Key Responsibilities:
Architecture Strategy & Planning
- Develop and evolve enterprise architecture blueprints and frameworks aligned to long-term business goals.
- Define architectural principles, domain strategies, and reference models supporting scalable and interoperable ecosystems.
- Translate corporate strategy, regulatory mandates, and digital transformation goals into architectural initiatives and designs.
- Lead multi-year technology roadmaps in collaboration with domain architects and delivery teams.
- Continuously evaluate emerging technologies to guide modernization and platform selection.
Governance & Oversight
- Chair Architecture & Design Review Boards (ARBs) to ensure solution designs meet enterprise standards.
- Define governance processes for architectural compliance, exceptions, and deviation tracking.
- Conduct architecture assurance and gap assessments to identify risks, misalignments, and optimization opportunities.
- Maintain architecture policies, standards, and documentation, supporting audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a strategic advisor to leadership on investment and technology prioritization.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and business analysts to co-create architecture solutions.
- Align architecture decisions across multiple business units for reusability, resilience, and cost-effectiveness.
- Lead workshops, forums, and vendor assessments to ensure shared understanding and informed decision-making.
Architecture Delivery
- Lead design and evolution of enterprise-scale platforms including cloud-native systems, APIs, service orchestration, event-driven architectures, and data lakes.
- Define architecture enablers and technical epics within agile planning cycles.
- Monitor implementation of architectural designs, ensuring standards adherence and resolving complex design challenges.
- Promote DevSecOps, CI/CD, and security automation practices across platforms.
Desired Skills:
- TOGAF
- Zachman
- or FEAF
- software architecture
- design
- and development