Enterprise Application & Data ArchitectExpleo

Acteur mondial de l'ingénierie, de la technologie et du conseil, Expleo accompagne des entreprises reconnues dans leur innovation afin d'accélérer leur réussite.

Nous nous appuyons sur plus de 40 ans d'expérience dans le développement de produits complexes, l'optimisation des processus de fabrication et la performance des systèmes d'information. Notre expérience sectorielle nous permet d'apporter à nos clients une expertise approfondie propre à stimuler l'innovation à chaque étape de la chaîne de valeur. Le groupe réalise un chiffre d'affaires annuel d'un milliard d'euros.

Expleo est un groupe responsable qui s'engage à placer l'éthique et la diversité au centre de ses pratiques, ainsi qu'à œuvrer pour une société plus durable et plus sûre.

Chez Expleo, épanouissez-vous au cœur d'une communauté de 19 000 collaborateurs hautement qualifiés qui fournissent des solutions à forte valeur ajoutée dans 30 pays.

Notre politique de recrutement est engagée en faveur de l'intégration et du maintien dans l'emploi des personnes en situation de handicap.

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite per week)
Employment Type: Full-Time

Are you a senior architecture leader who thrives at the intersection of application engineering and modern data ecosystems? We are seeking an Enterprise Application & Data Architect to shape enterprise-wide technology strategy, drive architectural governance, and enable scalable, data-driven innovation.

This role blends strategic influence with hands-on technical leadership, working across application, data, and integration domains to ensure solutions align with business priorities and enterprise standards.

What's in It for You?

• Enterprise Impact - Drive architecture strategy across applications, data platforms, and integration ecosystems
• High Visibility - Partner with business leaders and senior stakeholders to influence technology direction
• Governance Authority - Define standards and guide enterprise-wide architectural decisions
• Modern Engineering - Work with DataOps, cloud-native architectures, and AI-assisted development
• Strategic + Hands-On - Influence both executive direction and code-level practices

Team & Environment

• Reports to the Director of IT Enterprise Architecture
• Part of a collaborative enterprise architecture function supporting application, data, and platform teams
• Works closely with data platform teams, application development teams, and business stakeholders

Your Role & Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Governance

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture standards, policies, and reference architectures
• Participate in and guide architecture review processes to ensure alignment with enterprise standards
• Provide architectural direction and decision guidance for major technology initiatives

Business Alignment & Strategy

• Lead business capability discovery and translate business strategy into architectural direction
• Partner with stakeholders to shape roadmaps, investments, and technology planning cycles
• Ensure architecture is embedded early in business and initiative planning

Application & Engineering Architecture

• Guide application architecture decisions including system design, APIs, data models, and patterns
• Influence engineering practices including framework selection, CI/CD pipelines, and testing strategies
• Promote clean architecture, observability, and maintainability across delivery teams

Enterprise Data Architecture & DataOps

• Lead design and governance of enterprise data platforms (warehouse, lake, lakehouse)
• Define standards for data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration (batch and streaming)
• Establish DataOps practices including CI/CD for data, observability, and automated quality controls
• Define and enforce data governance standards, including data quality, lineage, and governed access

Delivery Oversight & Validation

• Actively validate that solutions in delivery align with architectural standards and business intent
• Provide embedded architectural guidance to Agile/SAFe teams throughout delivery lifecycle

Portfolio Rationalization & Optimization

• Identify technical debt, architectural risks, and opportunities for system modernization
• Lead enterprise portfolio rationalization efforts to reduce complexity and improve efficiency

Skills & Experience You Should Possess

• 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience
• 4+ years in enterprise or solution architecture roles
• 2+ years of recent DataOps experience
• 4+ years of project or initiative leadership experience
• Strong programming expertise (Python, Java, C#, TypeScript) and full-stack system design
• Expert-level SQL and deep experience in database technologies and data modeling
• Experience designing and deploying production-grade systems
• Strong understanding of application, data, integration, and enterprise architecture domains
• Hands-on experience influencing engineering practices and development lifecycles
• Experience using AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to enhance development workflows
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence across technical and business stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare IT environments (payer, provider, or health system)
• Experience with cloud-based DataOps platforms, especially in Azure
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Azure Synapse, Databricks, Fabric, dbt, or Apache Spark
• Experience with data governance frameworks and tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Apache Atlas)
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations and standards (HIPAA, HL7, FHIR, CMS interoperability rules)
• Experience working within Agile or SAFe environments with embedded…