Enterprise Architect (local candidates)

What You'll Be Doing:

1. 1. Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

1. Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, and roadmaps aligned with business goals.
2. Apply architectural best practices across infrastructure, applications, data, and integration layers.
3. Ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory standards.
4. Stay current with emerging trends including AI, CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native architectures, and modernization patterns.

2. 2. Cloud Modernization & Migration Leadership

1. Lead on-prem to cloud, cloud-to-cloud, and hybrid cloud transformation programs.
2. Design enterprise-scale architectures across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms (primarily AWS; Azure experience a plus).
3. Define and implement repeatable migration frameworks, playbooks, and reference architectures.
4. Drive assessment workshops, discovery sessions, and immersion days to evaluate customer environments.

3. 3. Stakeholder & Client Collaboration

1. Partner with business leaders, IT leadership, and solution architects to align architecture with functional and technical needs.
2. Act as a trusted advisor to clients, advocating cloud adoption and modernization strategies.
3. Collaborate with cross-functional architecture teams to ensure consistency and governance across programs.

4. 4. Risk, Quality & Governance

1. Analyse existing application and technology landscapes for alignment with enterprise and global standards.
2. Identify architectural risks and define mitigation strategies.
3. Ensure architectural decisions support scalability, performance, security, and cost optimization.

5. 5. Continuous Improvement & Leadership

1. Mentor architects and technical teams, fostering a culture of innovation, quality, and excellence.
2. Continuously identify opportunities to optimize enterprise architecture processes and tooling.
3. Contribute to RFPs, proposals, and solution design for large transformation programs.

Why Join Us:

1. Be part of a rapidly rising, global technology innovator whose platforms and services are engaged by Fortune 1000 companies and industry leaders such as Microsoft & Amazon.
2. Immerse yourself in a culture where creativity is celebrated and encouraged.
3. Engage in thrilling projects and opportunities for your professional growth.
4. Contribute to our quest to redefine the industry.
5. Competitive compensation and benefits with occasional distinctive benefits that set us apart.

Who you are:

1. Minimum 14 years of Application Development/ Solution experience.
2. Strong experience as an Enterprise Architect or Cloud Architect in large-scale environments.
3. Proficient with TOGAF, Zachman, or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.
4. Hands-on experience designing scalable, cloud-native architectures, including microservices and DevOps practices.
5. Strong understanding of data privacy, security, and compliance across regions and industries.
6. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
7. Prior experience in consulting or professional services environments is highly desirable.

Technical Skills:

1. .Net / Java expertise, Microservices architecture, AWS cloud native solutions.
2. EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudFront.

Education:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional.
3. Additional AWS certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Security Specialty, or AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty are a plus.