Enterprise Architect Consultant - Utilities Industry

Accenture; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Malaysia is seeking an Enterprise Architect Consultant to lead large-scale business and technology transformations in the Energy & Utilities sector. You will shape future-state landscapes, drive modernization, and ensure business-technology alignment across cloud, data, integration, cybersecurity, and IT/OT domains.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and delivery teams to design scalable, secure solutions, oversee governance, and guide architects to ensure roadmaps meet

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 8-12 years in EA, solution architecture, or tech consulting.
• Experience in energy utilities and IT/OT convergence.
• Strong understanding of utility processes and architecture governance.
• TOGAF or cloud certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture vision, standards and target-state architectures.
• Translate priorities into roadmaps and transformation programs.
• Lead architecture assessments across apps, data, and platforms.
• Oversee cloud adoption, modernization, and IT/OT integration.
• Govern architecture with reviews, standards, and reference architectures.
• Guide delivery teams to align with architecture principles and security.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Cloud Transformation

Stakeholder Management

Energy & Utilities domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

OCI

SCADA / DMS / OMS

Job description

Join Accenture’s Energy & Utilities practice as an Enterprise Architect Consultant and help utility organizations across Malaysia and Southeast Asia deliver large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives. This role combines deep industry expertise with enterprise architecture leadership to define future-state technology landscapes, drive modernization strategies, and ensure alignment between business objectives and technology investments.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, technology leaders, and delivery teams to design scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions across cloud, data, integration, cybersecurity, and IT/OT environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture vision, principles, standards, and target-state architectures across business, application, data, integration, cloud, security, and IT/OT domains.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into enterprise architecture roadmaps and transformation initiatives.
• Conduct architecture assessments across applications, data ecosystems, integration platforms, infrastructure, security environments, and operational technology landscapes.
• Lead application modernization, portfolio rationalization, cloud adoption, and technology transformation programs.
• Establish and maintain architecture governance through review boards, design authorities, standards, reference architectures, and decision frameworks.
• Design and oversee enterprise integration and IT/OT architectures that connect operational technologies with enterprise systems and digital platforms.
• Guide solution architects and delivery teams to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, security requirements, and target-state roadmaps.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, architecture reviews, executive presentations, and technology evaluations to support informed decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8-12 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Consulting, Systems Integration, Cloud Transformation, or Technology Modernization initiatives.
• Experience in an Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect, Solution Architect, or equivalent architecture leadership role.
• Proven experience within the Energy & Utilities industry, preferably in Electricity or Power Utilities.
• Strong understanding of utility business processes including customer operations, billing, metering, grid operations, asset management, field workforce management, outage management, and regulatory reporting.
• Strong understanding of IT/OT convergence and utility technologies such as SCADA, ADMS/DMS, OMS, GIS, AMI, HES, and MDMS platforms.
• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise architecture strategy, architecture governance, target-state architecture development, and transformation roadmap design.
• Experience translating business capabilities into application, data, integration, cloud, and security architecture strategies.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, or OCI, including cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management, consulting, workshop facilitation, and executive communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification.
• Cloud certifications in Azure, AWS, OCI, or GCP.
• Experience delivering Utilities transformation programs across Malaysia, Singapore, or Southeast Asia.
• Experience leading application rationalization, cloud readiness assessments, technology debt reduction, and architecture maturity assessments.
• Experience with enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, MuleSoft, Boomi, Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalent technologies.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies, architecture governance processes, and large-scale transformation programs.
• Additional certifications in Cybersecurity, Data Architecture, Integration Architecture, Agile Delivery, or Utility Platforms.

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