The Enterprise Architect will lead the development and continuous refinement of the enterprise architecture strategy aligned to long-term business priorities. This role involves establishing and maintaining architecture principles, standards, reference models, and guardrails to ensure technology solutions remain coherent, secure, and scalable across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments. You will serve as a bridge between technical execution and business strategy, ensuring that all solutions are aligned with the target operating models and strategic priorities of the bank.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Governance
Lead the development and continuous refinement of the enterprise architecture strategy aligned to long-term business priorities.
Establish and maintain architecture principles, standards, reference models, and guardrails.
Evaluate emerging technologies and vendors; provide evidence-based recommendations for innovation and investment.
Architecture Oversight & Standards (Non-Hands-On)
Chair/lead the Architecture Review Board (ARB) and ensure rigorous design reviews, risk assessments, and exception management.
Provide governance and guidance to solution teams; ensure traceability from business capabilities to solutions, with clear non-functional requirements (security, performance, resilience, availability, compliance).
Approve solution architectures for conformance with enterprise standards; ensure coherent, secure, scalable designs across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud.
Business & Application Architecture
Map and rationalise business capabilities, value streams, processes, and the application portfolio to eliminate redundancy and improve total cost of ownership.
Drive portfolio optimisation and ensure solutions remain aligned to strategic priorities and target operating models.
Data & Integration Architecture
Define and govern enterprise data architecture and integration patterns (API-led, ESB, microservices, event-driven, SOA).
Collaborate on data governance—quality, lineage, metadata, privacy, and security—across platforms and domains.
Oversee integration platforms and enterprise data repositories to enable secure, reliable, and real-time information flow.
Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
Influence, challenge, and guide senior leadership through clear, outcome-oriented communication—translating complex technical concepts for non-technical executives.
Mentor solution architects, engineers, and cross-functional teams; cultivate a culture of architectural excellence and knowledge sharing.
Key EA Deliverables
Current-State and Target-State Architecture Models
Architecture Roadmaps (multi-year evolution of the technology landscape)
Reference Architectures for core domains and recurring patterns
Standards & Design Patterns and associated guardrails
Capability Mapping aligned to business strategy and value streams
Data & Information Architecture Governance (quality, lineage, stewardship)
Qualifications, Skills & Attributes
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years’ experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technology Strategy with a track record delivering large-scale enterprise solutions.
Breadth across business, application, data, and technology architecture domains; familiarity with integration and enterprise middleware.
Preferred / Modern Enterprise Architecture Competencies
Certification: TOGAF or equivalent EA certification (highly desirable).
Cloud Architecture Certifications: Azure, AWS, GCP, or Huawei Cloud.
