Resume template · Updated October 2026
Enterprise architect resume template
Short answer
Henrietta suits enterprise architects: a conventional business page, read by executives as often as engineers, with experience first and education right after. The fictional sample is an enterprise architect at a Louisville health system who started as an integration architect, with an application portfolio cut by a third, licence savings, a post-merger target roadmap, a capability map, an architecture review board and TOGAF Practitioner certification.
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Why Henrietta suits an enterprise architect resume
Henrietta is the classic business layout of the seven, left-aligned in black and grey, with experience straight under the summary and education after it. Enterprise architects are hired by CIOs and executive panels who read for business outcomes, and this sober page matches the board papers you would write for them.
Second choice: Leslie. Leslie also leads with experience but adds a centred blue header, a fit for architects in consulting or digital transformation roles.
What goes in each section, in Henrietta's order
Henrietta prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Name the organisation type and size, your domains (business, application, data, technology, security architecture) and the change you lead: mergers, cloud adoption, rationalisation, digital programmes. Enterprise architecture is judged on business change, so open with it.
- Work Experience. Show portfolio-level outcomes: applications retired, licence or hosting costs removed, roadmaps adopted, standards set, programmes shaped, risks reduced. Then one bullet on governance (a review board, design authority or investment gate) and what it changed.
- Education. Henrietta prints education right after the jobs. Computer science, information systems or business degrees on one line; an MBA or a master's in IT management is worth listing here.
- Skills. The grid shows no labels, so start with architecture practice (capability mapping, application portfolio management, target state roadmaps, governance), then the EA repository and modelling tools, then stakeholder skills.
- Certifications. The Open Group currently lists TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Foundation and Practitioner certifications based on the 10th Edition, alongside older TOGAF 9 certifications. Write the exact title and year so a reader knows which edition you hold.
The sample resume as text
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Catherine Doyle
Enterprise Architect, Health System (TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner)
Louisville, KY | catherine.doyle@example.com | (502) 555-0109 | linkedin.com/in/sample-catherine-doyle
Enterprise architect at a 12-hospital health system, leading application and integration architecture through a merger and a move to cloud services. Six years as an integration architect first, so roadmaps are tested against how clinical and financial systems really exchange data.
Experience
Enterprise Architect, Bluegrass Health Partners, Louisville, KY (01/2021 to Present)
- Led application rationalisation after a merger, reducing the portfolio from about 640 to 420 applications over three years.
- Removed about $2.3 million a year in licence and support costs by retiring overlapping systems.
- Built the business capability map and three-year target state roadmap adopted by the CIO and the executive steering committee.
- Chair the architecture review board, which reviews about 60 proposals a year and stopped four duplicate software purchases in its first year.
- Set integration and cloud standards for new projects with the security, data and infrastructure leads.
Integration Architect, Bluegrass Health Partners, Louisville, KY (05/2015 to 12/2020)
- Designed interfaces between the clinical record, billing, lab and imaging systems, about 300 in total.
- Moved the integration engine to a new platform with no missed clinical messages during cutover.
- Wrote the interface standards that outside vendors now follow.
Education
MS, Information Systems, Ohio Falls University (05/2015)
BS, Computer Science, Kentucky Highlands College (05/2010)
Certifications
- TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner (10th Edition), The Open Group (2023)
Skills
Business capability mapping, Application portfolio management, Target state roadmaps, Architecture governance, Integration architecture, Cloud strategy, LeanIX, Sparx Enterprise Architect, ArchiMate, Visio, Power BI, Executive presentations, Facilitating design decisions, Vendor evaluations
How to make the sample yours
Lead with business outcomes
Costs removed, risks retired, mergers integrated, capabilities delivered. Executives read the first bullet in each job, so put the business result there and the method after it.
Show the portfolio numbers
Applications before and after, overlapping systems retired, contracts consolidated. Rationalisation is concrete and easy to verify.
Explain your governance
An architecture review board, design authority or investment gate is only useful if it speeds good decisions. Say how many reviews it ran and what it changed, such as fewer duplicate purchases.
From solution to enterprise architect
Show the widening scope: designs that spanned departments, standards you set, roadmaps you contributed to. Keep one deep technical bullet to prove you understand delivery.
Sector context counts
Health care, banking, government and utilities each bring regulation and legacy systems. Naming the ones you have worked under helps a sector employer trust your roadmaps.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- enterprise architecture
- TOGAF
- business capability mapping
- application portfolio management
- application rationalisation
- target state architecture
- technology roadmaps
- architecture governance
- architecture review board
- integration architecture
- cloud strategy
- data architecture
- mergers and acquisitions integration
- stakeholder management
- IT strategy
Mistakes to avoid
- A page full of frameworks and no business outcomes.
- Claiming programme results that delivery teams achieved without your input; say what you shaped.
- Internal system names, vendors in negotiation or security architecture details.
- A TOGAF certification without its level or edition.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
Frequently asked questions
How do I move from solution architect to enterprise architect?
Take on cross-portfolio work: rationalisation studies, standards, roadmaps, investment reviews. On the resume, show business outcomes and governance as well as designs.
Is TOGAF certification necessary?
Not always, but many postings mention it, and it shows a shared vocabulary. Practical results matter more; list the certification with its level and edition if you have it.
How technical should an enterprise architect resume be?
Less than a solution architect's. Keep enough to show you understand delivery (integration, cloud, data), but give most of the space to business change and decisions.
How do I show results when enterprise architecture is advisory?
Report what was adopted: roadmaps approved, standards followed, systems retired, purchases avoided. Name the decision makers who adopted it, by role.
Should an enterprise architect resume be two pages?
Often, yes, for senior candidates with several major programmes. Keep the first page focused on the current role and its outcomes.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Henrietta PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 5 section headings and all 8 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- The Open Group: TOGAF Certification Portfolio (lists TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Foundation and Practitioner (10th Edition), TOGAF Business Architecture Foundation (10th Edition), and TOGAF 9 Foundation and Certified (Version 9.2))
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