Job Description
Purpose:
Responsible for executing and operationalizing Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance, and for ensuring that architecture principles, standards, and reference models are embedded into solution delivery and investment decision-making, in alignment with approved enterprise direction.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture Governance
- Participate in EA processes and architecture reviews.
- Perform detailed assessments of architecture proposals against EA principles, standards, and reference architectures to ensure compliance.
- Ensure that changes within systems and new projects are governed and compliant with EA standards.
- Continuously review EA standards and monitor compliance across initiatives.
- Manage architecture exceptions, including documentation, impact assessment, and escalation.
Portfolio & Investment Alignment
Map applications and initiatives to business capabilities and strategic objectives Identify: - Redundancies
- Solution and Technology reuse opportunities
- Consolidation and rationalization candidates
- Provide analysis and evidence to support cost-efficiency initiatives driven by EA.
EA Enablement & Process Improvement
- Facilitate the practical use of EA principles, guidance, and reference architectures.
- Plan, design, and recommend processes to improve and support EA activities.
- Analyze and document EA requirements and processes.
Standards, Artifacts & Repository Management
- With the collaboration of domain architects:
- Create, maintain, and manage EA standards, reference models, and artifacts.
- Populate EA artifacts, views, and viewpoints.
- Ensure EA documentation is:
- Clear
- Usable
- Consistent
- Conformant with EA standards
Delivery & Change Collaboration
- Communicate and collaborate with relevant departments during projects and changes.
- Support delivery teams to ensure EA standards are understood and followed.
- Act as the working-level interface between EA governance and delivery teams.
Job Requirements
Qualifications & Competencies
- Master's or Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 9+ years of experience in architecture roles.
- Proven experience in architecture design and systems integration in:
- Large-scale enterprise environments.
- Multi-domain architecture.
- Agile delivery models.
- Expertise in architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
- Expertise in application platforms, cloud services, and architecture standards.
- Strong stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills.
- Certifications: TOGAF, Solution Architect certifications, COBIT (preferred), PMP (optional).
