Job description
As an Executive Enterprise Architect, you are responsible for providing architecture and design leadership
for complex digital transformation programmes, handling complex multi-pillar large deals (~$500M), aligning IT services with enterprise goals to create a competitive advantage.
You bring best practices to bear in advising business and IT stakeholders on the overall
governance structure in oversight and execution of the transformation program. You have
experience in design, build and operations of large scale, complex systems and are familiar with
the opportunities and pitfalls to consider.
• Accountable for end-to-end Solution Architecture and Sizing for large deals
• Decide Technology stacks, balance between best technology and price.
• Review, Optimize & Sign-Off Technology Solution and Sizing for integrated solutions
comprising multiple service lines.
• Extract and Build Differentiators for large deals from existing services delivered to customers
and working across internal Verticals, Service Lines and Delivery Organization
• Articulate and Present the solution to the customer in discussions and bid defense.
• Critically review contract, delivery plans and application design in context of architecture and
design implications, and subsequent implementation considerations.
• Conduct system architecture evaluation and collaborates with project management and IT
development teams to improve the architecture.
• Deliver Enterprise Architecture blueprint and advise on setup associated artifact hierarchy and
ownership (such as functional, non-functional design, data models, product design, user
experience, process, security, network, deployment design) as relevant for the programme.
• Establish architecture and design governance including standards, best practices, guidelines,
and associated compliance processes.
• Strategic planning including balancing short and long-term objectives/priorities with
organizational goals and constraints.
• Analyse the business impact that certain technical choices may have on a clients business
processes.
• Evaluate project constraints to find alternatives, alleviate risks, and perform process re-
engineering if required Fixes technical issues as they arise.
• Collaborate across multiple functions and geographies with client facing roles interfacing with
both business and technical stakeholders.
Preferred candidate profile
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• 24+ Years experience in IT Industry, of which at least 15 years are in leadership roles
involving enterprise architecture, solution design, engineering for large scale, complex
transformation programs.
• Demonstrated ability in leading E2E architecture for large scale multi-year, multi-vendor digital
transformation programs involving multiple pillars (for e.g., BPS, ADMS, System Integration,
Infra/Cloud management, Networks, Security). These can include:
o Greenfield rollout i.e., architecture, design, implementation, and rollout of large
complex systems from scratch, with new processes, technologies, systems integration involving
COTS and bespoke applications.
o Large scale transformation programmes involving systems development,
rationalization, migration, closures, and associated change management.
o Managed Services contract involving multiple pillars, multiple vendors, rebadged
teams, involving business and IT KPIs with year-on-year improvement glidepaths.
• Demonstrated ability in leading architecture and design teams, establishing governance
structure involving standards, best practices , guidelines, and associated compliance processes
Any Graduate