Transformation Enterprise Architect
- Riyadh
- Contract
- Full-time
- Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture blueprint that aligns IT capabilities with business strategies.
- Lead enterprise-wide assessments to identify gaps and modernization opportunities across infrastructure, applications, and processes.
- Define target operating models and transformation roadmaps covering private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments (GCP, OCI, Azure, AWS).
- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to support digital transformation and business resilience.
- Design enterprise-scale infrastructure solutions, ensuring performance, availability, and scalability.
- Drive the integration of private cloud and hybrid cloud environments into enterprise architectures.
- Define and implement BCDR strategies across enterprise systems.
- Ensure resilience, compliance, and governance standards in infrastructure and DR planning.
- Establish enterprise-wide standards, principles, and reference architectures for infrastructure, cloud, and DR.
- Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.
- Monitor and govern architecture practices across projects to ensure consistency and alignment.
- Partner with C-level executives and senior stakeholders to communicate technology strategies and transformation outcomes.
- Provide strategic guidance to solution architects and delivery teams during transformation programs.
- Facilitate workshops and architecture governance boards to align stakeholders on decisions and directions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, IT transformation, infrastructure modernization, and DR strategy.
- Strong background in private cloud, hybrid cloud, and integration with public cloud environments (GCP, OCI, Azure, AWS).
- Proven experience in large-scale digital transformation programs and governance frameworks.
- Expertise in architecture modeling (TOGAF, Zachman) and enterprise architecture tools.
- Excellent knowledge of security, compliance, and BCDR strategies.
- Certifications preferred: TOGAF 9/10, GCP Professional Cloud Architect, OCI Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect – Professional or similar .