Enterprise Architect - IT

Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company (ACCBC); Dubai; On-site; AED 480,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company (ACCBC) is seeking an Enterprise Architect to define and govern target-state architecture across applications, data, integration, cloud, security, and AI. You will translate business strategy into a secure, scalable technology landscape and establish governance to ensure value across ACCBC’s multi-country operations.

The role focuses on the D365 programme, enterprise integration, Azure Fabric, AI enablement, architecture governance, and solution assurance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• Certifications such as TOGAF, D365 Solution Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI, CISSP/CISM/ISO 27001, PMP, PRINCE2, or SAFe are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the enterprise target-state architecture and multi-year technology roadmap.
• Translate business priorities into architecture roadmaps and investment recommendations.
• Chair Architecture Review Board / Design Authority and document architecture decisions.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

D365/ERP integration

Cloud architecture (Azure)

Security-by-design

AI/GenAI in enterprise

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Master’s degree or MBA preferred

Tools

D365

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

TOGAF / architecture frameworks

Job description

Job Title: Enterprise Architect, IT

Reports To: Senior Director – Information Technology

Business Unit: ACCBC

Function: Information Technology

Location: Dubai, UAE

Purpose of the Job

The Enterprise Architect defines and governs the target-state architecture for ACCBC across applications, data, integration, cloud, security, and AI. The role translates business strategy into a secure, scalable, cost-effective technology landscape and establishes the standards, principles, patterns, and governance required to ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value across ACCBC’s multi-country operations.

The role has particular focus on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) programme, enterprise integration, Microsoft Fabric, AI enablement, architecture governance, and solution assurance.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance

• Define and continuously evolve the enterprise target-state architecture and multi-year technology roadmap.
• Translate business priorities into architecture roadmaps, transition states, and technology investment recommendations.
• Establish and chair the Architecture Review Board / Design Authority, including architecture decision records and clear decision rights.
• Define architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and reusable design patterns.
• Maintain the application portfolio and technology catalogue, driving legacy rationalization and reduction of technical debt.
• Advise on build-vs-buy decisions, platform selection, and total cost of ownership.

Application & ERP Architecture – Microsoft Dynamics 365

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for the D365 programme across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Sales.
• Govern D365 extension strategy, promoting fit-to-standard and minimizing unnecessary customization.
• Define environment strategy, ALM, release management, and deployment approaches for D365 and connected applications.
• Architect the transition and coexistence between legacy ERP platforms and D365 throughout the rollout.
• Define localization, statutory, tax, and multi-currency architecture patterns across countries.
• Ensure D365 architecture supports performance, scalability, security, supportability, and licensing efficiency.
• Provide architectural oversight for CRM, HR, Procurement, Tax, Audit, and commercial applications.

Enterprise Integration Architecture

• Define the enterprise integration strategy covering APIs, event-driven architecture, messaging, ETL/ELT, and B2B/EDI.
• Govern integration platforms including Azure Integration Services, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, Power Platform, or equivalent iPaaS technologies.
• Establish standards for data models, interfaces, error handling, monitoring, reconciliation, security, and observability.
• Maintain the enterprise interface catalogue and promote reusable integration patterns over point-to-point solutions.
• Govern integration performance, resilience, scalability, and operating cost.

Data & Analytics Architecture – Microsoft Fabric

• Define the enterprise data architecture and analytics roadmap using Microsoft Fabric, covering OneLake, lakehouse, warehouse, data pipelines, real-time intelligence, and Power BI.
• Establish data layering, ownership, certified datasets, and master data governance to support a single source of truth.
• Define data governance, lineage, cataloguing, classification, retention, and quality frameworks.
• Ensure the data platform supports IBP, forecasting, scenario modelling, predictive analytics, and AI use cases.

AI Architecture & Innovation

• Evaluate GenAI, Copilot, agentic AI, and machine-learning capabilities for enterprise adoption.
• Define AI reference architecture covering model selection, retrieval and grounding, agent orchestration, prompt/context management, evaluation, and observability.
• Identify and architect high-value AI use cases across Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Commercial functions.
• Establish responsible-AI governance covering privacy, access control, human oversight, auditability, bias, hallucination controls, and cost management.
• Support AI adoption through reference implementations, architecture guidance, training, and change management.
• Measure business impact and re-architect or retire use cases that do not deliver value.

Cloud, Infrastructure & Security

• Define primarily Azure-based cloud architecture, including landing zones, networking, identity, resilience, and cost management.
• Set standards for availability, scalability, performance, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Govern hybrid and edge requirements across manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution environments.
• Embed security-by-design and privacy-by-design across solutions, integrations, and data.
• Define identity and access architecture, including role design, segregation of duties, privileged access, and conditional access.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, Internal Audit, Risk, and Legal to ensure regulatory, privacy, and audit requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• Certifications such as TOGAF, D365 Solution Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI, CISSP/CISM/ISO 27001, PMP, PRINCE2, or SAFe are highly desirable.

Experience

• Minimum 12 years of progressive IT experience, including at least 5 years in enterprise or solution architecture within large, complex organizations.
• Proven ownership of at least one major ERP implementation (D365, SAP, Oracle), with strong D365 experience preferred.
• Strong experience in enterprise integration, API-led and/or event-driven architecture.
• Experience with modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Synapse, Databricks, or equivalent, including lakehouse and Power BI architecture.
• Proven experience architecting AI/GenAI solutions that reached production and delivered measurable business value.