Hiring: Director, Architecture Company: Western Governors University Location: Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 10:43:00 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, Enterprise Architecture, Event-Driven, GCP, LLM, Microservices, RAG, REST, SOA, Workday About the job Experience: •15 years of progressive technology experience in complex enterprise environments. •8 years of formal technology leadership experience, including demonstrated success directly managing architects, senior architects, engineering leaders, or similarly senior technical professionals. •5+ years of enterprise architecture or equivalent architecture leadership experience. Required Skills: •The Director of Enterprise Architecture will play a critical leadership role in this transformation. You will translate WGU’s business and technology strategy into the architecture direction, standards, patterns, and roadmaps that shape our next-generation technology ecosystem. •Lead and develop a team of architects while partnering across engineering, product, data, security, infrastructure, and business teams to drive significant technology decisions. This is an opportunity to help design what comes next—not simply govern what already exists. •Success requires a combination of people leadership, enterprise architecture expertise, modern technical depth, AI experience, and executive influence. You must be equally comfortable coaching senior architects, navigating complex technical tradeoffs, and presenting a compelling recommendation to executive leaders. •This is a role for an experienced architecture leader—not a first-time people leader or an individual contributor looking to make the transition into management. •Help drive WGU’s transformation toward a modern, cloud and mesh-based, loosely coupled, event-driven technology ecosystem. •Translate strategy into target-state architectures, transition roadmaps, standards, and reusable patterns. •Help rethink and modernize legacy platforms, integrations, and architectural patterns rather than simply extending them. •Guide significant decisions spanning applications, integration, platforms, data, cloud, security, and AI. Qualifications: •Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. •Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu. •Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law. Compensation: •$190,100 - $342,200 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!