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We are looking for a skilled professional with 7-12 years of experience to join our team as a Manager - Enterprise Architecture in the MENA region. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in consulting and technical skills, with excellent people interfacing, negotiation, and management skills. ### Roles and Responsibility Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategy and framework to support client's business strategy. Lead the design and implementation of application and integration architectures, ensuring they meet business requirements and performance goals. Establish an EA office for clients and evaluate/recommend technologies and platforms that best fit their needs for scalability, reliability, and performance. Plan and run workshops involving Business and Technology Executives on EA and Digital Transformation of our clients, their partners, and vendors. Lead the design and review of new applications and major enhancements to existing applications, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles. Define and enforce architectural standards, policies, and procedures across the organization. Provide guidance and mentorship to development teams on best practices in application and integration design. Develop/oversee the documentation of all architectural designs and analyses. Conduct research on emerging technologies and their potential impact on the organization's architecture. Anticipate and understand major technology changes and digital trends to enable the client to succeed in the competitive landscape. Cover a significant subset of capabilities and skills including strategic advice for future investment as part of EA and Digital Transformation agenda, focusing on adopting Digital and IT best practices, processes, and technology to support its business objectives. Define the technology and architecture landscape, including business, applications, data, and infrastructure, and create technology transformation roadmaps to support client’s overall business strategy and maximize value creation. Maintain knowledge of best practices, industry landscapes, and emerging technologies and apply these to develop innovative business solutions. Interface and communicate with onsite and/or offshore stakeholders and coordinators regularly to ensure smooth execution of responsibilities and demonstrate value. Timely completion of assigned tasks on time within budget and provide regular status reporting to clients, managers, and leadership; counsel, mentor, and manage team members to help them realize their fullest potential and actively encourage diversity and inclusiveness. ### Job Requirements BTech/MBA/MCA from a reputed institution with sound industry/domain experience (preferably government/public sector, Oil and Gas, BFSI) and relevant experience with 5-10 years. Certified in TOGAF. Strong understanding of enterprise application integration patterns, SOA, microservices architecture, API management, and middleware technologies. Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines. Well-versed with industry standards like COBIT 5 & ITIL V4. Experience in Big-4s, IT Industry Majors, or Management Consulting firms in direct client consulting roles. Experience in building EA office and Digital Transformation capabilities. Excellent people interfacing, negotiation, and management skills. Open to traveling to MENA region and working directly with EY clients on projects. Experience in creating and conducting impactful client presentations and articulating technical and non-technical deliverables to clients at various levels starting from junior staff to CXO and Board. Experience in running physical and virtual workshops independently and well-versed with tools and technologies to enable the same. Demonstrable professional technical writing expertise, visual representation, and language skills. Experience in working with clients in MENA GCC countries desirable. Membership in technology and industry bodies and online communities is desirable.
