Senior Architect, Technical (.NET)

I. Job Summary
Provides enterprise-level technology leadership across business and digital domains, establishing architecture strategy, governance, standards, and roadmaps that enable scalable, secure, and reliable business capabilities. Partners with business leaders, product teams, and engineering teams to drive digital transformation, cloud adoption, data-driven decision making, and emerging technology innovation.

This role is hybrid to Windsor, CT. 

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains enterprise architecture roadmaps aligned with business strategy and organizational priorities
• Defines technology standards, reference architectures, design patterns, governance processes, policies, and procedures
• Evaluates emerging technologies, AI capabilities, cloud platforms, and vendor solutions to determine strategic fit and business value
• Leads architectural reviews, governance activities, and approval processes for major initiatives and investments
• Resolves highly complex or ambiguous architecture challenges and provides architectural leadership, technical direction, and decision support across business, product, and engineering teams
• Partners with business stakeholders, product managers, and engineering leaders to translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions
• Designs architecture solutions and oversees implementation of complex programs to ensure alignment with business requirements, enterprise standards, and strategic objectives
• Defines architecture patterns and provides guidance throughout the solution lifecycle from concept through implementation and support
• Ensures technology solutions, system improvements, and architecture decisions are successfully implemented to increase business value, efficiency, scalability, and reliability
• Drives platform modernization, technical debt reduction, cloud adoption, and long-term technology sustainability planning
• Identifies and mitigates architectural risks, dependencies, and technical constraints that may impact delivery outcomes
• Collaborates with engineering teams to establish DevOps, CI/CD, automation, security, and software engineering best practices
• Mentors architects, engineers, and technical leads to advance technical capabilities and architectural maturity

III. Qualifications - Must live and work in the US.
A. Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or similar area of study
• 10+ years or more years previous experience

B. Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• MCSE, CISSP, CNA, AIX or Solaris Administration
• .NET

IV. Physical Requirements
Listed below are key points regarding physical demands, physical and occupational risks, and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Repetitive Motions
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination
• Sitting
• Talking
• Hearing

Office: This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.

PAY:  The expected base pay range for this hybrid position is $145,000 - $165,000. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.
V. Benefits 
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability. In addition, we offer a stock purchase plan, company matching on a 401(k), and more. Employees also receive paid vacation, holidays, and personal days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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