Enterprise Architect

Xceedance; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Xceedance is seeking a seasoned Enterprise Architect to align business strategy with technology direction, translating executive priorities into a multi-year roadmap and leading governance across the organization.

The role focuses on legacy-to-cloud modernization, risk management, and cost optimization, requiring deep enterprise-scale experience and strong executive communication with CXOs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 15–18 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture, including at least 5 years at enterprise scale.
• Proven experience running formal architecture governance bodies (ARB, EDA, or equivalent).
• Strong grounding in TOGAF or Zachman frameworks applied to governance and roadmaps.
• Tracks record of multi-year technology roadmaps presented to CXO/board.
• Experience driving portfolio rationalization and cost optimization.
• Cloud platforms knowledge and security/compliance awareness.

Responsibilities

• Own alignment between enterprise IT strategy and business strategy; translate priorities into a technology roadmap.
• Define and maintain enterprise architecture blueprint across business, data, integration, and infra layers.
• Establish governance standards for tool selection, build-vs-buy, coding practices, and architecture compliance.
• Own enterprise risk management for the technology estate and drive remediation plans.
• Translate business requirements into target-state technical solutions with traceability.
• Chair ARB/EDA reviews for new designs before funding and build sign-off.
• Drive technology rationalization to reduce overlap and total cost of ownership.
• Define enterprise-wide non-functional standards for performance, security, and privacy.
• Build reference architectures and reusable frameworks for delivery teams.
• Manage vendor and product evaluation to meet architecture and security standards.
• Mentor senior architects and track architecture governance compliance.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF / Zachman

Governance leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Security frameworks (SOC 2, etc.)

Job description

Xceedance is a pioneering company and a strategic partner for transformation in the insurance industry. We’re a global provider of insurance analytics and consulting services to property/casualty insurers, reinsurers, brokers, managing general agents and program administrators. With offices in India, the United States, United Kingdom & Poland serving a diverse community of clients, Xceedance partners with insurers to launch new products, drive operations, implement cutting‑edge technology, and deliver advanced analytics capabilities and process optimization. Our company deploys teams of experienced insurance professionals to help insurers worldwide enhance policyholder service, enter new markets, boost workflow productivity and improve profitability.

Xceedance has achieved phenomenal growth in the past three years — a tribute to the knowledge, scope and impact of our people around the world. Everyone is laser focused on delivering value to our customers. We are committed to the communities in which we live and work. We are driven by a culture of innovation and integrity.

As a member of the Xceedance team, you can shape a fulfilling career, participate in exciting projects and impact the organization in meaningful ways. Count on strong support to develop skills, grow quickly and meet your professional aspirations. Relish working in a highly collaborative setting that features state‑of‑the‑art resources, modern technology and a comfortable, gratifying environment. Create solutions and fulfill your role alongside highly talented and dynamic colleagues who will motivate you to be agile and extremely productive. And enjoy the advantages of a superior benefits package.

Join us if you’re looking for an opportunity to be inspired, challenged and rewarded!

Job Description Summary

We are seeking a seasoned Enterprise Architect to own the alignment between business strategy and enterprise technology direction. The ideal candidate brings deep experience translating executive priorities into a defensible, multi‑year technology roadmap; running formal architecture governance (Engineering Design Authority, Architecture Review Board); leading legacy‑to‑cloud modernization across multiple systems and teams; and identifying overlapping tools and technical debt that inflate cost of ownership. This role sits above individual product or platform architecture — it requires enterprise‑wide ownership of governance, risk, and technology investment, with credibility to operate directly with business leadership and the CXO/board.

Experience: 15 - 18 Years+

Job Description and Responsibilities

• Own alignment between enterprise IT strategy and overall business strategy, translating multi‑year executive priorities into a defensible technology investment roadmap.
• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture blueprint — business, application, data, integration, and infrastructure layers — ensuring design coherence across the full platform and product portfolio.
• Establish and enforce enterprise technology governance: standards for tool selection, build‑vs‑buy decisions, coding practices, reference architectures, and architectural compliance across engineering teams.
• Own enterprise risk management for the technology estate — identify architectural, security, and operational weak spots in current systems and drive remediation plans through to closure.
• Act as the primary technical translator between business leadership and engineering, presenting architecture options, trade‑offs, risks, and roadmaps in business terms to executive stakeholders.
• Partner with business and product leaders to convert business requirements into target‑state technical solutions, with clear traceability from business capability to system design.
• Chair the Engineering Design Authority (EDA) reviewing and approving (or rejecting) new project designs against enterprise standards prior to funding and build sign‑off.
• Drive technology and tool rationalization across business units — identify overlapping or redundant platforms and build the business case for consolidation to lower total cost of ownership.
• Define enterprise‑wide non‑functional standards covering performance, scalability, resilience, security, and regulatory/data‑privacy compliance.
• Build and maintain reference architectures, design patterns, and reusable frameworks that delivery teams across the organization can adopt directly.
• Own the technology vendor and product evaluation process, ensuring new tools and platforms meet enterprise architecture, security, and integration standards before onboarding.
• Mentor senior architects and technical leads, building architecture maturity, bench‑strength, and succession depth across the organization.
• Track and report architecture governance compliance, approved exceptions, and technical debt exposure to executive leadership on a regular cadence.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 15–18 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture, including at least 5 years operating at an enterprise‑wide (not single‑product) architecture level.
• Proven experience running formal architecture governance bodies (ARB, EDA, or equivalent) with real decision‑making authority over project approvals and exceptions.
• Strong practical grounding in enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman, applied to real governance and roadmap decisions, not just certification knowledge.
• Track record of building and defending a multi‑year technology roadmap directly to CXO or board‑level stakeholders.
• Experience driving technology portfolio rationalization and cost optimization with quantified, defensible outcomes.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), modern data architecture, integration patterns, and security/compliance frameworks.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to operate independently with business unit heads, CXOs, and regulators.
• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification strongly preferred.

Desirable Qualifications and Skills

• Experience in insurance, insurtech, BFSI, or other regulated, transaction‑heavy domains.
• Exposure to policy administration, billing, claims, or reporting platforms within the insurance value chain.
• Experience architecting for regulatory and compliance regimes (e.g., GDPR, SOC 2, insurance‑specific regulatory frameworks).
• Experience building or scaling an enterprise architecture governance function from the ground up.
• Prior ownership of a technology budget or P&L, with direct accountability for cost outcomes.
• Leadership experience across globally distributed or virtual teams.

What Success Looks Like in This Role

• A published, executive‑approved multi‑year enterprise technology roadmap with a clear line of sight to business strategy.
• EDA and ARB operate as genuine decision gates — projects are approved or rejected against defined criteria, not rubber‑stamped.
• A measurable reduction in overlapping tools and licenses, with quantified total‑cost‑of‑ownership savings.
• Legacy systems migrated to modern cloud architecture against a documented, risk‑managed plan with minimal business disruption.
• Business and technology leadership rely on the enterprise architecture function as the trusted authority for major technology decisions.