Senior Director – Enterprise Architect

What Success Looks Like In This Role
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Architect to lead the architecture strategy for a key product division. This role will define and guide the technology vision, system architecture, and modernization roadmap across both legacy platforms and next-generation products. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and business leadership to ensure technology choices align with long-term business goals while enabling scalability, resilience, and innovation.

The position includes leadership and people management responsibilities, overseeing a team of architects.

Principal Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Technology Organization, defining its long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture framework for the product division.
• Lead the modernization of legacy systems, transitioning to cloud-native, API-driven, microservices architectures.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of architects, technology leads, and engineers.
• Establish and enforce architecture principles, standards, and roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
• Provide architecture oversight during design, development, and implementation.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to align technology with strategic goals.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to enhance scalability, security, and customer experience.
• Implement secure software engineering practices and operational governance.
• Drive innovation, modernization, and technology excellence across legacy platforms and next-gen cloud-native solutions.

Critical Skills Required

• Shape architecture vision, lead modernization, and drive innovation in a high-impact product division.
• Visionary leader bridging business and technology strategy.
• Ability to influence across teams and functions without direct authority.
• Lead modernization and innovation across products.
• Collaborative, growth-driven environment with competitive compensation.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• Education: Graduate degree in Computer Science / Engineering from a reputed institute (Master's / MBA preferred).
• Experience: 12–15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, or related roles.
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture, with 8+ years in leadership roles.
• Proven expertise in enterprise architecture, software design, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and modernization of legacy systems.
• Experience designing and scaling enterprise-grade products with strong security, performance, and reliability requirements.
• Strong background in Agile methodologies, DevSecOps practices, and cloud-first strategies.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with ability to partner effectively with executive leadership and product stakeholders.
• Recognized as a thought leader in at least one domain through publications, patents, or conference contributions.

Unisys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to age, blood type, caste, citizenship, color, disability, family medical history, family status, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.

This commitment includes our efforts to provide for all those who seek to express interest in employment the opportunity to participate without barriers. If you are a US job seeker unable to review the job opportunities herein, or cannot otherwise complete your expression of interest, without additional assistance and would like to discuss a request for reasonable accommodation, please contact our Global Recruiting organization at or alternatively Toll Free: Prompt 4). US job seekers can find more information about Unisys' EEO commitment here.