Experience
15 - 20 yrs
Job Location
India
Vacancy
1
Designation
Enterprise Architect
Job Type
Not specified
Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Enterprise Architect ERP, Migration AMS (Build + Run Ownership)
Job Location: Chennai, India
What will you do
Enterprise Architecture Technology Strategy
- Define and maintain enterprise architecture principles, standards, and governance frameworks.
- Develop current-state, target-state, and transition-state architectures.
- Create multi-year technology and business capability roadmaps.
- Align technology investments with strategic business outcomes.
- Lead Architecture Review Boards and enterprise design governance.
- Serve as the organizations architecture authority.
Enterprise Application Portfolio Management
- Govern the enterprise application portfolio.
- Lead application rationalization and simplification initiatives.
- Drive platform consolidation and standardization.
- Reduce technology duplication and technical debt.
- Establish lifecycle management practices across all platforms.
Ensure every application has:
- Business Owner
- Product Owner
- Technical Owner
- Support Model
- Lifecycle Roadmap
Engineering Digital Delivery Architecture
- Establish Digital Engineering Architecture standards.
- Define Common Data Environment (CDE) strategy.
- Drive BIM governance and platform alignment.
- Develop Project Information Management architecture.
- Enable Digital Twin and intelligent engineering initiatives.
- Standardize engineering platforms and collaboration models globally.
Enterprise Platform Architecture
- Provide architecture leadership across Finance, Procurement, HR, ERP, Project Delivery, Engineering, and Corporate platforms.
- Drive platform modernization and transformation initiatives.
- Ensure interoperability across enterprise systems.
- Maintain enterprise-wide application standards and governance.
Integration Architecture
- Define enterprise integration strategy.
- Establish API-first and event-driven architecture principles.
- Define middleware and integration platform standards.
- Ensure seamless integration across business-critical platforms.
- Drive reusable and scalable integration patterns.
Data Architecture Governance
- Define enterprise data architecture.
- Establish master data ownership and governance.
- Drive data quality, stewardship, and lifecycle management.
- Enable enterprise reporting, analytics, and business intelligence.
- Ensure trusted and consistent data across business domains.
AI, Automation Digital Innovation
- Define enterprise AI architecture and governance.
- Lead Microsoft Copilot strategy and implementation governance.
- Establish Responsible AI principles.
- Govern AI, machine learning, and automation solutions.
- Enable intelligent business services and digital innovation.
Cloud Technology Platform Strategy
- Define cloud adoption and hosting strategies.
- Establish architecture standards for SaaS, cloud, and hybrid platforms.
- Drive platform resilience, scalability, and cost optimization.
- Lead cloud governance and FinOps practices.
- Ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness.
Application Management Services (AMS) Governance
- Define enterprise application support and operational governance standards.
- Ensure seamless transition from project delivery to operational support.
- Establish support models, service KPIs, and operational controls.
- Drive continuous service improvement and automation.
- Reduce application incidents, support costs, and operational risks.
Security, Risk Compliance
- Embed Security-by-Design principles into all solutions.
- Govern identity, access management, and platform security standards.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, client, and corporate requirements.
- Support Zero Trust and enterprise cyber-security initiatives.
- Partner with security teams to maintain an audit-ready technology landscape.
Vendor Technology Governance
- Govern strategic technology partnerships and vendor roadmaps.
- Lead software asset management and licensing optimization initiatives.
- Ensure vendor solutions align with enterprise standards.
- Drive commercial optimization and technology value realization.
Leadership Stakeholder Management
- Partner with business leaders, engineering leaders, finance leaders, HR leadership, and technology teams.
- Influence strategic technology decisions at executive level.
- Lead architecture communities and technical governance forums.
- Mentor architects and develop enterprise architecture capabilities.
- Build a culture of innovation, governance, standardization, and operational excellence.
Experience, Education and other Required:
- 15+ years of progressive experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Digital Transformation, or Technology Leadership roles.
- Experience governing large-scale enterprise application portfolios.
- Experience leading complex business and technology transformation programs.
- Experience working across engineering, business, corporate, and digital platforms.
- Experience operating in global, multi-vendor environments.
- Experience balancing strategic transformation with operational excellence.