Director, Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Acceleration

BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INC.; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global software company is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Acceleration in Dublin. This hybrid role involves leading a multi-disciplinary team to drive enterprise technology best practices. You will advise C-suite executives, define technology roadmaps, and oversee large-scale transformations in core business systems and cloud platforms. The position demands a visionary leader with expertise in modern DevOps practices and enterprise architecture frameworks, alongside a strong focus on innovation and team excellence.

Benefits

Attractive salary and benefits package

Commitment to inclusion and colleague wellbeing

Qualifications

• Proven experience advising C-level executives and building high-performing teams.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and agile/process frameworks.
• Expertise in architecting core business systems and cloud platforms.
• Experience delivering large-scale solutions with modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Engineering Acceleration team.
• Advise executive leadership on actionable technology roadmaps.
• Define architectural patterns for enterprise technology teams.
• Guide the transformation of the Marketing and Sales technology stack.

Skills

Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman)

Agile/process frameworks (SAFe, ITIL)

Cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS)

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

API design (REST, GraphQL)

SQL and NoSQL databases

DevOps practices

AI/ML application

Tools

Optimizely

Marketo

Salesforce

SAP

Workday

Microsoft Entra ID

Ping

Cosmos DB

MongoDB

Databricks

Job description

Director, Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Acceleration

Location: Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid/ Office/ Remote)

PositionSummary

We are seeking a visionary technology leader to build and lead a multi-disciplinary Center of Excellence. Your team's mission is to accelerate our enterprise technology organization by defining and championing best practices across architecture, DevOps, agile, and software testing.

This is a senior leadership role for a hands-on engineer who thrives on driving strategy and technical excellence. You will serve as a key technology advisor to our C-suite, taking stewardship of over $200M in technology spend that powers the company's $1.3 billion sales and services flywheel. Your ultimate mandate is to provide clarity and momentum, ensuring every enterprise technology team knows what they are working on, why it matters, and the best practices to deliver value faster.

Responsibilities

Build & Lead the Team: Build, mentor, and lead the Engineering Acceleration team, fostering a culture of excellence and evangelizing best practices across Bentley's enterprise technology teams.

Advise Executive Leadership: Act as a trusted advisor to the C-suite, translating business strategy into actionable technology roadmaps and influencing our strategy on emerging tech like AI.

Define the Engineering North Star: Systematically define and communicate the architectural patterns and operational practices that empower our enterprise technology teams to build with speed and confidence.

Guide Foundational Replatforming: Assume pivotal architectural leadership for the ongoing transformation of our mission-critical Marketing and Sales technology stack, ensuring its successful delivery.

Govern the Enterprise Portfolio: Take ownership of rationalizing our complex portfolio of business systems, maximizing the value of our investments through data-driven architectural decisions.

Qualifications

Proven experience advising C-level executives and building high-performing teams. Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) and modern agile/process frameworks (SAFe, ITIL).

Deep expertise in architecting core business systems, including platforms such as Optimizely, Marketo, Salesforce, SAP, and Workday.

Extensive experience delivering large-scale solutions on cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS). Strong grasp of enterprise security and identity management solutions (Microsoft Entra ID, Ping).

Proven track record accelerating engineering velocity and quality through modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Hands‑on experience with modern integration patterns (API design: REST, GraphQL; event‑driven architecture) and both relational (SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Cosmos DB, MongoDB) databases.

Experience applying AI/ML to business processes is a significant plus, as is familiarity with major platforms (Gemini, Google Cloud AI, Databricks).

An exciting career as an integral part of a world‑leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch this short documentary about how we got our start.

An attractive salary and benefits package.

A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.

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About Bentley Systems

Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner‑operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance. www.bentley.com

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Bentley is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, religion/belief, national origin, caste, age, or any other characteristic protected by local law or unrelated to job qualifications.