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Enterprise Architect roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, or a related field. Australian professionals can secure two-year renewable E-3 status with no lottery, making this one of the most direct paths to building an enterprise technology career in the U.S.
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Summary
In this role, you will serve as a strategic, cross-domain technical leader supporting non-D&D business units as part of Vizient’s Enterprise Architecture function. You will partner with business, product, CorpIT, engineering, data, and shared services leaders to shape scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions; define reference architectures and guardrails; make enterprise tradeoffs visible; and guide modernization efforts across applications, integrations, platforms, and technology domains. This role helps preserve enterprise coherence in a federated delivery model by providing early architecture engagement, technical leadership, and governance support through the Architecture Review Committee.
Key responsibilities
- Lead cross-domain architecture for complex initiatives, ensuring solutions align with enterprise principles, standards, and target-state direction.
- Partner with business units, CorpIT, product, engineering, and shared services teams to translate business goals and technical needs into practical architecture guidance.
- Create and maintain reference architectures, reusable patterns, and decision frameworks across application, integration, platform, and technology domains.
- Guide solution shaping early in the lifecycle by identifying enterprise dependencies, integration implications, technical risks, and reuse opportunities.
- Support modernization efforts involving cloud platforms, API-first design, event-driven patterns, automation, platform simplification, and emerging technologies.
- Surface and evaluate architectural tradeoffs across cost, risk, speed, supportability, scalability, and long-term flexibility.
- Identify, communicate, and help prioritize technical debt, duplicated capabilities, and architectural risks across business-unit portfolios.
- Represent Enterprise Architecture in governance forums, including the Architecture Review Committee, by clarifying enterprise impact, exceptions, and standards alignment.
- Mentor architects, engineers, and analysts while helping build architectural maturity, stronger decision quality, and greater enterprise consistency across teams.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 10 or more years of progressive experience in enterprise, solution, or domain architecture across complex business and technology environments.
- Proven experience designing and guiding architectures across multiple domains, including applications, integrations, platforms, cloud, and enterprise technology services.
- Demonstrated success partnering with business leaders, product teams, delivery organizations, and shared services to shape and influence enterprise-impacting decisions.
- Strong understanding of architecture patterns and methods, including APIs, event-driven architectures, integration patterns, cloud-native services, security-by-design, and modernization approaches.
- Experience creating architecture artifacts such as solution overviews, system context diagrams, container views, integration/data flow views, decision records, and target-state roadmaps.
- Ability to assess and communicate technical tradeoffs, technical debt, operational impacts, and enterprise risks to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence, mentor, and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
- Working knowledge of modern enterprise architecture practices, including governance, reference architectures, agile engagement models, and AI-aware architecture planning.
Estimated Hiring Range:
At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $135,200.00 to $236,600.00. This position is also incentive eligible.
Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:
http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers
Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.
When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.
Summary
In this role, you will serve as a strategic, cross-domain technical leader supporting non-D&D business units as part of Vizient’s Enterprise Architecture function. You will partner with business, product, CorpIT, engineering, data, and shared services leaders to shape scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions; define reference architectures and guardrails; make enterprise tradeoffs visible; and guide modernization efforts across applications, integrations, platforms, and technology domains. This role helps preserve enterprise coherence in a federated delivery model by providing early architecture engagement, technical leadership, and governance support through the Architecture Review Committee.
Key responsibilities
- Lead cross-domain architecture for complex initiatives, ensuring solutions align with enterprise principles, standards, and target-state direction.
- Partner with business units, CorpIT, product, engineering, and shared services teams to translate business goals and technical needs into practical architecture guidance.
- Create and maintain reference architectures, reusable patterns, and decision frameworks across application, integration, platform, and technology domains.
- Guide solution shaping early in the lifecycle by identifying enterprise dependencies, integration implications, technical risks, and reuse opportunities.
- Support modernization efforts involving cloud platforms, API-first design, event-driven patterns, automation, platform simplification, and emerging technologies.
- Surface and evaluate architectural tradeoffs across cost, risk, speed, supportability, scalability, and long-term flexibility.
- Identify, communicate, and help prioritize technical debt, duplicated capabilities, and architectural risks across business-unit portfolios.
