The Enterprise Architect (EA) is responsible for overseeing and maintaining an organization's IT architecture strategy and ensuring it aligns with business goals. This senior-level position bridges the gap between business strategy and technical implementation, while driving innovation and digital transformation initiatives.
Develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks and standards, models, and guiding principles to help define and govern the future state architecture, business processes, information systems and infrastructure
Provide consultative services on projects focused on architecture compliance, development and implementation of strategic technological directives.
Lead innovation initiatives and proof of concept projects
Solution architect providing technical guidance and training others within capability scope.
Represent the EA organization for application, data, and infrastructure domain specific initiatives by managing, and at times leading these initiatives from an EA perspective.
Support architecting cloud-based applications, mobile applications and infrastructure, web services, middleware and databases needed to support the future state technology platform.
Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities.
Bachelor's degree and 7 years of professional experience in Information Technology, OR 11 years of professional experience in Information Technology.
~5 years functioning as an Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Architecture certified or equivalent experience using industry standards such as TOGAF).
Experience developing architectural standards and road maps.
Experience being an evangelist for a bigger picture strategy, integrating the business and technological vision, connecting the dots across business needs, technologies, processes, and information.
Proven experience in large-complex technical efforts, maximizing current investment and optimizing process complexity.
Proven experience with future state architecture, taking business to the next level, creating competitive advantage to the business.
Proven experience in large, complex scale projects.
Experience developing architectural standards and road maps.
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During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for recent ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that's curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what's possible. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice.
📌 Enterprise IT Architect (India)
🏢 CDW
📍 India