ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT
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Job Location:
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Enterprise Architect will lead a strategic initiative to assess the organizations current compute and storage environment evaluate future requirements and define the optimal hosting strategy across Cloud SaaS and On-Premise platforms. The role will drive a multi-phase assessment covering discovery risk/cost/operations analysis decision framework development long-term TCO modeling and final strategic recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
- Review regulatory and compliance requirements in collaboration with Cybersecurity Data Management and other internal stakeholders.
- Assess current infrastructure technology platforms communications and contractual arrangements relevant to compute and storage.
- Benchmark Smart City IoT and enterprise-scale implementations regionally and globally.
- Analyse long-term plans (e.g. 510 years) to identify required smart services and associated infrastructure demands.
- Document the current enterprise hosting approach and operational requirements (e.g. resilience availability).
- Produce a comprehensive Discovery and Current-State Assessment Report.
Risk Cost & Operational Analysis
- Evaluate each service or system individually.
- Assess risk tolerance and determine the optimal hosting model (On-Premises vs. Cloud IAAS vs. SaaS).
- Determine implementation and multi-year costs (CapEx OpEx).
- Analyse operational support requirements for each service.
- Deliver a full Risk/Cost/Operational Assessment Report.
Framework & Decisioning Matrix
- Develop a decision-making framework and matrix to evaluate future services or systems.
- Ensure consistent repeatable hosting decisions based on cost risk operational needs and regulatory factors.
- 5-Year and 10-Year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis
- Calculate long-term TCO for compute and storage requirements.
- Include a comparative analysis of SaaS IAAS and On-Premises hosting models.
- Exclude IoT software licensing costs as specified.
Hosting Strategy & Recommendations
- Develop a full hosting strategy including Cloud SaaS IAAS and On-Premises options for all evaluated services.
- Produce an executive-ready recommendations report outlining the strategic direction and roadmap.
Deliverables
- Discovery Report / Current State Assessment
- Risk / Cost / Operational Assessment Report
- Hosting Framework & Decision Matrix
- 5-Year & 10-Year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis
- Final Hosting Strategy & Recommendation Document
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field.
- Proven experience designing and managing large-scale infrastructure across On-Premise SaaS and Cloud (IAAS).
- Strong understanding of IT resilience business continuity and high-availability principles.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent communication skills and stakeholder engagement abilities.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality delivery.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with major Cloud IAAS platforms (e.g. AWS Azure Google Cloud).
- Knowledge of enterprise network architecture.
- Ability to deliver full end-to-end scope as defined.
- Bilingual proficiency (Arabic & English) preferred but not mandatory.
Vertical:
Technology
Key Skills
- SAP BusinessObjects
- Enterprise Architecture
- Hybris
- SAP HANA
- SAP
- TOGAF
- Solution Architecture
- Cloud Architecture
- SAP BW 4HANA
- Salesforce
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP ERP
About Company
Duncan & Ross offers integrated and customer oriented services in different industries such as Automotive, Aerospace, Metro & Railway, Energy, Construction, Manufacturing and Telecom.
