Principal, Enterprise Architect

Role Overview Pearson Virtual Schools operates learning platforms that serve schools, teachers, and students at enterprise scale, and we are actively rebuilding parts of our technology foundation to be more resilient, secure, and cloud-native. This work sits at the intersection of high-velocity product delivery and the governance expectations of a large, regulated enterprise. As our Principal Enterprise Architect, you lead transformative architectural initiatives for our core platforms, orchestrating large-scale changes that improve performance, security, and interoperability. You balance strategic planning with hands-on technical execution: guiding teams through detailed designs, leading complex integrations, and making the calls that reduce legacy dependencies and technical risk. Your influence extends to cross-functional steering committees and project boards, where your technical judgment shapes the prioritization of multi-year platform investments. This is not an ivory-tower architecture role. You will spend real time on designs, code, and incident retrospectives alongside engineering teams, bringing the pragmatic, ship-and-learn instincts of a high-growth startup to an enterprise setting that has to get security, compliance, and reliability right. Key Responsibilities Architecture Strategy & Enterprise Modernization Define the north-star technical architecture for PVS's core platforms, aligning business strategy with modern, sustainable cloud topologies. Lead the migration and refactoring of legacy, monolithic, or on-premise systems into decoupled, cloud-native architectures. Own multi-year modernization roadmaps that balance pragmatic delivery with long-term platform health, sequencing initiatives for measurable reductions in legacy dependencies. Present architectural strategy and trade-offs to cross-functional steering committees and project boards, driving alignment and prioritization on platform investment. Cloud-Native, Event-Driven & API Patterns Design