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Position Summary
The Director, Enterprise Architecture, based in Bloomington, MN, will lead Donaldson’s enterprise architecture function: a team of the most technically capable architects in the IT organization. This hands-on leader will set the architectural direction for a global manufacturing enterprise across cloud, infrastructure, applications, data, integration, security, and operational technology, and will personally step in to solve the most complex technical challenges.
The Director will shift architecture left, engaging upstream with business and technology leaders to shape solutions before they are designed, and will create the reference architectures, patterns, and standards that make delivery faster, more consistent, and more repeatable. Success is measured by delivered outcomes, not documents. Qualified candidates must be able to work a hybrid schedule at our Bloomington, MN office.
Role Responsibilities
Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team of enterprise, solution, domain, and data architects who serve as the deepest technical experts in the IT organization and the escalation point for the hardest problems.
Engage early in business planning, demand intake, and portfolio prioritization to shape requirements, options, and architectures before projects begin, reducing rework, risk, and cost later in delivery.
Personally drop into critical initiatives, major incidents, and complex design challenges, working alongside delivery teams to diagnose root causes and architect durable solutions.
Define and maintain the enterprise target-state architecture and multi-year technology roadmaps across business, application, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, security, and OT domains, aligned to business strategy.
Build a reusable library of reference architectures, design patterns, blueprints, and paved-road templates (for example cloud landing zones, integration and API patterns, identity, data platforms, and AI) that accelerate delivery and drive standardization.
Establish lightweight, value-adding architecture governance, including principles, standards, decision records, and design reviews, that speeds good decisions rather than gating them.
Drive simplification and technical debt reduction through application and technology portfolio rationalization, lifecycle management, and clear build, buy, reuse, and retire decisions.
Architect the foundations for enterprise AI, data and analytics, automation, and modern integration, including the platform, security, and responsible-AI patterns needed to scale safely.
Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, applications, data, digital, and manufacturing leaders to embed secure-by-design, Zero Trust, resilience, and IT/OT convergence principles into every solution.
Evaluate emerging technologies and vendors through hands-on proofs of concept, make clear recommendations that balance innovation, cost, risk, and value, and measure the impact of enterprise architecture through outcome-based metrics.
Travel
Up to 15%
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
12+ years of progressive technology experience, including 5+ years in enterprise or solution architecture and 5+ years leading architects or senior technical teams.
Deep, hands-on technical expertise across multiple domains, such as cloud and hybrid infrastructure, application and integration architecture, data platforms, identity, and security, with the credibility to lead…