About the Role
The Senior Enterprise Architect defines, leads, and governs the overall architecture of the organization’s Information System. This role owns the architectural vision for systems, virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure, and datacenter platforms, translating business objectives into resilient, scalable, and secured technology solutions. The successful candidate will set architecture standards, guide implementation teams, and align enterprise strategy with long-term business continuity, performance, and governance requirements.
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Key Responsibilities
A. Architecture Governance & Strategy
- Define the enterprise architecture vision (business, data, applications, virtualization, infrastructure), aligned with business continuity, performance, and availability requirements.
- Ensure consistency and integration of the Information System.
- Build and maintain technology roadmaps and strategic capital improvement plans.
- Establish and enforce enterprise architecture frameworks; lead technical assessments, feasibility studies, and gap analyses to guide enterprise deployments.
B. Analysis & System Modeling
- Map business processes, applications, data flows, and infrastructure components.
- Identify redundancies, obsolete systems, technical risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Propose target architecture covering operating models, application landscapes, data models, integration layers, security architecture, and virtualization/infrastructure design.
C. Leadership in Strategic Projects
- Support major transformation programs: digital transformation, hypervisor migration, server consolidation, Information System urbanization, cybersecurity initiatives, business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
- Define technical and functional standards across the enterprise.
- Validate the choices on technology, application, and infrastructure.
- Ensure all projects comply with enterprise architecture guidelines.
D. Communication & Stakeholder Coordination
- Act as a key liaison between executives, departments, IT teams, data teams, cybersecurity, and external vendors.
- Prepare decision-making documents for senior management (ROI, risk assessments, architecture scenarios, proof-of-concept (POC) delivery).
- Guide and coach teams to ensure a clear understanding of architectural decisions.
E. Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Conduct technology watch: Cloud, AI, Big Data, cybersecurity, IoT, automation.
- Identify innovation opportunities to enhance business and systems efficiency and performance.
- Promote architectural best practices, standards, and methodologies.
Required Technical Skills
- Strong mastery of Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, ArchiMate).
- Expertise in application architectures (microservices, APIs, containers).
- Solid knowledge of data architecture: SQL/NoSQL, data governance, data modeling.
- Advanced understanding of cybersecurity, IAM, Zero Trust models.
- Familiarity with infrastructure fundamentals: networking, virtualization, storage, DevOps practices.
- Knowledge on Cloud Architectures.
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and synthesis skills.
- Leadership and ability to influence across teams.
- Excellent communication with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Long-term strategic vision.
- Ability to arbitrate, negotiate, and make high-impact decisions.
- Precision, rigor, and strong documentation capability.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree or engineering degree in Computer Science or Information Systems.
- 8 to 15 years of experience in IT, including architecture, development, Windows Server administration, data, or infrastructure roles.
- Proven experience in large-scale or highly complex environments.
- TOGAF certification (or equivalent) could be a strong advantage.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Reduction of complexity and increased consistency of the whole Information System.
- Rationalization of technologies and applications, leading to cost optimization.
- Adherence to strategic roadmaps.
- Success of major transformation programs (modernization, cybersecurity, etc.).
- Improved time-to-market and operational performance.
Additional Information
- Business Line: Consulting and Operations
- Type of contract: Permanent contract
- Service Line: OnM Operations
- Region: Middle East and South Asia
- Job Family: Operations and Maintenance - Operational
