Specialist: Enterprise Business & Systems Architecture

• The role is responsible for developing and maintaining the overall IT architecture of the organization.
• This role involves defining the architecture vision, creating roadmaps, and ensuring that IT strategies align with business goals. You will be working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements, develop architectural blueprints, and ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Architects will be involved in defining the enterprise architecture strategy, guiding technology decisions, and ensuring that all IT projects adhere to established architectural principles.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Create and maintain architectural roadmaps that guide the evolution of IT systems and capabilities
• Establish and enforce architectural standards, policies, and governance frameworks
• Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the enterprise/domain/solution architecture
• Identify and mitigate architectural risks, ensuring that IT systems are scalable, secure, and resilient
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of the architecture, including principles, standards, and models
• Drive continuous improvement in the architecture by identifying opportunities for innovation and efficiency
• Work with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring that solutions meet both business and technical needs
• Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools that best fit the solution requirements
• Ensure seamless integration between systems and platforms, both within the organization and with external partners
• Establish and enforce data standards, governance policies, and best practices
• Business Process Reengineering: Ability to identify and improve inefficiencies in business processes.

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

• Masters degree with 4 - 6 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR
• Bachelors degree with 6 - 8 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR
• Diploma with 10 - 12 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills (Not more than 3 to 4):

• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies
• Experience directing solution design, business processes redesign and aligning business requirements to technical solutions in a regulated environment
• Experience working in agile methodology, including Product Teams and Product Development models

• Change Management: Experience in leading organizational change initiatives related to IT modernization.
• Strong skills in: ServiceNow, Jira, Lucid, Microsoft Suite, Smartsheet and ChatGPT/Co-Pilot

Professional Certifications (please mention if the certification is preferred or mandatory for the role):

• TOGAF (preferred)
• ServiceNow Admin (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated awareness of how to function in a team setting
• Demonstrated awareness of presentation skills