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Reports To: Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Role Overview
Lead the design and evolution of the organization's enterprise architecture, ensuring alignment between business strategy, technology capabilities, and digital transformation initiatives while maintaining a coherent and scalable architectural vision.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Architecture Leadership
- Develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, and guidelines
- Create and manage enterprise architecture roadmaps aligned with business objectives
- Define reference architectures and patterns for enterprise solutions
- Ensure architectural governance across all technology initiatives
- Guide solution architects and development teams in adherence to architecture standards
Strategic Planning & Innovation
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and translate them into architectural requirements
- Evaluate emerging technologies and their potential impact on enterprise architecture
- Design target state architectures that enable business transformation
- Create architecture transition plans to guide evolution from current to future states
- Maintain enterprise architecture repository and documentation
Solution Architecture & Integration
- Review and approve solution architectures for major initiatives
- Ensure interoperability and integration between systems and platforms
- Define API strategies and integration patterns
- Establish microservices architecture guidelines
- Guide cloud adoption and hybrid architecture strategies
Technology Portfolio Management
- Assess current technology landscape and identify redundancies
- Create technology rationalization strategies
- Maintain enterprise application and technology portfolios
- Develop architecture principles for technology selection
- Guide legacy modernization initiatives
Governance & Standards
- Establish architecture review board and governance processes
- Define architecture compliance requirements
- Create architecture principles and policies
- Ensure regulatory compliance in architecture decisions
- Manage technical debt and architectural risks
Job Requirements
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- Master's degree preferred
- Enterprise Architecture certifications (TOGAF, Zachman) highly desired
Experience
8+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in enterprise architecture
Proven experience in:
- Enterprise architecture framework implementation
- Large-scale system integration
- Cloud architecture
- Digital transformation initiatives
- Technology modernization programs
Technical Knowledge
Strong understanding of:
- Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, DoDAF)
- Cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Integration patterns and technologies
- API design and management
- Microservices architecture
- Container technologies
- Data architecture and governance
- Security architecture
- Infrastructure architecture
Core Competencies
- Strategic thinking and planning
- Business and IT alignment
- Architecture modeling and documentation
- Stakeholder management
- Technology innovation
- Communication and influence
- Problem-solving and analytical skills
Domain Expertise
- Enterprise architecture tools and repositories
- Architecture modeling tools (ArchiMate, UML)
- Business process modeling
- Technology portfolio management
- Risk management and compliance
- Solution architecture methods
