Enterprise Domain Architect for Application & AI

Quintall; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB zoekt een ervaren Enterprise Architect die de enterprise-wide applicatie-architectuur definieert en bewaakt. Je waarborgt coherente evolutie van applicatielandschappen en stimuleert autonomie bij business units en productteams.

Je bouwt aan richtlijnen, standaarden en processen voor een consistent technologisch framework, en fungeert als eindverantwoordelijke voor cross-domein architectuurbeslissingen. Ervaring met hybride en multi-cloud omgevingen is vereist.

Qualifications

• 10+ jaren ervaring in application- of enterprise-architectuur
• Bewezen track record in modernisering van applicaties en portefeuillet racionalisatie
• Ervaring met invloed uitoefenen op architectuur zonder directe delivery-ownership
• Expertise in architectuurpatronen (monolith, microservices, modular monoliths), SaaS-integratie en domain-led design

Responsibilities

• Definieer en beheer enterprise-wide application-architectuur
• Zet guardrails, target states en beslissingskaders voor architectuur
• Beoordeel huidige IT-omgeving en ontwerp toekomstige IT-architectuur
• Begeleid portfolio management en definieer criteria voor investering en modernisering
• Rapporteer compliance en stuur roadmaps aan op enterprise-niveau

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud & Hybrid

Executive communication

Portfolio management

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Bij ABB helpen we industrieën efficiënter en schoner te werken en iedere medewerker draagt daaraan bij. U krijgt de ruimte om leiding te nemen, wordt ondersteund in uw ontwikkeling en zult trots zijn op de impact die we samen realiseren. Sluit u bij ons aan en help de wereld draaiende te houden.

Deze functie rapporteert aan:

Global Head IS Enterprise Architecture

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to define and govern the enterprise-wide application architecture across ABB. Each day, you will be making sure that our application landscapes evolve coherently while enabling business units and product teams to retain autonomy in how they build and run applications. You will also be responsible for setting up enterprise guardrails, target states, and decision frameworks for application architecture, focusing on modularity, lifecycle management, interoperability, and alignment to business capabilities. This role has no direct reports.

The work model for the role is: #LinkedIn_hybrid
You will be mainly accountable for:

• Directing the development of enterprise domain architecture and processes, to ensure that change is embedded in the organization management. This includes establishing guardrails for:
  • Application modularity and coupling
  • Buy vs build
  • SaaS vs custom development
  • Application lifecycle and decommissioning
• Developing, enhancing, and maintaining ABB-wide architecture best practices, policies, standards, guidelines, and processes to ensure that a consistent technology framework is applied across ABB through your own area of responsibility.
• Assessing the existing IT environment, developing a future state IT architecture, ensuring technology compatibility with existing solutions, infrastructure, services, and strategic direction, and overseeing architectural review of new designs and acting as the final escalation point for cross-domain or cross-portfolio application decisions.
• Guiding enterprise application portfolio management in collaboration with business and IT representative and defining criteria for: application investment, modernization or replacement, decommissioning and consolidation.
• Monitoring and reporting compliance level of the architecture landscape and flagging cross-ABB planning and road mapping implications.

Qualifications for the role

• 10+ years in application or enterprise architecture roles in large, decentralized, or federated organizations
• Proven track record in application modernization and portfolio rationalization
• Experience influencing architecture without direct delivery ownership
• Expertise in application architecture patterns (monolith, microservices, modular monoliths), SaaS and COTS integration models, domain-led design and capability mapping application lifecycle management and hybrid and multi-cloud application environments
• Strong architectural judgement and pragmatic decision-making
• Ability to balance enterprise consistency with local set-up
• Executive-level communication and storytelling
• Comfortable in facilitating trade-offs across cost, speed, and risk

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