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Principal Enterprise Architect jobs are open across technology, financial services, healthcare, and government, from senior architect to distinguished fellow, with specializations in cloud transformation, integration architecture, and IT strategy. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Why join Stryker?
Looking for a place that values your unique talents? Discover Stryker's award-winning culture.We are proud to offer you our total rewards package which includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.
Job description
We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more:US Stryker employee benefits.As a Principal EDT Enterprise Architect, you will set direction for Instruments & Customer Solutions and is accountable for the quality and consistency of its architecture outcomes. The role acts as a recognized authority, solves the highest-complexity problems in its scope, and defines patterns and priorities that others adopt. The role connects strategy to execution across products, platforms, data, AI, integration, cloud, digital customer experience, and operational capabilities, while balancing division speed with enterprise scale, reuse, security, compliance, and long-term sustainability.
What you will do
- Define enterprise architecture strategy, principles, technology patterns, and priorities that connect business objectives with scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions.
- Develop and maintain end-to-end current-state and target-state architecture designs, including applications, platforms, data flows, integrations, dependencies, and technology roadmaps.
- Identify architectural risks, technology overlaps, consolidation opportunities, and cross-functional dependencies, and lead teams toward solutions that improve reuse, scalability, security, and business value.
- Guide complex technology decisions across products, platforms, data, AI, cloud, integration, digital customer experiences, and commercial capabilities.
- Align business leaders, technology teams, delivery teams, and enterprise architects around architecture decisions, clearly communicating business impact, technical trade-offs, risks, and benefits.
- Lead architecture governance practices, standards, processes, documentation, and continuous improvement of roadmaps while driving consistent use of enterprise architecture tools.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and solution options to determine their fit with business strategy, enterprise standards, security requirements, and long-term technology direction.
- Monitor architecture performance, regulatory requirements, privacy standards, data retention requirements, audit considerations, and key performance indicators to identify risks and drive measurable improvements.
What you will need
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Computer Information Systems or related field.
- Minimum 8 years of professional experience in Information Technology, application or technology management, portfolio management, IT governance, enterprise architecture, or a related technology discipline.
- Experience with Salesforce.com, ServiceMax, SAP S4/Hana
- Experience supporting commercial technology capabilities such as sales enablement, territory management, incentive compensation, channel management, field service, case management, or order-to-cash processes
- Experience working across the phases of an established software development lifecycle.
- Experience analyzing application portfolios to identify rationalization, consolidation, integration, or modernization opportunities.
Preferred
- Experience applying enterprise architecture methodologies or frameworks such as TOGAF, FEAF, or Zachman.
- Experience of building an Information Security system and control framework within a complex, global, federated organization including staffing, controls and financial / budgetary aspects.
Posted Date: 11/10/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.
United States of America Pay Ranges:
- USN: $135,600 - $225,900 USD Annual
- US5: $142,400 - $237,200 USD Annual
- US10: $149,200 - $248,500 USD Annual
- US15: $155,900 - $259,800 USD Annual
- US20: $162,700 - $271,100 USD Annual
- US30: $176,300 - $293,700 USD Annual
Why join Stryker?
Looking for a place that values your unique talents? Discover Stryker's award-winning culture.We are proud to offer you our total rewards package which includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.
Job description
We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more:US Stryker employee benefits.As a Principal EDT Enterprise Architect, you will set direction for Instruments & Customer Solutions and is accountable for the quality and consistency of its architecture outcomes. The role acts as a recognized authority, solves the highest-complexity problems in its scope, and defines patterns and priorities that others adopt. The role connects strategy to execution across products, platforms, data, AI, integration, cloud, digital customer experience, and operational capabilities, while balancing division speed with enterprise scale, reuse, security, compliance, and long-term sustainability.
What you will do
- Define enterprise architecture strategy, principles, technology patterns, and priorities that connect business objectives with scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions.
- Develop and maintain end-to-end current-state and target-state architecture designs, including applications, platforms, data flows, integrations, dependencies, and technology roadmaps.
- Identify architectural risks, technology overlaps, consolidation opportunities, and cross-functional dependencies, and lead teams toward solutions that improve reuse, scalability, security, and business value.
- Guide complex technology decisions across products, platforms, data, AI, cloud, integration, digital customer experiences, and commercial capabilities.
- Align business leaders, technology teams, delivery teams, and enterprise architects around architecture decisions, clearly communicating business impact, technical trade-offs, risks, and benefits.
- Lead architecture governance practices, standards, processes, documentation, and continuous improvement of roadmaps while driving consistent use of enterprise architecture tools.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and solution options to determine their fit with business strategy, enterprise standards, security requirements, and long-term technology direction.
