Enterprise Architect

Confidential; Ireland; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a senior governance lead to own enterprise architecture standards across a hybrid cloud environment. You will govern current and proposed IT designs while also being a key player in M&A activities.

The ideal candidate will bring over 10 years of experience in enterprise IT with a strong focus on governance and communication skills necessary for presenting to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise IT, including 3+ in governance or architecture review.
• Expert-level knowledge in backup/recovery, network design, and cloud platforms.
• Experience leading architecture reviews and gap analyses across organizations.
• Strong grasp of multi-cloud and hybrid resilience implications.
• Exceptional communication skills to influence C-suite and board audiences.

Responsibilities

• Govern designs across backup, networking, compute/storage, and cloud.
• Lead infrastructure due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
• Own enterprise architecture standards and governance frameworks.
• Translate technical assessments into executive reports.
• Partner with various teams to drive redesigns and embed governance.

Skills

Enterprise IT

Governance

Architecture review

Backup/recovery

High availability

Cloud computing

Exceptional communication

Education

Bachelor's in CS, Information Systems, IT or related

Master's or MBA

Tools

TOGAF

Cisco CCIE

AWS/Azure Architect

ITIL 4

Job description

This is the most senior technical lens on the entire enterprise — and it's pure governance, not hands-on engineering. You'll own enterprise-wide standards for IT infrastructure architecture, high availability, and resilience across a large hybrid and multi-cloud estate: assess what exists, judge what's proposed, surface what's at risk, and drive the organization to the right outcome — as a reviewing authority on the Architecture Review Board and the governance lead for mergers and acquisitions.

What you'll do

• Govern current-state and proposed designs across backup, networking, compute/storage, cloud, and high availability — producing structured gap analyses and clear, actionable recommendation
• Sit as a reviewing authority on the Architecture Review Board; lead infrastructure due diligence for M&A and divestitures, assessing inherited environments and integration risk
• Own enterprise architecture standards and governance frameworks for HA, resilience, and technology lifecycle — aligned to NIST, ISO 27001, SOX, and GDP
• Translate deep technical assessments into executive reports, risk scorecards, and remediation roadmaps for senior leadership and governance bodie
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, network, security/CISO, and application teams to drive redesigns and embed governance into change and deliver
• Shape vendor and technology decisions from a standards and risk perspectiv

What you'll bring

• 10+ years in enterprise IT, including 3+ in governance, architecture review, or enterprise assessment (not hands-on engineerin
• Expert-level depth in two or more of: backup/recovery, network design, compute/storage, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), and high-availability desi
• A track record leading architecture review, gap analysis, executive-grade documentation, and remediation across large, complex organisatio
• Solid grasp of multi-cloud and hybrid resilience implications (deep implementation experience not require
• Exceptional communication — able to present complex findings to, and influence, C-suite and board audienc
• esComfort working autonomously, managing competing priorities, and setting the standard others are held
• toBachelor's in CS, Information Systems, IT, or related (Master's or MBA a plu

Nice to have

• aveCertifications such as TOGAF 9/10, Cisco CCIE, AWS/Azure Architect (Professional/Expert), ITIL 4, or C
• ISAM&A technical due diligence; experience in regulated industries with direct audit and compliance expos
• CRISC, CGEIT, SABSA, or CISSP; familiarity with backup governance platforms (e.g. Commvault, Cohesity, Vee
• am)Background in ransomware resilience / cyber-recovery design review; NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, CIS Contr