Chief Architect

Job Responsibilities:

Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and multi-year technology roadmap.
  

• Establish architectural principles, standards, design patterns, and governance frameworks across all infrastructure services.
  

• Align technology architecture strategies with business priorities, operating model objectives, and transformation initiatives.
  

• Serve as the ultimate architecture authority for infrastructure modernization, service transformation, cloud adoption, and innovation programs.
  

• Provide strategic technology guidance to executive leadership and governance boards.
  

Technology Architecture Governance

• Chair architecture review boards and design authority forums.
  

• Establish architectural policies, standards, and reference architectures.
  

• Govern solution designs to ensure consistency, scalability, security, maintainability, and compliance.
  

• Define technology lifecycle management processes, including technology adoption, rationalisation, and retirement strategies.
  

• Ensure architectural decisions support operational excellence and long-term business outcomes.
  

Infrastructure & Platform Architecture

• Define architecture direction across Cloud, Platform, Network, Security, Workplace, and Operations functions.
  

• Oversee the design of resilient, scalable, and highly available infrastructure services.
  

• Ensure interoperability across technology towers and platforms.
  

• Lead efforts to simplify and standardise infrastructure architectures.
  

• Drive convergence toward modern hybrid cloud and platform-based operating models.
  

Cloud, DevOps & Modernization Strategy

• Establish cloud architecture standards and adoption frameworks.
  

• Lead cloud transformation initiatives, including migration, modernization, optimization, and governance programs.
  

• Define architecture patterns supporting DevOps, platform engineering, automation, and service delivery excellence.
  

• Ensure cloud solutions balance performance, resilience, security, compliance, and cost efficiency.
  

• Drive adoption of modern engineering and infrastructure-as-code practices.
  

AI, Automation & Innovation Leadership

• Define architectural strategies for AI-enabled operations, AIOps, predictive analytics, intelligent automation, and service intelligence.
  

• Establish standards for integrating AI and automation capabilities into infrastructure services.
  

• Identify emerging technologies and innovation opportunities that enhance operational performance and customer outcomes.
  

• Partner with AI Architects and automation leaders to accelerate technology transformation initiatives.
  

• Lead strategic proof-of-concept and innovation programs that support future-state operating models.
  

Security, Risk & Resilience Architecture

• Ensure security-by-design principles are embedded into all architecture decisions.
  

• Collaborate with Security Services leadership to establish enterprise security architecture standards.
  

• Define architecture controls supporting cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, privacy, and risk management objectives.
  

• Oversee disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational resilience architecture strategies.
  

• Ensure architectural solutions address emerging technology and cybersecurity risks.
  

Data, Analytics & Integration Architecture

• Define architecture standards for data platforms, operational analytics, observability, monitoring, and service intelligence.
  

• Establish integration architectures that enable seamless information flow across infrastructure domains.
  

• Support enterprise reporting, performance measurement, automation, and AI initiatives through scalable data architectures.
  

• Promote data governance, data quality, and enterprise information management best practices.
  

• Ensure architecture decisions support real-time operational visibility and business insights.
  

Service Transformation & Technology Modernization

• Lead architecture planning for large-scale transformation programs.
  

• Define target-state architectures that support operational efficiency, automation, standardisation, and vendor consolidation.
  

• Develop transition roadmaps from current-state to future-state technology landscapes.
  

• Ensure transformation initiatives deliver measurable business value while minimising technology and operational risk.
  

• Support continuous improvement initiatives aligned with modernization and operational excellence goals.
  

Vendor & Technology Partner Management

• Provide technical governance and oversight for strategic technology partners and suppliers.
  

• Evaluate emerging technologies, products, services, and platforms.
  

• Support vendor selection, technology assessment, and architectural due diligence activities.
  

• Guide technology investment decisions and strategic sourcing activities.
  

• Ensure third-party solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and business requirements.
  

Stakeholder Engagement & Executive Advisory

• Act as the trusted technology advisor to executive leadership and business stakeholders.
  

• Translate business strategy into technology roadmaps and actionable architecture plans.
  

• Communicate architectural direction, risks, opportunities, and investment recommendations to senior leadership.
  

• Facilitate alignment between business, delivery, operations, security, and technology teams.
  

• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence across the organization.
  

Professional Experience:

• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, infrastructure engineering, technology strategy, or digital transformation.
  
• Minimum 10 years of architecture leadership experience in large-scale enterprise or managed services environments.
  
• Proven experience leading complex infrastructure transformation, cloud modernization, and technology integration initiatives.
  
• Demonstrated success designing enterprise-scale architecture strategies across multiple technology domains.
  
• Experience working within large, globally distributed, multi-vendor environments.
  

Architecture & Technical Expertise:

• Deep expertise in Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Solution Architecture, and Technology Strategy.
  
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Computing, Hybrid Infrastructure, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Security Architecture, and Modern Workplace technologies.
  
• Extensive experience with enterprise infrastructure services including networks, platforms, cloud, security, workplace services, and operations.
  
• Knowledge of AI, Machine Learning, Automation, AIOps, Observability, and Analytics platforms.
  
• Strong understanding of integration architectures, data platforms, service management, and operational governance.
  
• Experience establishing architecture governance models, technology standards, and reference architectures.
  
• Familiarity with enterprise modernization, transformation, and technology rationalisation programs.
  

Leadership & Business Skills:

• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills.
  
• Ability to align business strategy with technology architecture and investment decisions.
  
• Proven leadership of large-scale cross-functional technology organizations.
  
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities at executive level.
  
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  
• Ability to balance innovation, operational requirements, risk management, and financial objectives.
  
• Experience leading organizational transformation and fostering technology innovation cultures.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Certification.
  
• Zachman Framework Certification or equivalent architecture credentials.
  
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
  
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional.
  
• Google Professional Cloud Architect.
  
• ITIL Managing Professional or Strategic Leader.
  
• CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent security certification.
  
• SAFe Architect, PMP, or related transformation certifications.