Enterprise Architect

About Accelyst

Accelyst is an AI consultancy and staffing firm delivering innovative AI solutions and high-quality staffing services. Backed by leadership with over 26 years of staffing and consulting experience, Accelyst supports enterprise and public sector clients with proven expertise in recruiting, compliance, and dependable delivery.

Employment Type: Contract
Rate: Best in the Market

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in client interviews, workshops, and discovery sessions to understand the current technology landscape.
• Identify enterprise-wide cost reduction opportunities across software licensing, infrastructure, platforms, and applications.
• Assess application, platform, and infrastructure portfolios to recommend consolidation and rationalization strategies.
• Evaluate duplicate or overlapping tools and define optimization opportunities to improve technology efficiency.
• Develop prioritized, actionable, and measurable recommendations for cost savings and operational improvements.
• Apply structured cost-transformation methodologies and best practices to support enterprise optimization initiatives.
• Produce consulting-grade deliverables with clear executive-level presentations and recommendations.
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders in a fast-paced, remote consulting environment.

Required Skills

• Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect with expertise in portfolio assessment, technology rationalization, and cost optimization.
• Strong hands-on experience with Software Asset Management (SAM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM), including software licensing models, entitlements, and asset lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated experience implementing cost-transformation frameworks, rationalization methodologies, or FinOps practices.
• Deep understanding of enterprise software licensing models, SaaS platforms, on-premises solutions, and enterprise agreements.
• Experience identifying redundant technologies and driving tool consolidation initiatives across large enterprises.
• Excellent client-facing, interviewing, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to independently deliver structured, client-ready outputs in a consulting environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a focus on measurable business outcomes.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience supporting enterprise transformation or technology modernization initiatives.
• Prior consulting experience with large-scale enterprise engagements is highly desirable.