Senior Enterprise Architect

Location: Charlotte, NC, United States; Hybrid

About Citco

Since the 1940s Citco has provided specialist financial services to alternative investment funds, investors, multinationals and private clients worldwide. With over 14,000 employees in 45 countries we pioneer innovative solutions that meet our clients’ evolving needs, and deliver exceptional service. 

Our continuous investment in learning means our people are among the best in the industry. And our corporate social responsibility programs provide meaningful and fulfilling work in the community.

A career at Citco isn’t just a job – it’s an opportunity to excel in an environment that genuinely supports your personal and professional development.

About the Role: 

We are seeking an experienced Senior Enterprise Architect to join Citco’s Architecture team. This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for defining and governing enterprise-wide architecture across applications, platforms, data, cloud, and emerging technologies, with AI and agentic automation as key enabling capabilities.

The role focuses on setting direction, standards, and guardrails to ensure scalable, secure, and well-governed solutions across the organization..

Job Duties in Brief: 

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy:

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture across application, data, integration, cloud, and platform domains

• Establish architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures

• Ensure consistent adoption of enterprise patterns across technology initiatives

• Integrate AI, automation, and analytics capabilities into the broader enterprise architecture

• Align technology architecture with business strategy and long-term roadmap

Technical Leadership:

• Provide architectural leadership across major enterprise initiatives

• Guide solution architects and engineering teams on architecture decisions

• Define reusable architectural patterns and shared platform capabilities

• Act as a design authority for complex, cross-domain solutions

• Balance innovation with stability, security, and operational maturity

Standards & Governance:

• Establish governance models for platforms, integrations, data, and AI-enabled solutions

• Define security, compliance, and risk guardrails in collaboration with security and risk teams

• Review solution designs for alignment with enterprise standards

• Ensure architectural consistency across cloud, SaaS, and on-prem solutions

• Promote observability, resiliency, and operational readiness by design

Solution Design & Review:

• Review and approve AI solution designs

• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards

• Identify opportunities for reusable components

• Guide teams on technical implementation approaches

• Evaluate new AI technologies and platforms

Emerging Technology & Platform Evolution:

• Drive the evolution of Citco's AI platform capabilities

• Evaluate emerging technologies including AI/GenAI, automation, and data platforms

• Define how AI capabilities are responsibly embedded into enterprise solutions.

• Define roadmap for platform capabilities and features

• Guide integration with existing enterprise systems

About You: 

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture roles

• Strong background in large-scale, distributed enterprise systems

• Proven experience designing cloud-native and hybrid architectures

• Hands-on understanding of data, integration, and platform architectures

• Experience incorporating AI and automation into enterprise solutions (not limited to AI platforms)

You should possess the following skills:

• Strong enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, and governance experience

• Deep expertise in application, data, integration, and cloud architecture

• Strong programming background in Python and/or Node.js, with the ability to understand and guide implementation-level decisions

• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud-native design patterns (compute, storage, networking, serverless, IAM, etc.)

• Strong understanding of security, compliance, and risk considerations

• Experience with API-driven and event-driven architectures

• Data architecture, governance, and integration patterns

• Ability to translate strategy into executable architecture

• Clear technical communication with senior stakeholders

Technical Expertise:

• AWS cloud platform (e.g., Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, API Gateway, Step Functions, IAM)

• Development using Python and/or Node.js

  • Large Language Models and GenAI technologies

  • RAG architectures and implementation patterns

  • Cloud AI services (AWS, Azure, GCP)

  • Enterprise integration patterns

  • Security and compliance frameworks

  • Data architecture and governance

What We Offer: 

• A challenging and rewarding role in an award-winning global business.

• Opportunities for personal and professional career development. 

• Great working environment, competitive salary and benefits, and opportunities for educational support.

• Be part of an industry leading global team, renowned for excellence.

Our Benefits:

Your well-being is of paramount importance and central to our success here at Citco. Citco offers a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package to support your career success and personal needs. Your base salary will be determined by several factors such as the role, experience, skillset, market conditions, etc. Furthermore, qualifying positions can participate in an annual discretionary bonus pool based on company profitability and individual contributions. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, short and long-term disability benefits, a retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, mental health and wellness support, parental leave, and more. Additional details about our total rewards package will be shared during the hiring process.

At Citco, we take pride in fostering an inclusive culture by prioritizing the hiring of people from diverse backgrounds. Our culture is a source of pride and strength, fostering innovation, mutual respect, and collaboration. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. If you require any accommodation to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please let your recruiter know.

As an equal opportunity employer, Citco adheres to making all employment and personnel decisions without discriminating based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin, or any other protected status. We believe that an inclusive workforce not only enriches our company but also drives us towards greater success.

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