Enterprise Architect

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Technology Assessment

• Assess the end-to-end CIS business and technology value chain, including data center operations, facility operations, service delivery, and supporting business capabilities.
• Evaluate existing applications, platforms, tools, and technologies inherited through organic growth, acquisitions, and legacy operating models.
• Assess the effectiveness, scalability, integration maturity, and business alignment of current technology solutions.
• Identify capability gaps, redundancies, risks, and opportunities for consolidation and modernization.

Enterprise Architecture & Future-State Design

• Develop enterprise capability models, technology blueprints, and future-state architecture strategies.
• Define a target-state technology ecosystem aligned with CIS business objectives and growth strategy.
• Establish architectural principles, standards, and governance frameworks to guide future technology investments.
• Ensure alignment between CIS technology initiatives and broader enterprise architecture objectives.

Technology Strategy & Transformation Planning

• Create strategic recommendations addressing technology modernization, digital transformation, platform adoption, and operational optimization.
• Lead business and technology assessments to determine where existing enterprise platforms can be leveraged versus introducing new technologies.
• Evaluate competing technology approaches and provide recommendations based on business value, risk, scalability, and operational impact.

Build vs. Buy Decision Framework

• Conduct buy-versus-build assessments for critical business capabilities and technology platforms.
• Evaluate vendor solutions, market offerings, and technology ecosystems.
• Develop recommendation frameworks considering cost, speed to market, long-term supportability, integration complexity, and strategic alignment.

Roadmap & Execution Planning

• Translate strategic recommendations into actionable implementation plans.
• Develop multi-year transformation roadmaps with defined phases, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Create execution strategies that clearly outline:
• Timelines and implementation schedules
• Resource requirements
• Budget and cost estimates
• Operating model impacts
• Risk mitigation plans
• Change management considerations
• Prioritize initiatives based on business value, complexity, investment requirements, and organizational readiness.
• Ensure strategic recommendations are practical, executable, and measurable.

Financial & Business Case Development

• Develop cost models, investment cases, and total cost of ownership analyses.
• Assess business benefits, ROI, operational efficiencies, and strategic value for proposed initiatives.
• Support leadership in technology investment planning and prioritization decisions.
• Establish value realization frameworks and success metrics to measure outcomes.

Stakeholder Engagement & Governance

• Partner with business leaders, operations teams, product owners, and technology organizations to align strategic priorities.
• Facilitate executive workshops, strategy sessions, and architecture reviews.
• Build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups and drive informed decision-making.
• Provide leadership on technology conflicts, prioritization challenges, and cross-functional dependencies

Preferred Qualification

• Experience with large consulting organizations such as Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, Accenture, Bain, BCG, or McKinsey.
• Experience in data center operations, critical infrastructure, facilities management, industrial operations, or related industries.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, enterprise applications, data platforms, integration architectures, and modern digital ecosystems.
• Experience performing technology due diligence, capability assessments, and operating model design.

Desired Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is not a traditional solution architect or technical architect. Instead, they are a strategic thinker who can:

• Understand both business strategy and technology strategy.
• Evaluate technology capabilities across an entire value chain.
• Provide independent recommendations and executive-level guidance.
• Identify opportunities for technology consolidation and optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to move from strategy to execution, including development of implementation roadmaps, cost models, investment plans, operating models, governance structures, and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Proven experience leading large-scale transformation programs from assessment and strategy formulation through execution planning and realization.
• Drive enterprise-wide alignment across multiple stakeholder groups.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Technology Strategy, Digital Transformation, or Management Consulting.
• Experience assessing and transforming complex enterprise technology landscapes.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, business capability modeling, and technology roadmaps.
• Proven experience leading strategic technology assessments and transformation programs.
• Ability to communicate technical and business concepts to executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.