WDS Architect (Workplace Digital Services) - 100% Remote

Role Overview

WDS Architect (Workplace Digital Services) responsible for leading architecture efforts for collaboration platforms and ecosystems. You will define current and target state architectures and create a 3-year roadmap for the domain, partnering with stakeholders and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Stakeholder & Community Engagement
  • Meet business stakeholders and engineering teams to capture perspectives and align on direction
  • Engage with the IT Architecture community (formal/informal venues)
  • Brief stakeholders and present architecture recommendations to leadership
• Domain Assessment & Roadmapping
  • Review current and past domain assessments and develop a new domain assessment (current state, gaps, risks, recommendations)
  • Create and present a 3-year roadmap including current/target state architectures and a transition plan
• Standards, Decisions & Governance
  • Create and maintain Standards, Waivers, Tech Decisions, and Assessments
  • Apply architecture processes and governance practices
  • Govern portfolio processes and support Business of Architecture activities
  • Support governance for app approval, data classification, and data lifecycle policies
• Process & Risk Participation
  • Participate in TPA, TPRM, and CRP processes
  • Drive technical decisions ensuring alignment with standards and waivers
  • Review/proof artifacts with peer architects and engineering leadership/community
• Technical Expertise & Platform Experience
  • Deep experience with collaboration suites:
    • Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange)
    • Slack Enterprise Grid, Zoom (incl. Box)
  • Collaboration telemetry/analytics/adoption dashboards; knowledge of Aternity
  • Understand platform extensibility (AI features, APIs, app frameworks, bots, workflows)
  • Evaluate SaaS vendors, licensing models, and feature roadmaps
  • Identity & access management: Azure AD, Okta (conditional access, MFA, SSO, least privilege)
  • Secure data handling: DLP and encryption
  • Solution architecture: translate business requirements into scalable architectures and define functional/non-functional requirements (performance, availability, compliance)
  • Roadmapping & governance: define platform roadmaps with versioning and deprecation plans

Location / Work Model

• Listed as 100% Remote, but the JD states Location: San Antonio, TX (Onsite).