What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Architect position at Ericsson?
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Ericsson has a vision to lead in the emerging Enterprise 5G networking and security markets and establish 5G as a communication platform via global network APIs. Business Area Enterprise Wireless Solutions (BEWS) plays a fundamental role in achieving this goal by building a differentiated enterprise networking and security product portfolio and by scaling a global multi-channel go-to-market.
Leveraging Ericsson’s proven leadership in cellular, our long-term goal is to become the default choice and trusted partner for any organization’s wireless network infrastructure – with cellular as the entry point and zero trust security as a norm.
About This Opportunity
As the Enterprise Architect, you will shape and guide the technology landscape to enable business strategy, reduce complexity, and manage risk. You will define enterprise-wide architectural direction, influence investment decisions, and partner with business and technology leaders to modernize platforms, improve resilience, and accelerate delivery.
This role balances strategic thinking with hands-on architectural leadership, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with long-term enterprise goals.
This role will report to the Senior Director, BEWS Architecture & Integration Platforms
What you will do:
Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance
Architecture & Strategy
At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply?
Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.
Ericsson uses a merit-based hiring approach that values people with different experiences, perspectives and skillsets. We truly believe this approach drives innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer, learn more.
If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ericsson at hr.direct.americas@ericsson.com.
DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this position, and you may be required to perform additional job tasks as assigned.
Primary country and city: United States (US) || Hybrid: Boise, Idaho or Plano, Texas
Job details: ICT Architect
Compensation And Benefits At Ericsson
At Ericsson, we know that our people are the key to our success. We offer a competitive package to help with your individual needs and goals.
Your Pay
The salary range for this position is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, and the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.
Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan: Your pay also includes the opportunity for an annual bonus. Actual bonus payouts are based on performance of the business against the unit’s objectives, individual performance, and the individual bonus target. Certain eligibility and pro-ration rules apply.
Your Health
Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions offers excellent, competitive employee benefits, such as: subsidized, nationwide PPO medical benefit options including a low-deductible Point of Service Plan and a qualifying High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), with a generous company-provided HSA contribution.
Your Financial Security
We invest in both your short and long-term financial wellbeing. Our 401(k) plan has a 4% company match and immediate vesting. Employees will also receive company-paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance and company-paid disability benefits.
Your Time
Your work-life balance is important to us. New employees are provided a minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation, up to 3 personal days per year, 11 annual holidays, 8 hours of volunteer time, and 80 hours of sick time annually. Please note paid time off is pro-rated based on the employee’s start date. Furthermore, Ericsson provides up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.
Additional Benefits
Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions offers other company-paid benefits such as a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, mobile therapy, and volunteer paid time off.
- This role is a hybrid position with the expectation to work onsite (3) three days a week in the Ericsson office located in either Boise, Idaho or Plano, Texas and relocation is not offered for this position.
- Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions Inc. does not sponsor US work authorizations for this job position including H-1B, O-1, and TN. Ericsson also does not hire F-1’s working on EAD for this position.
Ericsson has a vision to lead in the emerging Enterprise 5G networking and security markets and establish 5G as a communication platform via global network APIs. Business Area Enterprise Wireless Solutions (BEWS) plays a fundamental role in achieving this goal by building a differentiated enterprise networking and security product portfolio and by scaling a global multi-channel go-to-market.
Leveraging Ericsson’s proven leadership in cellular, our long-term goal is to become the default choice and trusted partner for any organization’s wireless network infrastructure – with cellular as the entry point and zero trust security as a norm.
About This Opportunity
As the Enterprise Architect, you will shape and guide the technology landscape to enable business strategy, reduce complexity, and manage risk. You will define enterprise-wide architectural direction, influence investment decisions, and partner with business and technology leaders to modernize platforms, improve resilience, and accelerate delivery.
This role balances strategic thinking with hands-on architectural leadership, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with long-term enterprise goals.
This role will report to the Senior Director, BEWS Architecture & Integration Platforms
What you will do:
Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance
- Define, evolve, and socialize enterprise architecture principles, standards, policies, and guardrails aligned to business outcomes and an appropriate risk posture.
- Guide technology decision-making through architecture governance, trade-off analysis, and clear recommendations.
- Develop current and target state architectures across applications, data, integration, and infrastructure.
- Create capability-based roadmaps that align technology investments to business priorities.
- Identify modernization paths, technical debt reduction strategies, and portfolio rationalization opportunities.
- Recommend platform consolidation, lifecycle management, and decommissioning strategies to reduce complexity and total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Review and influence solution designs to ensure alignment with enterprise reference architectures and non-functional requirements (security, reliability, performance, availability, and operability).
- Promote API-first, event-driven, and domain-aligned integration patterns.
- Enable reuse through shared services, platforms, and architectural patterns.
- Partner with data, security, and privacy teams to embed governance, classification, access controls, and zero-trust principles into solution designs.
- Ensure architectures meet regulatory, compliance, and risk management requirements.
- Maintain architecture models, decision records, and technology standards catalogs.
- Create, curate, and evolve reusable reference architectures and design patterns to accelerate delivery and improve consistency.
Architecture & Strategy
- Strong experience in enterprise architecture, including business capability mapping, portfolio roadmapping, and value-based decision-making.
- Ability to connect business strategy to technology direction and execution.
- End-to-end perspective across applications, integration, data, infrastructure, and operations.
- Comfort operating across multiple time horizons—from near-term delivery to long-term transformation.
- Proven ability to embed non-functional requirements, resilience, and operational considerations into architectural designs.
- Familiarity with modern security architectures and reliability patterns.
- Solid grounding in modular design, reusability, automation, observability, and performance.
- Experience working closely with engineering teams to turn architecture into reality.
- Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:
- ERP and CRM modernization
- Data platform and analytics transformation
- API platform and integration modernization
- Aligning technology platforms to core business processes
- A collaborative thought leader who can influence without authority.
- Comfortable facilitating discussions, navigating trade-offs, and bringing diverse stakeholders along on architectural decisions.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent work experience. Master’s degree is a plus.
- Architecture relevant Certifications are a plus.
At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply?
Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.
Ericsson uses a merit-based hiring approach that values people with different experiences, perspectives and skillsets. We truly believe this approach drives innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer, learn more.
If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ericsson at hr.direct.americas@ericsson.com.
DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this position, and you may be required to perform additional job tasks as assigned.
Primary country and city: United States (US) || Hybrid: Boise, Idaho or Plano, Texas
Job details: ICT Architect
Compensation And Benefits At Ericsson
At Ericsson, we know that our people are the key to our success. We offer a competitive package to help with your individual needs and goals.
Your Pay
The salary range for this position is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, and the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.
Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan: Your pay also includes the opportunity for an annual bonus. Actual bonus payouts are based on performance of the business against the unit’s objectives, individual performance, and the individual bonus target. Certain eligibility and pro-ration rules apply.
Your Health
Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions offers excellent, competitive employee benefits, such as: subsidized, nationwide PPO medical benefit options including a low-deductible Point of Service Plan and a qualifying High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), with a generous company-provided HSA contribution.
Your Financial Security
We invest in both your short and long-term financial wellbeing. Our 401(k) plan has a 4% company match and immediate vesting. Employees will also receive company-paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance and company-paid disability benefits.
Your Time
Your work-life balance is important to us. New employees are provided a minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation, up to 3 personal days per year, 11 annual holidays, 8 hours of volunteer time, and 80 hours of sick time annually. Please note paid time off is pro-rated based on the employee’s start date. Furthermore, Ericsson provides up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.
Additional Benefits
Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions offers other company-paid benefits such as a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, mobile therapy, and volunteer paid time off.