- Represent Enterprise Architecture in governance forums, including the Architecture Review Committee, by clarifying enterprise impact, exceptions, and standards alignment.
- Mentor architects, engineers, and analysts while helping build architectural maturity, stronger decision quality, and greater enterprise consistency across teams.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 10 or more years of progressive experience in enterprise, solution, or domain architecture across complex business and technology environments.
- Proven experience designing and guiding architectures across multiple domains, including applications, integrations, platforms, cloud, and enterprise technology services.
- Demonstrated success partnering with business leaders, product teams, delivery organizations, and shared services to shape and influence enterprise-impacting decisions.
- Strong understanding of architecture patterns and methods, including APIs, event-driven architectures, integration patterns, cloud-native services, security-by-design, and modernization approaches.
- Experience creating architecture artifacts such as solution overviews, system context diagrams, container views, integration/data flow views, decision records, and target-state roadmaps.
- Ability to assess and communicate technical tradeoffs, technical debt, operational impacts, and enterprise risks to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence, mentor, and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
- Working knowledge of modern enterprise architecture practices, including governance, reference architectures, agile engagement models, and AI-aware architecture planning.
Estimated Hiring Range:
At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $135,200.00 to $236,600.00. This position is also incentive eligible.
Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:
http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers
Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as an Enterprise Architect
Frame your credentials for U.S. specialty occupation
An Australian three-year bachelor's degree is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree, but document this explicitly. Request a credential evaluation that maps your qualification to a U.S. degree in computer science, information systems, or a related discipline before approaching employers.
Target employers with existing LCA filing history
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to identify companies that have filed Labor Condition Applications for enterprise architect or solutions architect roles. These employers already understand the LCA process and are far less likely to withdraw sponsorship over unfamiliar paperwork.
Clarify the SOC code before your offer letter is drafted
Enterprise architect roles can be classified under multiple Standard Occupational Classification codes, which affects prevailing wage calculations on the LCA. Confirm with your hiring manager which SOC code the employer intends to use so your offer letter reflects a salary that satisfies DOL prevailing wage requirements for that classification.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for LCA and consulate prep
Once you have a signed offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA submission to the DOL and your DS-160 and consulate appointment documentation. The LCA must be certified before you can schedule your visa interview, so filing it correctly the first time avoids delays.
Prepare for consular nonimmigrant intent questions
Enterprise architects are frequently hired on long-term transformation programs, which can prompt consular officers to probe immigrant intent. Bring documentation of your current Australian ties, the defined scope of your U.S. role, and your employer's project timeline to demonstrate the temporary nature of your assignment.
Start the E-3 renewal process 90 days before expiry
E-3 status is granted in two-year increments with no cap on renewals, but you must renew through a consulate or change of status before your current period expires. If your enterprise architecture engagement extends, align your renewal timeline with your employer's project roadmap to avoid any gap in authorization.
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Find Enterprise Architect JobsEnterprise Architect E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Enterprise Architect jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the most direct way to search for enterprise architect roles where U.S. employers are open to E-3 sponsorship. Standard job boards don't filter by visa type, so Australian professionals typically spend significant time screening roles manually. Migrate Mate surfaces positions relevant to E-3 candidates and connects you with employers who understand the sponsorship process.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does an Enterprise Architect role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes. Enterprise architect positions require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as computer science, information systems, or software engineering, which satisfies the USCIS specialty occupation definition. The role involves applying theoretical and practical application of highly specialized knowledge to design enterprise-wide technology frameworks, meeting the degree-to-job nexus requirement the DOL looks for on the LCA.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Enterprise Architect roles?
The E-3 has a 10,500-visa annual allocation that has never been exhausted, so there is no lottery and no wait for a cap slot. The H-1B runs an oversubscribed lottery each April with roughly a one-in-four selection rate for most applicants. For Australian enterprise architects, the E-3 means a predictable, repeatable path to U.S. employment that doesn't depend on chance.
Can I change employers or projects while on an E-3 as an Enterprise Architect?
Yes, but each new employer must file a fresh LCA with the DOL and you'll need to attend a new consular interview or file a change of status with USCIS before starting work. Because enterprise architects often move between clients or consulting firms, plan for a minimum three-to-four week lead time to get the new LCA certified before your start date.
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