Position: Enterprise Architect
Company: SII UKRAINE
Category: Other
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent
Published: 2023-05-01T00:00:00+03:00

Currently we’re recruiting for an Enterprise Architect to join our team on Middle East (ME) projects. 

Would you like to gain some international experience and work up to 50% of your time abroad in Saudi Arabia and UAE but also in Egypt, Oman, Qatar or Kuwait?
Mixing business with traveling and learning about new cultures is of your interest?

The role:

●	Design and optimization of the enterprise applications architecture addressing client business objectives, requirements and issues;
●	Researching new technologies and best of class systems to optimize the current solutions and to make them sustainable for the future;
●	Evaluation of the current architecture technology debt;
●	Design of the application architecture for the Client’s target operating model; 
●	Recommending technological solutions that fit the clients' needs, capabilities, urgency and culture;
●	Supporting sourcing of vendors responsible for the delivery of target architecture components
●	Identify and evaluate the architectural synergies and standardization opportunities;
●	Outlining data architecture and data integration patterns, designing Data Governance artifacts such as  data dictionaries, business glossary, data models/ERD, 
●	Designing enterprise applications management concepts such as Master Data Management;
●	Analyzing enterprise applications in the context of maintenance and development cost optimization, client’s strategic needs and future growth.
●	Working independently with the client (conducting workshops and meetings with the client, running demos, presenting IT architecture concepts to clients);

Qualifications:

●	8+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, IT Management, Technology Consulting advisory or Professional Services
●	Hands-on experience from enterprise architecture design and optimization projects
●	Strong understanding of leading software packages including ERP, CRM, eCommerce, as well as data processing platforms and systems
●	Understanding of architectural patterns and design practices
●	Demonstrable understanding of architecture framework, development processes, IT operations, and agile methodologies
●	TOGAF 9 or 10 certified and other specific certifications for cloud, domain solutions
●	Knowledge of UML, Archimate and BPMN notations and tools
●	Maintain compliance with enterprise applications architectural principles and standards for infrastructure or application development 
●	Review/validate requested changes or exceptions to established architecture standards
●	Engage and supervise the development of the architecture (business, application, information and technology) and its roadmap that aligns with the strategic objectives of business and the different technology groups
●	Create designs and blueprints that leverage enterprise architecture’s standards that can meet key design criteria (Availability, Recoverability, Scalability & Performance characteristics) and can be properly supported by the IT engineering, support and operations teams throughout solution lifecycle
●	Support, manage competing demands through negotiation and compromise to ensure that the holistic needs of the organization are met
●	Coordinate technology integration within new or existing blueprints and program portfolio to ensure it meets enterprise standards and requirements
●	Proven decision making and problem-solving skills and experience with EA projects
●	Higher education, in the field of computer science, telecommunications or related
●	Fluent English.

Nice to have:

●	Proven track record of working with leadership teams (Director or C-level) to implement complex business requirements within leading IT systems and third party applications
●	Good understanding of agile and waterfall project management and software development approaches
●	Experience in software development including back-end and front-end technologies 
●	Strategic thinking and tactical project planning/management skills.