Enterprise Architect

Location: IN - Bangalore 24/7 | Job-ID: 219581 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: IT Consulting

Life on the team

Create and maintain current and target enterprise architecture views for Global Business Services (e.g. Finance, Human Resources, Legal) and Global Information Services (our internal IT division) capabilities. Connect business strategy, technology direction and portfolio priorities into clear capability roadmaps, investment choices and architecture guidance. Ensure governance, standards and decision-making support coherent, value-led and sustainable technology change across these corporate functions.

What you'll do

• Act as the Enterprise Architecture lead for Global Business Services which covers both our Business Services (e.g. Finance, HR, Legal, Property) and Information Services (Cyber, Platforms, Delivery) divisions. You will be helping business and technology stakeholders make informed decisions that support strategy, value delivery and risk reduction.
• Partner with Business Services and GIS stakeholders and work with Solution Architecture and delivery teams to define a shared architecture vision and roadmap for our services and investments in your scope.
• Assure solution options against enterprise architecture principles, guardrails, commercial considerations and business outcomes before they progress into delivery.
• Support annual and quarterly planning by ensuring initiatives align to agreed strategies, architecture direction, dependencies, risks and value priorities.
• Maintain effective architecture governance, decision records, standards and tooling so stakeholders can make transparent and consistent decisions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the Enterprise Architecture practice by improving EA information quality, reusable artefacts, tools and ways of working.

What you'll need

• Enterprise Architecture experience across corporate functions such as Finance, HR, Legal, as well as technology capabilities in associated with Cyber, Cloud Platforms and Workspace.
• Strong understanding of business applications, integration, data, controls, risk, compliance and technology operating models.
• Ability to translate business strategy into technology strategy, capability roadmaps, architecture principles and portfolio guidance.
• Knowledge of frameworks and methods including TOGAF, ArchiMate, SAFe, ITIL, FinOps, DevSecOps, Responsible AI principles, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001 and ISO 27001.
• Experience with enterprise architecture and modelling tools such as LeanIX, Ardoq, Bizzdesign, ArchiMate or Sparx EA.
• Credible stakeholder influencer who can engage, challenge and guide senior business, GIS and delivery stakeholders.
• Technology-neutral and outcome-focused, with the judgement to balance value, cost, risk, complexity and sustainability.
• Strong analytical, planning, facilitation, negotiation, communication and organisational skills.
• Experience using EA repositories, architecture models, roadmaps and decision artefacts to improve governance and decision-making.

Leadership Requirements

• Bridges business and technology conversations with clear, practical communication.
• Turns strategic direction into executable roadmaps, decisions and governed change.
• Influences senior stakeholders through credibility, facilitation and constructive challenge.
• Focuses on business outcomes, value delivery, risk reduction and sustainable decisions.
• Builds trust by helping stakeholders navigate complexity, ambiguity and change.

Critical Success Factors

• Clear architecture direction adopted by Finance, HR, Legal and GIS stakeholders.
• Roadmaps and decision artefacts that support portfolio prioritisation and delivery choices.
• Technology decisions demonstrably aligned to business outcomes, value, risk and sustainability.
• Effective governance that improves transparency, consistency and delivery confidence.
• Strong stakeholder confidence in the EA role, practice and recommendations.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with about 21,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures.

We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.

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