Senior IT Architect / Strategic Advisor

ITConnect; Helsinki; Presencial; EUR 120.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

ITConnect Sp. z o.o. seeks a senior Enterprise Architect to guide modernization of industrial IT architecture across landscapes and platforms. You will assess current setups, define a future-state architecture, and steer decisions on technology platforms and vendors to enable data-driven, scalable operations.

The role emphasizes strategic advisory, data ecosystem mastery, and architecture roadmapping for large-scale industrial environments, with English proficiency as a baseline requirement.

Formación

• Senior experience as an Enterprise Architect, IT Architect, or similar advisory role.
• Experience as a strategic advisor to senior decision-makers evaluating technology and vendors neutrally.
• Proven track record in large-scale industrial, energy, oil & gas, or process industries.
• Experience leading or advising on complex enterprise application landscapes, including consolidations.
• Strong understanding of industrial data ecosystems and IT architecture.
• Professional working proficiency in English.

Responsabilidades

• Assess the current application and architecture landscape.
• Provide independent recommendations on future-state architecture and modernization options.
• Support decision-making related to technology platforms, vendors, and long-term architecture direction.
• Help define the problems to be solved and what the new architecture needs to achieve.
• Facilitate architecture discussions with business and technical stakeholders.
• Help define architectural principles, priorities, and transformation roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to improve data utilization and prepare for AI-driven initiatives.
• Bring lessons learned from similar industrial transformation programs.
• Leverage senior advisory experience to influence strategy and architecture direction.
• Provide neutral, evidence-based evaluation of technology and vendor options.

Conocimientos

Enterprise Architecture

Strategic Advisory

Vendor Evaluation

Data Ecosystems

Roadmapping

Industrial IT

English Proficiency

Descripción del empleo

The assignment supports the modernization of production data and industrial IT architecture, including assessment of the current landscape and definition of a standardized future architecture supporting operational efficiency, data-driven decision-making, and future AI capabilities.

• Assess the current application and architecture landscape.
• Provide independent recommendations on future-state architecture and modernization options.
• Support decision-making related to technology platforms, vendors, and long-term architecture direction.
• Help define the problems to be solved and what the new architecture needs to achieve.
• Facilitate architecture discussions with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Help define architectural principles, priorities, and transformation roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to improve data utilization and prepare the environment for future AI-driven initiatives.
• Bring lessons learned from similar industrial transformation programs.
• Senior experience as an Enterprise Architect, IT Architect, or similar senior advisory role.
• Experience as a strategic advisor or sparring partner to senior decision-makers, including evaluating technology and vendor options neutrally and challenging proposals.
• Proven track record in large-scale industrial, energy, oil & gas, or process industry environments, with references from similar projects.
• Experience leading or advising on complex enterprise application landscapes, including replacing legacy systems and consolidating them.
• Strong understanding of industrial data ecosystems and IT architecture.
• Experience from oil & gas, refining, energy, or other industrial sectors.
• Experience in architecture strategy, target operating models, and technology roadmapping.
• Previous work as an independent advisor in architecture transformation programs.
• Professional working proficiency in English.