Enterprise Architect (Hybrid)

What You'll Do

We have a great opportunity for an Enterprise Architect to join our architecture team and help us develop technology strategy and roadmaps for delivering unified customer and employee experience that align with Principal's customer centricity strategy to engage our customers on their terms - when, where, and how they prefer. This is an opportunity to impact our shared services and reimagine how capabilities are delivered.

As a member of Principal's Enterprise Architecture Practice and supporting the Infrastructure and technology domain, the goal of the position is to advance the technology strategy and implementation as it relates to Principal's strategic business goals and objectives. The Enterprise Architect must ensure technology platforms can evolve to support a high performance and scalable environment, and are reliable, secured, and maintainable for a global enterprise. This is a hands-on (individual contributor) position with responsibility for setting technical and architectural direction and seeing the direction through to high-quality solution deployments.

• The Enterprise Architect (EA) will be responsible for defining enterprise application, information, platform, and integration architecture standards, evaluating technologies, designing hybrid platform solutions and reference architectures, documenting, and managing implementation of multi-year roadmaps that solve Principal's business problems.
• Define platform architecture standards and ensure appropriate alignment of process and technology solutions with platform architecture guidance.
• Lead platform architecture strategies to optimize and modernize the platform technology portfolio and encourage reusability and adaptability of Principal's process and technology assets to achieve enterprise leverage.
• Effectively communicate with all levels of the organization to influence, coach, and mentor on how to consume and apply key aspects of the platform architecture.
• Identify possible opportunities inherent to the technology and future market trends, including development, socialization, and concurrence on an overall global IT architectural roadmap working with the broader enterprise architecture community of practice (CoP)

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years.

Who You Are

We are looking for someone with :

Salary Range Information

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and / or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$91000 - $152000 / year

Time Off Program

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don't accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Pension Eligible

Yes Job Level

We'll consider talent at the next level with the right experience and skills.

Work Environments

This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek). You'll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.

Work Authorization / Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO : F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Global Investors positions, you'll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

Experience Principal

While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose : to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees - individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why we're an exceptional place to grow your career.

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Posting Window

We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

Original Posting Date

9 / 23 / 2025

Most Recently Posted Date

9 / 23 / 2025