Enterprise Architect - TOGAF

Role Overview

Enterprise Architect - TOGAF at VAM Systems, based in Qatar.

Role Purpose

Define, govern, and optimize enterprise technology architecture across a complex multi-application ecosystem. Establish architecture standards, rationalize application portfolios, design integration landscapes, and align cloud and data strategies to business capability models.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Governance

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture principles.
• Define reference architectures for application architecture, integration architecture, cloud architecture (Azure), and data architecture.
• Establish architecture review process.
• Maintain enterprise architecture documentation repository.
• Monitor compliance with approved standards.

Application Portfolio Rationalization

• Assess application portfolio across Oracle Fusion, Yardi, Salesforce, and BI platforms.
• Identify functional overlap and redundancies.
• Assess total cost of ownership for each application.
• Recommend consolidation strategies.
• Prevent redundant system procurement.
• Align system capabilities to business capability model.

Integration & Middleware Architecture

• Assess current point-to-point integration landscape.
• Design target-state integration architecture.
• Lead middleware platform selection.
• Define API governance standards.
• Establish event-driven or service-based integration patterns.
• Define canonical data models.
• Ensure scalability and resilience of integration layer.

Cloud Architecture

• Define Azure architectural standards.
• Validate cloud workload placement decisions.
• Ensure alignment with SASE and security frameworks.
• Establish best practices for high availability and scalability.
• Guide cloud cost optimization architecture.

Data & Analytics Alignment

• Ensure consistent cross-system data flows.
• Align integration design with BI requirements.
• Prevent data silos.
• Support enterprise data governance.

Qualifications & Experience

• 12+ years enterprise IT experience.
• 5+ years in Enterprise or Senior Solution Architecture.
• Proven experience in multi-application enterprise ecosystems.
• Strong integration architecture experience.
• Experience in Azure cloud environments.
• Experience in ERP and CRM coexistence.

Skills & Certifications

• TOGAF certification (preferred).
• Salesforce certification (preferred).
• Integration platform certifications (preferred).
• IT governance certifications (preferred).

Additional Information

• Joining time frame: 2 weeks maximum, up to 1 month.