Enterprise Architect at Open Society Foundations

The Enterprise Architect role is responsible for designing and managing the overall architecture of an organization’s IT systems and infrastructure. This role involves aligning IT strategy with business goals, creating architectural frameworks, and ensuring that technology solutions are scalable, secure, and efficient. The Enterprise Architect collaborates with various internal and external stakeholders to identify technology needs and guide the implementation of IT initiatives.

Key responsibilities

As the Enterprise Architect, your key responsibilities are as follows:

• Establish EA governance, EA frameworks, EA methodology and create EA artifacts, EA standards and best practices.
• Design and promote architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices across the organization.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business requirements and translate them into architectural solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to inform architectural decisions and recommendation
• Facilitate architecture review boards and governance processes to ensure compliance with architectural standards.
• Provide guidance and support to project teams in implementing architectural solutions.
• Instruct, manage, and mentor development teams
• Communicate enterprise architecture with other department managers within the organization, outsourcing providers and report on continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversee Change Control board, participate in Project Review Board to ensure adherence to architectural standards.     

People Responsibilities (Total Team/DRs)

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Key metrics

• EA KPIs such as strategic alignment, business process optimization, innovation enablement, efficiency, architecture compliance and risk management

Key internal relationships

• CIO, Deputy CIO, Functional leads, Operations leads, GDPR team, Legal, Finance, Global Security, IT Security, Technology Services, System/Application Owners, Program/Opportunity leads.

Key external relationships

• IT vendors in various markets, external consulting experts, EA colleagues at non-profit institutions with similar IT landscape, large global software providers, etc. 

The ideal candidate

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or a related field
• Master's degree in IT management, business management, or enterprise architecture
• Certifications such TOGAF, CISSP (for cybersecurity focus), and cloud-specific certifications from providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud are beneficial
• 10 years of relevant experience in Enterprise Architecture, with a background in software engineering, network security, cloud computing, systems analysis, data management or other related fields.
• Strong understanding of business needs, technology trends, and architectural frameworks.
• Experience creating and maintaining comprehensive Enterprise Architecture frameworks.
• Experience with architecture modelling tools CAD, BIM, and 3D modelling software.
• Strong understanding of IT enterprise systems and platforms (Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday) and architectures
• Deep knowledge of various technologies, including cloud computing, data management, networking, and security.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.