
• Experience evaluating and governing AI‑assisted development and analytics tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or similar) within enterprise standards
• Experience partnering with Agile/Scrum delivery teams, product management, and engineering leadership
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to translate complex architectural decisions into clear business outcomes and delivery impact
• Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Data Engineer)
• Power BI certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst)
• Microsoft Fabric certification(s) or equivalent modern data platform credentials
• Enterprise or Data Architecture certifications such as TOGAF (or equivalent) — a plus

Product & Platform Architecture Ownership

• Own the end-to-end architecture of Censis products and shared platforms, including application design, data architecture, integrations, and infrastructure.
• Define and drive the product modernization strategy, including cloud-native design, modularization, and reduction of technical debt.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to influence roadmap decisions based on architectural risk, scalability needs, and long-term cost implications.
• Ensure architectural decisions support multi-tenant scalability, high availability, and healthcare-grade reliability.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in technology and enterprise architecture across data, applications, integrations, and platforms
• 5+ years in an enterprise, solution, or architecture leadership role with accountability for architectural outcomes
• Proven ability to build, lead, and scale high‑performing teams, including mentoring senior architects
• Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and setting enterprise‑level technical direction, standards, and guardrails
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, and governance operating models
• Strong experience designing and governing modern data platforms (e.g., Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse) with a focus on scalability, performance, and reuse
• Hands‑on experience with Power BI and modern semantic modeling, including ownership of enterprise data and reporting standards
• Experience designing and governing integrations using APIs and middleware platforms such as Azure API Management, Boomi, or similar
• Proficiency in ELT/ETL architecture using SQL Server, columnar data formats (Delta, Parquet), and modern pipeline orchestration tools
• Strong working knowledge of Python, T‑SQL, Spark, or similar technologies
• Working knowledge of application technologies such as C#, .NET, Node.js, and modern front‑end frameworks (Vue.js a plus)
• Experience evaluating and governing AI‑assisted development and analytics tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or similar) within enterprise standards
• Experience partnering with Agile/Scrum delivery teams, product management, and engineering leadership
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to translate complex architectural decisions into clear business outcomes and delivery impact

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Data Engineer)
• Power BI certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst)
• Microsoft Fabric certification(s) or equivalent modern data platform credentials
• Enterprise or Data Architecture certifications such as TOGAF (or equivalent) — a plus

Why This Role Matters at Censis

This role is foundational to Censis’s ability to scale intelligently. The Enterprise Architecture Manager will shape how technology decisions are made across the company—ensuring consistency, speed, and long‑term value—while building the architectural muscle needed to support innovation in a regulated healthcare environment.