- Monitor architecture performance, regulatory requirements, privacy standards, data retention requirements, audit considerations, and key performance indicators to identify risks and drive measurable improvements.
What you will need
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Computer Information Systems or related field.
- Minimum 8 years of professional experience in Information Technology, application or technology management, portfolio management, IT governance, enterprise architecture, or a related technology discipline.
- Experience with Salesforce.com, ServiceMax, SAP S4/Hana
- Experience supporting commercial technology capabilities such as sales enablement, territory management, incentive compensation, channel management, field service, case management, or order-to-cash processes
- Experience working across the phases of an established software development lifecycle.
- Experience analyzing application portfolios to identify rationalization, consolidation, integration, or modernization opportunities.
Preferred
- Experience applying enterprise architecture methodologies or frameworks such as TOGAF, FEAF, or Zachman.
- Experience of building an Information Security system and control framework within a complex, global, federated organization including staffing, controls and financial / budgetary aspects.
Posted Date: 11/10/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.
United States of America Pay Ranges:
- USN: $135,600 - $225,900 USD Annual
- US5: $142,400 - $237,200 USD Annual
- US10: $149,200 - $248,500 USD Annual
- US15: $155,900 - $259,800 USD Annual
- US20: $162,700 - $271,100 USD Annual
- US30: $176,300 - $293,700 USD Annual
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Retail
- Transportation & Logistics
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal enterprise architect jobs.
- Ten or more years of enterprise architecture experience across large-scale technology environments
- Proficiency in architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or SABSA
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Experience leading architecture governance bodies and cross-functional review boards
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field
- Certifications such as TOGAF 9 Certified, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, or similar
Tips for Your Principal Enterprise Architect Job Search
Align your resume to business outcomes
Principal enterprise architect resumes that land interviews show measurable organizational impact, not just technical depth. Document the revenue protected, cost reduced, or migration timelines shortened by your architectural decisions across programs you led.
Distinguish your architecture domain clearly
Job postings at this level separate cloud architecture, integration, data, and security domains. If your background crosses multiple domains, position the one the target employer emphasizes most prominently and thread the others through as supporting depth.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists principal enterprise architect openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that match your governance style
Some employers want an architect who enforces standards centrally, others want a consultative enabler who works across autonomous teams. Read the posting carefully for language like 'govern', 'advise', or 'partner' to avoid a poor fit before you apply.
Prepare a whiteboard architecture narrative
Interviews at this level almost always include a live architecture exercise. Practice walking through a complex system design decision out loud, narrating your trade-off reasoning as you go, not just arriving at a final diagram.
Negotiate scope and authority, not just compensation
At the principal level, your ability to influence strategy depends on reporting structure and decision rights. During the offer stage, ask directly where enterprise architecture sits in the org chart and what decisions you own versus advise on.
Principal Enterprise Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most principal enterprise architects?
Imperial PFS, Celonis, and ASM are hiring the most principal enterprise architects right now, with openings concentrated in Virginia, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is strongest in organizations undergoing large-scale cloud migration or digital transformation programs.
How many principal enterprise architect jobs are remote?
About 75% of principal enterprise architect openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the consultative and documentation-heavy nature of much of the work. Cloud architecture and integration strategy roles tend to have the highest remote availability, while public sector and regulated industry roles more often require on-site presence.
How do you become a principal enterprise architect?
Most principal enterprise architects move up through solution architect and senior architect roles, accumulating experience leading multi-team programs rather than individual project deliverables. Building fluency in a recognized framework like TOGAF, earning an advanced cloud certification, and demonstrating that you've influenced organizational technology strategy rather than just designed systems are the steps that distinguish candidates at this level.
Can you get hired as a principal enterprise architect without direct principal-level experience?
Some candidates successfully make the jump from senior architect by positioning a specific program where they functioned at the principal scope, even without the title. Employers at this level care more about evidence of enterprise-wide architectural influence, governance leadership, and executive stakeholder management than about whether your most recent job description used the word 'principal.'
What does the principal enterprise architect interview process look like?
Most processes include an initial screening call, a technical architecture discussion or take-home design exercise, a panel interview with engineering and product leadership, and a final conversation with an executive or CTO. Candidates are typically assessed on their ability to reason through ambiguous organizational constraints, not just technical correctness, and many processes include a presentation of a past architecture decision and its business outcome.
Where can I find and apply to principal enterprise architect jobs?
You can find and apply to principal enterprise architect jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Find the roles that fit your background and apply directly to each listing from the page.
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