Chief Architect

Job Responsibilities:

Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision strategy and multi-year technology roadmap.
  

• Establish architectural principles standards design patterns and governance frameworks across all infrastructure services.
  

• Align technology architecture strategies with business priorities operating model objectives and transformation initiatives.
  

• Serve as the ultimate architecture authority for infrastructure modernization service transformation cloud adoption and innovation programs.
  

• Provide strategic technology guidance to executive leadership and governance boards.
  

Technology Architecture Governance

• Chair architecture review boards and design authority forums.
  

• Establish architectural policies standards and reference architectures.
  

• Govern solution designs to ensure consistency scalability security maintainability and compliance.
  

• Define technology lifecycle management processes including technology adoption rationalisation and retirement strategies.
  

• Ensure architectural decisions support operational excellence and long-term business outcomes.
  

Infrastructure & Platform Architecture

• Define architecture direction across Cloud Platform Network Security Workplace and Operations functions.
  

• Oversee the design of resilient scalable and highly available infrastructure services.
  

• Ensure interoperability across technology towers and platforms.
  

• Lead efforts to simplify and standardise infrastructure architectures.
  

• Drive convergence toward modern hybrid cloud and platform-based operating models.
  

Cloud DevOps & Modernization Strategy

• Establish cloud architecture standards and adoption frameworks.
  

• Lead cloud transformation initiatives including migration modernization optimization and governance programs.
  

• Define architecture patterns supporting DevOps platform engineering automation and service delivery excellence.
  

• Ensure cloud solutions balance performance resilience security compliance and cost efficiency.
  

• Drive adoption of modern engineering and infrastructure-as-code practices.
  

AI Automation & Innovation Leadership

• Define architectural strategies for AI-enabled operations AIOps predictive analytics intelligent automation and service intelligence.
  

• Establish standards for integrating AI and automation capabilities into infrastructure services.
  

• Identify emerging technologies and innovation opportunities that enhance operational performance and customer outcomes.
  

• Partner with AI Architects and automation leaders to accelerate technology transformation initiatives.
  

• Lead strategic proof-of-concept and innovation programs that support future-state operating models.
  

Security Risk & Resilience Architecture

• Ensure security-by-design principles are embedded into all architecture decisions.
  

• Collaborate with Security Services leadership to establish enterprise security architecture standards.
  

• Define architecture controls supporting cyber resilience regulatory compliance privacy and risk management objectives.
  

• Oversee disaster recovery business continuity and operational resilience architecture strategies.
  

• Ensure architectural solutions address emerging technology and cybersecurity risks.
  

Data Analytics & Integration Architecture

• Define architecture standards for data platforms operational analytics observability monitoring and service intelligence.
  

• Establish integration architectures that enable seamless information flow across infrastructure domains.
  

• Support enterprise reporting performance measurement automation and AI initiatives through scalable data architectures.
  

• Promote data governance data quality and enterprise information management best practices.
  

• Ensure architecture decisions support real-time operational visibility and business insights.
  

Service Transformation & Technology Modernization

• Lead architecture planning for large-scale transformation programs.
  

• Define target-state architectures that support operational efficiency automation standardisation and vendor consolidation.
  

• Develop transition roadmaps from current-state to future-state technology landscapes.
  

• Ensure transformation initiatives deliver measurable business value while minimising technology and operational risk.
  

• Support continuous improvement initiatives aligned with modernization and operational excellence goals.
  

Vendor & Technology Partner Management

• Provide technical governance and oversight for strategic technology partners and suppliers.
  

• Evaluate emerging technologies products services and platforms.
  

• Support vendor selection technology assessment and architectural due diligence activities.
  

• Guide technology investment decisions and strategic sourcing activities.
  

• Ensure third-party solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and business requirements.
  

Stakeholder Engagement & Executive Advisory

• Act as the trusted technology advisor to executive leadership and business stakeholders.
  

• Translate business strategy into technology roadmaps and actionable architecture plans.
  

• Communicate architectural direction risks opportunities and investment recommendations to senior leadership.
  

• Facilitate alignment between business delivery operations security and technology teams.
  

• Foster a culture of innovation collaboration and engineering excellence across the organization.
  

Professional Experience:

• 15 years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture infrastructure engineering technology strategy or digital transformation.
  
• Minimum 10 years of architecture leadership experience in large-scale enterprise or managed services environments.
  
• Proven experience leading complex infrastructure transformation cloud modernization and technology integration initiatives.
  
• Demonstrated success designing enterprise-scale architecture strategies across multiple technology domains.
  
• Experience working within large globally distributed multi-vendor environments.
  

Architecture & Technical Expertise:

• Deep expertise in Enterprise Architecture Infrastructure Architecture Solution Architecture and Technology Strategy.
  
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Computing Hybrid Infrastructure DevOps Platform Engineering Security Architecture and Modern Workplace technologies.
  
• Extensive experience with enterprise infrastructure services including networks platforms cloud security workplace services and operations.
  
• Knowledge of AI Machine Learning Automation AIOps Observability and Analytics platforms.
  
• Strong understanding of integration architectures data platforms service management and operational governance.
  
• Experience establishing architecture governance models technology standards and reference architectures.
  
• Familiarity with enterprise modernization transformation and technology rationalisation programs.
  

Leadership & Business Skills:

• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills.
  
• Ability to align business strategy with technology architecture and investment decisions.
  
• Proven leadership of large-scale cross-functional technology organizations.
  
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities at executive level.
  
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  
• Ability to balance innovation operational requirements risk management and financial objectives.
  
• Experience leading organizational transformation and fostering technology innovation cultures.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Certification.
  
• Zachman Framework Certification or equivalent architecture credentials.
  
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
  
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional.
  
• Google Professional Cloud Architect.
  
• ITIL Managing Professional or Strategic Leader.
  
• CISSP CCSP or equivalent security certification.
  
• SAFe Architect PMP or related transformation certifications.
  

Professional Experience:

• 15 years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture infrastructure engineering technology strategy or digital transformation.
  
• Minimum 10 years of architecture leadership experience in large-scale enterprise or managed services environments.
  
• Proven experience leading complex infrastructure transformation cloud modernization and technology integration initiatives.
  
• Demonstrated success designing enterprise-scale architecture strategies across multiple technology domains.
  
• Experience working within large globally distributed multi-vendor environments.
  

Architecture & Technical Expertise:

• Deep expertise in Enterprise Architecture Infrastructure Architecture Solution Architecture and Technology Strategy.
  
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Computing Hybrid Infrastructure DevOps Platform Engineering Security Architecture and Modern Workplace technologies.
  
• Extensive experience with enterprise infrastructure services including networks platforms cloud security workplace services and operations.
  
• Knowledge of AI Machine Learning Automation AIOps Observability and Analytics platforms.
  
• Strong understanding of integration architectures data platforms service management and operational governance.
  
• Experience establishing architecture governance models technology standards and reference architectures.
  
• Familiarity with enterprise modernization transformation and technology rationalisation programs.
  

Leadership & Business Skills:

• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills.
  
• Ability to align business strategy with technology architecture and investment decisions.
  
• Proven leadership of large-scale cross-functional technology organizations.
  
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities at executive level.
  
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  
• Ability to balance innovation operational requirements risk management and financial objectives.
  
• Experience leading organizational transformation and fostering technology innovation cultures.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Certification.
  
• Zachman Framework Certification or equivalent architecture credentials.
  
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
  
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional.
  
• Google Professional Cloud Architect.
  
• ITIL Managing Professional or Strategic Leader.
  
• CISSP CCSP or equivalent security certification.
  
• SAFe Architect PMP or related transformation certifications.