Enterprise Architect

Job Description

• 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 (Master’s 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 (CISSP‑ISSAP)
• 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.