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Digital Monitoring Products · 1 month ago

Director of Enterprise Architecture and Technology

Springfield, MO

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Digital Monitoring Products is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture and Technology to lead and optimize the organization's enterprise architecture and technology strategy. The role involves establishing architectural standards, guiding platform modernization, and ensuring alignment with business goals and compliance frameworks.

Cyber SecurityManufacturing

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership, vision, and architectural direction across the technology organization, ensuring alignment with DMP’s business strategy, growth objectives, and long-term modernization initiatives

Establish and maintain enterprise architecture standards, frameworks, and governance practices that guide system design, integration, security, scalability, and technology decision-making

Guide and influence cross-functional technology teams (Business Systems, Infrastructure, Data, Security, and Internal tool Development) to ensure solutions are architecturally aligned, standardized, and optimized for scale

Define and maintain the multi-year technology and modernization roadmap, including system consolidation, platform unification, automation initiatives, and AI enablement strategies

Serve as the senior architectural authority for major projects, ensuring solution designs meet requirements for performance, reliability, security, compliance, and future scalability

Collaborate with Cybersecurity and Compliance functions to ensure that architecture and technology strategies align with SOC2, data classification standards, regulatory requirements, and internal governance frameworks

Lead the strategic integration of AI, automation, and intelligent workflows into business systems, support functions, and operational environments to reduce manual effort, increase efficiency, and improve service delivery

Oversee the design of high-availability, resilient, and scalable architectures supporting 24x7x365 business-critical and customer-facing environments

Establish architectural patterns for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, including guidance for infrastructure-as-code, provisioning automation, monitoring strategies, and disaster recovery

Provide guidance and input into technology budgeting, resource planning, and multi-year investment strategies to ensure alignment between architecture, financial planning, and business priorities

Lead vendor evaluation, contract negotiation strategy, and technology selection efforts to ensure alignment with architectural standards, long-term scalability, and ROI target outcomes

Define and document architectural standards, platform guidelines, integration patterns, and modernization workflows in support of clarity, consistency, and knowledge sharing. Identify systemic weaknesses, architectural inefficiencies, and operational bottlenecks, and develop strategic solutions that address root causes rather than symptoms

Serve as an executive-level advisor and technical authority for senior leadership, translating complex technical concepts into clear business impact, risk, and opportunity

Support and guide Platform Engineering and Infrastructure functions in designing automated, repeatable, and resilient system processes rather than manual, ticket-driven execution models

Ensure that technology solutions are designed with customer experience, operational efficiency, data value, and scalability at the forefront

Promote collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across technology teams, fostering a culture of accountability, modernization, and '10x thinking.'

Partner with Business Systems and Data teams to align architecture in support of CRM modernization, analytics enablement, reporting consistency, and AI-readiness

Participate in change management and transformation initiatives, ensuring technology changes are structured, communicated effectively, and aligned to architectural standards

Provide architectural guidance in complex problem-solving scenarios and serve as a strategic escalation point for high-impact, cross-functional technology issues

Observes and adheres to DMP Data Classification Standard

Observes company policies. Continuously finds processes that create improved efficiency while maintaining conformance to requirements. Acknowledges responsibility to satisfy the customer, reduce cycle time and eliminate waste

Qualification

Enterprise architectureCloud architecturePlatform modernizationVendor evaluationSystems architectureAI enablementCompliance frameworksStrategic planningAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving

Required

Ten (10) + years of progressive experience in technology leadership roles, with demonstrated responsibility for enterprise architecture, platform strategy, modernization initiatives, and large-scale system transformation

Proven experience defining and governing enterprise architecture frameworks, technology standards, and architectural roadmaps aligned to business strategy and long-term organizational goals

Strong understanding of cloud, hybrid, and on-prem architectures, including design for high availability, scalability, resiliency, performance, and cost optimization

Demonstrated experience in tool rationalization and platform consolidation, including reduction of redundant systems, licensing optimization, and vendor portfolio simplification

Experience designing and guiding modernization of business systems (CRM, CMS, ERP), data platforms, analytics environments, and integration patterns

Strong background in systems architecture, infrastructure design, and application hosting models, including web tiers, load balancing, database architecture, and distributed systems

Working knowledge of Linux and Windows environments sufficient to guide architectural decisions, patterns, and standards across production environments

Proven ability to lead, influence, and guide cross-functional technical teams including platform engineers, developers, data teams, cybersecurity, and operations without reliance on direct authority

Experience aligning architecture with security frameworks, compliance requirements, and governance standards (SOC2, data classification, risk management)

Knowledge of AI enablement, automation strategy, and intelligent workflow design, with experience identifying opportunities to replace manual effort with scalable, automated or AI-driven solutions

Strong experience in vendor evaluation, contract negotiations, technology investment planning, and forecasting

Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and strategic-thinking abilities, with a proven record of solving systemic problems rather than treating symptoms

Highly developed communication skills, including the ability to articulate technical and architectural concepts at an executive level

Ability to influence decision-making across business and technical leadership

Ability to provide clear, structured guidance in ambiguous or fragmented environments

Ability to operate in a highly visible, high-impact role serving as a strategic advisor, thought leader, and force multiplier for the organization

Ability to keep information in confidence

Accept and benefit from constructive criticism