Enterprise Architect

Innovo Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovo Group is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect in the United Arab Emirates to establish and embed the EA framework, governance, and roadmaps. You will lead a small team of domain architects and align initiatives with business strategy to enable modernisation and long-term scalability.

Focus areas include developing current-state and target-state architectures, implementing governance, and ensuring architectural consistency across delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology or related discipline.
• 10-15 years in IT with strong experience in enterprise architecture.
• Proven experience establishing EA frameworks from scratch.
• Experience working with ERP and enterprise platforms.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent).
• Experience with cloud, hybrid and composable architectures, data, analytics and integration platforms and security architecture fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of architecture layers, target and current-state architectures.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Establish EA maturity baseline and improvement plans.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of domain architects.
• Design and implement the EA framework across business capability, application, data and integration, technology & infrastructure.
• Tailor industry frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent) to suit organisational context and maturity.
• Define EA artefacts, processes, and governance suitable for a growing organisation.
• Define and run EA principles, governance processes, standards and design guidelines.
• Define current-state and target-state architectures, supported by pragmatic transition roadmaps.
• Provide architectural oversight and guidance to delivery teams, ensuring consistency and reuse across solutions.
• Identify and manage technical debt and legacy constraints.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

TOGAF or equivalent

Stakeholder Management

Cloud / Hybrid Architectures

Data & Analytics Architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/IT

Tools

ERP systems

Enterprise platforms

Security architecture fundamentals

Job description

Role Purpose

The Enterprise Architect is responsible for establishing, defining, and embedding the Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework, principles, and governance model. The role will provide a clear, business-aligned architectural foundation that enables modernisation, operational stability, and long-term scalability. The role also leads and develops a small team of domain architects ensuring architectural alignment across initiatives. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, deep architectural expertise, and strong stakeholder engagement, operating in an environment where EA maturity is evolving.

Key Accountabilities

• Establish EA maturity baseline and improvement plans
• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of domain architects
• Design and implement the EA framework across; business capability, application, data and integration, technology & infrastructure
• Tailor industry frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent) to suit organisational context and maturity
• Define EA artefacts, processes, and governance suitable for a growing organisation.
• Define and run EA principles, governance processes, standards and design guidelines.
• Define current-state and target-state architectures, supported by pragmatic transition roadmaps
• Provide architectural oversight and guidance to delivery teams, ensuring consistency and reuse across solutions
• Identify and manage technical debt and legacy constraints

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology or related discipline
• 10-15 years in IT, with strong experience in enterprise architecture
• Proven experience establishing EA frameworks from scratch
• Experience working with ERP and enterprise platforms
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent)
• Experience working with cloud, hybrid and composable architectures, data, analytics and integration platforms and security architecture fundementals
• Strong understanding of architecture layers, target and current-state architectures
• Effective communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.