Manager IT Architecture - Enterprise & Cloud

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Position Summary The Manager IT Architecture (Enterprise & Cloud) will stand up Architecture Office from greenfield; establishing the operating model, standards, and team needed to govern enterprise and Microsoft Azure architecture. This leader manages a small team and partners closely with Operations, Service Delivery/PMO, and GRC to ensure designs meet non ‑ functional requirements for availability, performance, recoverability (RTO/RPO), and scalability. The ideal candidate blends deep Azure and hybrid networking experience with an enterprise mindset, strong stakeholder communication, and a bias toward pragmatic, reusable patterns. Essential Position Duties: - Stand up the Architecture Office from greenfield: define mission, scope, engagement model, and success metrics; establish design intake, review gates, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs). - Recruit, lead, and coach a high ‑ performing team of up to 2 architects; set objectives, mentoring plans, and career paths. - Own the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) program from greenfield: define the data model and critical CIs/services, quality thresholds, discovery and service ‑ mapping approach, and post ‑ change updat...