Staff Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Technology

The Enterprise Architect will work with the Enterprise Architecture Automation team and directly collaborate with multiple internal teams such as Sales, Finance, Marketing, and Customer Success; this role also interacts with other engineering functions such as Enterprise Systems & IT Operations, Technology Operations, Cybersecurity, and any other parties involved throughout the architecting/design and rollout of those solutions.

You will be part of the PitchBook Architecture function reporting to the PitchBook Director of Software Architecture, and working closely with our Senior Director of Enterprise Technology.

As an Enterprise Architect within the PitchBook Engineering organization, you will be responsible for architecting the business workflows and integrations of different systems used across multiple enterprise business stream-aligned teams such as Sales, Finance, Marketing, Customer Success, Human Resources, and others. You will be essential in guiding other technical contributors to build exceptional enterprise solutions relied upon and used by hundreds of PitchBook internal users, delivering architecture that will drive PitchBook operational performance and efficiency.

The team will rely on your broad and deep experience in establishing integrated workflows and comprehensive solutions involving 3rd party products and platforms such as Salesforce and Marketo. You will be operating within diverse business domains to shape principles and practices, capture just-in-time decisions based on trade-off analysis. With your strong analytical skills, you’ll be able to break down abstract and complex problems into smaller problems and apply Domain Driven Design approaches such as identifying bounded contexts and establishing a decomposition process. You will be expected to devise solutions based on limited information and precedent to find creative ways to tackle challenges. You must be able to interpret, assess, and resolve a wide range of issues and be able to select the right course of action.

You will collaborate with external and internal stakeholders of diverse roles and backgrounds, who may have varying degrees of understanding of the domain. You may need to adapt your style of communication based on the audience you are interacting with and will be relied on to influence decisions to build optimal solutions to complex challenges. Additionally, as a technical expert in a broad set of domains, you will be expected to engage actively in promoting architecture guidelines, principles, and practices across our team(s), and be a driver for consistency and alignment for cross-cutting concerns using influence and effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Lastly, you exhibit a growth mindset, are willing to solicit feedback, engage others with empathy, and help create a culture of belonging, teamwork, and purpose. If you love building enterprise solutions and integrations, strive for excellence every day, are adaptable and focused, and believe work should be fun, come join us!

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Analyze and document the current architectural state of PitchBook enterprise systems and identify their respective domains, bounded contexts, and workflows
• Analyze the level of existing automation and technical debt and identify new automation opportunities
• Identify and apply system integration patterns establishing an integrated enterprise ecosystem that is efficient to operate, and easy to support and evolve
• Identify opportunities to evolve the technical ecosystem supporting Enterprise teams, including analysis of build vs. buy and new 3rd party systems and their technical, organizational, and commercial/business trade-offs supporting adoption decisions
• Identify and ensure qualities and non-functional requirements of the enterprise workflows within specific systems and across multiple integrated systems
• Document architecture evolutions (current state, future state, phasing) across a variety of business domains, communicate architecture, and elaborate with teams, including the notion of domains, bounded context, and ownership
• Provide technical guidance and perform architectural reviews with team members
• Design and deliver end-to-end initiatives with little to no guidance
• Define and participate in processes that improve products using return on experience and root cause analysis of incidents
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

Skills and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related
• 12+ years of experience architecting, integrating, and automating large-scale software systems, including Engineering roles in the context of Enterprise Organization and systems
• 8+ years coding and delivering software as an engineer with languages such as Python and Java
• 2+ years of experience developing microservices
• Strong experience in Enterprise Architecture, including systems in sales and CRM systems (Salesforce), marketing automation systems (Marketo), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Content Management Systems (CMS), Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems, Billing and Payment systems, and more
• Experience in integrating systems with data warehouse, data platform, and data lake technologies (e.g. Snowflake, Redshift)
• Experience in Enterprise Architecture frameworks and related methodologies (Open Group TOGAF, SAFe, MEGA, UML/4+1, ATAM)
• Experience in Enterprise Integration Automation platforms (Workato, Flowgear, Boomi, Prismatic)
• Experienced with SaaS & Web technologies, standards, and architecture styles (e.g., JSON, REST)
• Experienced with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Ability to handle an enterprise project through the entire software integration lifecycle, end to end
• Demonstrate ability to lead and/or provide guidance to junior peers across multiple teams
• Excellent communication skills, written, and verbal
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily

Working Conditions

The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PCs and phones on an ongoing basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.