Enterprise Architect - Utilities

Accenture Southeast Asia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC in Malaysia is seeking an Enterprise Architect Consultant to lead large-scale transformation programs for energy and utilities customers across Malaysia and Southeast Asia. You will define future-state architectures, drive modernization, and ensure business-technology alignment.

Collaborating with business stakeholders and delivery teams, you will guide architecture governance, cloud adoption, data and integration strategies, and IT/OT convergence to deliver scalable, secure

Qualifications

• 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.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, or OCI, including cloud migration and modernization initiatives.

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.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Workshop facilitation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Azure

AWS

GCP

OCI

SAP

Salesforce

MuleSoft

Snowflake

Databricks

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.