Enterprise Architect

The Enterprise Architect ensures alignment between business strategy and IT solutions, driving architectural governance and safeguarding the integrity of enterprise-wide architecture. The role defines target architectures, assesses impacts across the business and technical ecosystem, and strengthens the role of architecture within the organization.

Role Essentials

• Monitor business needs and secure architectural directives and decisions.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives and technical solutions.
• Maintain the quality of the enterprise architecture repository, such as HOPEX, and document the application landscape and its interdependencies.
• Conduct impact analyses and pre-studies, and provide architectural recommendations.
• Define and formalize target architectures, roadmaps, and capability, domain, and system maps.
• Lead and structure architecture governance with IT and business stakeholders.
• Share a clear and concise vision of architectural activities, progress, and domain maturity.
• Challenge and enhance existing processes, recommend methodological improvements, and promote best practices.
• Facilitate cross-team coordination and contribute to the overall optimization of the Architecture function.

Deliverables

• Application and integration impact assessments, risk/benefit analyses, and architectural recommendations.
• Application maps, system diagrams, and business capability documentation.
• Architecture roadmaps and ARB governance reports.
• Optimized processes and consolidated best practices.

Professional Skills

• Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect in large-scale IT environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and tools, ideally HOPEX.
• Ability to analyze, map, and design target architectures aligned with business objectives.
• Excellent communication and governance skills, with the ability to engage both business and IT stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset, strategic vision, and capacity to challenge and influence decisions.

About Atos

At Atos, diversity is embraced as an engine of ingenuity. The company works to create a supportive and encouraging culture and focuses on using technology for good, including climate action, digital inclusion, and trusted data management.