Experience: 8+ years overall IT experience; 5+ years enterprise applications architecture
Focus: M&A; carve-outs, application cloning, Day-1 readiness, TSA exit
Workplace: Fast-paced, deal-driven, multi-vendor
Role Summary The Enterprise Applications Architect is responsible for architecting and governing application carve-outs, clones, and separations in support of M&A; transactions. This role blends hands-on technical depth with architectural leadership, vendor oversight, and execution rigor to deliver Day-1 readiness and post-close stabilization under aggressive timelines.
Core Responsibilities
Application Architecture & M&A; Delivery
- Lead application carve-out, cloning, and lift-and-shift strategies across complex application portfolios
- Define target-state application and data architectures aligned to deal timelines and TSA exit objectives
- Drive architecture decisions balancing speed, risk, cost, and future scalability
- Identify and remediate application, data, and integration dependencies impacted by separation
Integration & Data Architecture
- Design and govern interfaces, middleware, APIs, and batch integrations
- Define data separation, migration, and reconciliation approaches
- Ensure architectural consistency across environments (prod / non-prod)
Program & Vendor Leadership
- Provide architectural oversight to system integrators and software vendors
- Review and approve solution designs, migration approaches, and cutover plans
- Proactively identify and mitigate execution and cutover risks
- Advise program leadership on technical trade-offs and sequencing decisions
Cross-Functional Execution
- Partner with infrastructure, cloud, security, IAM, and network teams
- Translate business separation requirements into actionable technical designs
- Support end-to-end testing strategy, test case development, and validation
- Lead cutover, go-live, and hypercare planning
Required Experience & Skills
- 5+ years of enterprise application architecture and delivery experience
- Hands-on experience with COTS application deployment, cloning, and integration
- Deep expertise in application separation, cloning, and lift-and-shift migrations
- Strong understanding of enterprise data and integration architectures
- Experience managing multi-vendor delivery models
- Proven ability to operate in ambiguous, high-pressure M&A; environments
- Strong executive and business-facing communication skills
Preferred Experience
- Direct experience with M&A; carve-outs, divestitures, or acquisitions
- Cloud and hybrid architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Exposure to Day-1 readiness, TSA management, and post-close stabilization
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