Enterprise Architect
Job Summary
- Design define and govern enterprise-level architecture frameworks processes and practices across the organization ensuring alignment between business strategy and IT capabilities.
- Establish and manage enterprise architecture (EA) governance structures standards and policies to ensure consistency interoperability and compliance across all systems and initiatives.
- Lead the development communication and continuous evolution of enterprise architecture including business application data and technology domains.
- Drive the adoption and maturity of EA practices across the organization fostering an architecture-driven culture and promoting best practices.
- Design and maintain architectural repositories models and documentation ensuring traceability and reuse of architectural assets.
- Define and design interoperability integration patterns and interfaces between systems ensuring seamless communication across platforms.
- Elicit analyse and translate business user and technical requirements into scalable and sustainable architectures.
- Map business goals priorities and expected benefits to architectural components ensuring alignment between business outcomes and IT solutions.
- Define transition roadmaps for enterprise architecture evolution supporting digital transformation and modernization initiatives.
- Support programs and projects in planning risk management harmonization and change management ensuring architectural compliance.
- Assess current architectures systems portfolios and business processes to identify optimization opportunities and cost efficiencies.
- Analyse enterprise structures operational data and system metrics to provide insights for improving performance and reducing costs.
- Conduct architecture maturity assessments and contribute to the continuous improvement of EA capabilities.
- Provide guidance and support to project teams implementing enterprise architecture elements.
- Prepare and deliver technical documentation architectural blueprints and presentations to stakeholders at all levels.
Qualifications :
Education & Certifications
- Advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) in computer science information systems engineering or a related field.
At least one of the following certifications (or equivalent):
- The Open Group Certified Architect (Open CA)
- Zachman Certified Enterprise Architect
- CISSP Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (CISSPISSAP)
- ITIL v3 Master certification
- Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA)
Experience & Knowledge
- Proven experience performing the role of Enterprise Architect within an organization.
- Hands-on experience in building and promoting enterprise architecture culture practices and standards across organizations.
- Expert-level experience in enterprise and business architecture design.
- Experience establishing and governing enterprise architecture functions and frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of business process development value streams and capability mapping.
- Solid understanding of enterprise architecture domains and their interactions.
- Knowledge of maturity models assessments and enterprise architecture frameworks.
- Proficiency with system modeling and architecture tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect ARIS Architect or similar.
- Familiarity with architecture frameworks and standards such as TOGAF Zachman Azure Well-Architected Framework or similar.
- Strong technical knowledge across IT systems enabling research evaluation and enhancement of enterprise solutions.
Skills
- Strong time management and project management capabilities in complex environments.
- Excellent documentation skills with the ability to produce clear and structured architectural artifacts.
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills in multi-domain enterprise environments.
- Ability to design and present business cases studies architectures and analytical models.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and guide teams.
- Experience working in international and multicultural environments.
- Capability to define and enforce standards and policies governing IT assets and architecture.
- Excellent communication skills to educate and align stakeholders on architecture principles and best practices.
- Ability to analyse enterprise structures and align business and IT for transparency and efficiency.
- Strong data analysis skills to identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize operations.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Ar?s is a fully independent group of companies specialized in managing complex IT projects and systems for large organisations, focusing on state-of-the-art software development, business intelligence and infrastructure services. We are composed of 17 entities across 9 countries that ... View more