About the role

Requirements

· Lead the development and evolution of Enterprise Architecture strategies, principles, standards, policies, reference architectures, and roadmaps.

· Assess the current enterprise landscape and develop clear current-state, target-state, transition, and gap-analysis views across Business, Data, Application, Technology, Experience, AI, and Cybersecurity domains as applicable.

· Translate organizational strategy and transformation objectives into architecture capabilities, initiatives, transition states, and investment priorities.

· Develop and maintain business capability maps, value streams, enterprise-wide architecture models, dependency views, and transformation roadmaps.

· Establish and operate architecture governance mechanisms, including architecture review boards, decision records, compliance reviews, and design assurance processes.

· Review programs, projects, and solution proposals to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, standards, target architectures, and strategic direction.

· Identify architectural gaps, duplication, technology risks, dependencies, obsolescence, and opportunities for consolidation, modernization, standardization, and reuse.

· Develop and maintain architecture principles, standards, patterns, guidelines, technology standards, and reusable reference models.

· Provide architecture leadership and advisory support to executives, business owners, digital transformation teams, technology functions, program managers, and vendors.

· Guide and mentor solution architects and domain architects and ensure consistency across architecture deliverables.

· Support portfolio planning, business cases, RFPs, vendor evaluations, technology selections, and transformation programs from an architecture perspective.

· Ensure architecture deliverables are complete, traceable, understandable, and suitable for executive and technical audiences.

· Facilitate architecture workshops, stakeholder interviews, design sessions, and executive presentations.

· Contribute to the continuous improvement of Enterprise Architecture methods, metamodels, repositories, templates, governance practices, and quality standards.

Required Experience

· Typically 10–15+ years of experience in technology, architecture, consulting, digital transformation, or related disciplines.

· At least 5 years of hands-on experience in Enterprise Architecture or a senior architecture leadership role.

· Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale architecture assessments, target-state design, transformation roadmaps, and governance activities.

· Experience working across multiple architecture domains, including Business, Data, Applications, Technology, Integration, Cloud, and Security.

· Experience engaging senior executives and translating complex architecture topics into clear business-oriented recommendations.

· Experience in large enterprises, government entities, regulated environments, or major transformation programs is highly desirable.

Required Knowledge & Competencies

· Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture concepts, methods, governance, and operating models.

· Advanced knowledge of TOGAF and practical application of architecture development methods.

· Strong knowledge of ArchiMate and enterprise modeling concepts; familiarity with UML and BPMN is beneficial.

· Ability to develop architecture assessments, heatmaps, capability models, transition architectures, roadmaps, principles, standards, and governance artifacts.

· Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, stakeholder-management, and decision-support skills.

· Ability to balance strategic direction with practical implementation constraints, dependencies, and organizational readiness.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce executive-quality architecture documents and presentations.

· Ability to work effectively in consulting environments and across multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Certifications

· TOGAF® certification (preferred).

· ArchiMate® certification (preferred).

· Relevant cloud, security, data, governance, or architecture certifications are an advantage.

· PMP®, ITIL®, COBIT®, SABSA®, CDMP®, or equivalent certifications are considered beneficial depending on the engagement.

Preferred Tools & Platforms

Experience with one or more Enterprise Architecture and modeling platforms such as Bizzdesign, Orbus/iServer, ARIS, Sparx Enterprise Architect, MEGA HOPEX, or equivalent repositories and modeling tools.

Key Deliverables

· Enterprise Architecture strategy and roadmap.

· Current-State and Target-State Enterprise Architecture.

· Architecture gap analysis and transition roadmap.

· Business capability and value-stream models.

· Enterprise architecture principles, standards, patterns, and reference architectures.

· Architecture governance framework and review outputs.

· Architecture repository and metamodel content.

· Executive architecture presentations, assessments, recommendations, and decision p

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise-wide architecture engagements and ensure strong alignment between organizational strategy, business capabilities, digital transformation initiatives, information, applications, technology, security, and investment priorities. Define current-state and target-state architectures, guide transformation roadmaps, establish architecture governance, and provide senior-level advisory support to business and technology stakeholders. Develop and evolve Enterprise Architecture strategies, principles, standards, policies, reference architectures, and roadmaps. Assess the current enterprise landscape and develop clear current-state, target-state, transition, and gap-analysis views across Business, Data, Application, Technology, Experience, AI, and Cybersecurity domains. Translate organizational strategy and transformation objectives into architecture capabilities, initiatives, transition states, and investment priorities. Develop and maintain business capability maps, value streams, enterprise-wide architecture models, dependency views, and transformation roadmaps. Establish and operate architecture governance mechanisms, including architecture review boards, decision records, compliance reviews, and design assurance processes. Review programs, projects, and solution proposals to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, standards, target architectures, and strategic direction. Identify architectural gaps, duplication, technology risks, dependencies, obsolescence, and opportunities for consolidation, modernization, standardization, and reuse. Develop and maintain architecture principles, standards, patterns, guidelines, technology standards, and reusable reference models. Provide architecture leadership and advisory support to executives, business owners, digital transformation teams, technology functions, program managers, and vendors. Guide and mentor solution architects and domain architects and ensure consistency across architecture deliverables. Support portfolio planning, business cases, RFPs, vendor evaluations, technology selections, and transformation programs from an architecture perspective. Ensure architecture deliverables are complete, traceable, understandable, and suitable for executive and technical audiences. Facilitate architecture workshops, stakeholder interviews, design sessions, and executive presentations. Contribute to the continuous improvement of Enterprise Architecture methods, metamodels, repositories, templates, governance practices, and quality standards.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Architecture governance

Target-state design

Transformation roadmaps

Business capability maps

Value stream mapping

Architecture principles

Standards and patterns

Solution architecture

Domain architecture

Portfolio planning

RFPs

Vendor evaluations

Technology selections

Executive stakeholder communication

Mentoring solution/domain architects

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