Enterprise Technical Architect II

Azadea Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading lifestyle retail company in Dubai is seeking an Enterprise Technical Architect II to own and govern the architectural strategy for its omnichannel retail platform. This role demands strong expertise in microservices, cloud architectures, and enterprise governance, alongside significant managerial experience. The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years in enterprise solutions, capable of aligning technology investments with business priorities, and will contribute to strategic architectural decisions across multiple systems for business continuity and growth.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in solution or enterprise architecture with large-scale digital commerce transformations.
• 5 years of experience in a managerial role.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise, cloud, and integration architecture frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the enterprise architecture strategy for omnichannel retail.
• Design and select business-critical storage and client/server environments.
• Translate business priorities into enterprise architecture roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership on microservices and cloud-native architectures.
• Lead architecture for major transformation programs.
• Drive DevOps and automation strategies.
• Define AI and data architecture strategy.

Skills

Microservices

Domain-Driven Design (DDD)

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)

Fluency in English

Data Streaming Technologies

Analytics Platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree

Job description

Enterprise Technical Architect II (ENT000000)

AZADEA Group is a premier lifestyle retail company that owns and operates more than 40 leading international franchise concepts in fashion and accessories, food and beverage, home furnishings, sporting goods, multimedia and beauty and cosmetics across the Middle East and Africa spread across 13 countries overseeing more than 700 stores.

Job Purpose

The Enterprise Technical Architect is responsible for providing enterprise-wide architectural leadership for Azadea’s digital commerce and omnichannel ecosystem across all countries and brands. He/she owns the architectural vision, governance, and technology standards covering ecommerce, OMS, ERP, CRM, POS, CMS, Loyalty, PIM, AI, data platforms, and integration layers.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the enterprise architecture strategy for the Group’s omnichannel retail and digital commerce platforms across all countries.
• Design and select business-critical storage, data center, and client/server environments to design solutions in line with industry best practice and provide a third-line point of escalation for appropriate global infrastructure solutions.
• Translate business and commercial priorities into enterprise-level architecture roadmaps, ensuring technology investments support growth and operational excellence. Direct the design and evolution of the end-to-end architecture spanning ecommerce, OMS, ERP, CRM, POS, CMS, Loyalty, PIM, and AI systems.
• Provide authoritative technical leadership on microservices, DDD, EDA, cloud-native architectures, and modern engineering practices.
• Guide engineering, product, and data teams to ensure alignment with architectural blueprints, performance targets, and security requirements.
• Lead architecture for major transformation programs, ensuring delivery against enterprise KPIs, budgets, timelines, and SLAs.
• Drive DevOps, CI/CD, and automation strategies across development teams, ensuring engineering maturity, observability, and risk mitigation.
• Define and govern the AI and data architecture strategy, integrating LLMs, personalization engines, dynamic pricing, and intelligent search into the commerce ecosystem. Oversee data models and integration architectures supporting mission-critical workloads across ecommerce, ERP, CRM, payments, and logistics systems.
• Oversee enterprise data pipelines, streaming architectures, and analytics platforms ensuring compliance with GDPR, ISO 42001, and security policies.
• Architect and govern API-first and event-driven integration strategies using Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft, or Kafka.
• Own the cloud architecture direction (Azure preferred), ensuring cost optimization, resilience, disaster recovery, and enterprise-grade security practices.
• Define and enforce security, performance, and availability standards, ensuring compliance with frameworks such as OAuth2.0, SSO, PCI-DSS, and GDPR.
• Recruit, train, motivate, and evaluate his/her team to ensure that the department has the necessary skill base, and that staff are optimally motivated and enabled to maximize their potential and contribution to the company.

Technical Skills

• Fluency in English.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Proficiency in modern architecture patterns including microservices, domain-driven design (DDD), and event-driven architecture (EDA).

Specific Skills

• Strong knowledge of enterprise, cloud, and integration architecture frameworks.
• Good understanding of data streaming technologies and analytics platforms.
• Solid understanding of AI/ML platforms and MLOps practices.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Master’s degree is a plus.

Experience

• Eight to ten years of experience in solution or enterprise architecture with large-scale digital commerce or omnichannel transformations, or a similar role.
• Five years of experience in a managerial role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Azadea Group is an Equal Employment Employer – All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by relevant local laws.