Senior Enterprise Architect — ELDS Transformation

ABB; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB is seeking a pragmatic and business-oriented Lead Architect to shape the end-to-end architecture direction of ELDS. This hands-on leadership role guides architects and technical teams, supporting major transformation programs and ensuring secure, scalable, and reusable solutions.

The work model for the role is Hybrid, with location preference across Europe (Krakow, Dalmine, Brno). You will balance long-term direction with delivery speed and work with business leaders to drive value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Information Systems, or related field.
• Proven ability to define target architectures, transition architectures, and multi-year roadmaps.
• Broad understanding of application, data, integration, cloud, cybersecurity, and technology lifecycle architecture.
• Practical experience supporting large transformation programs and complex, multi-domain solution landscapes.
• Knowledge of modern architectures and technologies, including Microsoft Azure, APIs, event-driven integration, containers, DevSecOps, and observability.
• Experience with enterprise applications and platforms such as ERP, CRM, CPQ, MES, SaaS, data, and integration solutions.
• Strong business orientation, stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, and influencing skills.
• Fluent spoken and written English; experience in an industrial, manufacturing, energy, engineering, or electrification environment is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy and transformation priorities into practical target architectures and executable roadmaps.
• Provide hands‑on architectural guidance to major transformation programs and solution delivery teams.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, integrated, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Identify dependencies, constraints, risks, and realistic transition steps across programs and technology domains.
• Guide modernization of the application and technology landscape, including consolidation, replacement, and retirement decisions.
• Balance long‑term architectural direction with delivery speed, business value, cost, risk, and operational needs.
• Facilitate architecture decisions with business leaders, process owners, service owners, project teams, and technology partners.
• Support the responsible adoption of cloud, data, AI, automation, and modern application technologies.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Domain Architecture

Cloud (Azure)

APIs

DevSecOps

Observability

Data & Integration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

ERP

CRM

CPQ

MES

SaaS

Job description

ABB is seeking a pragmatic and business-oriented Lead Architect to shape the end-to-end architecture direction of ELDS. This hands-on leadership role guides architects and technical teams, supporting major transformation programs and ensuring secure, scalable, and reusable solutions.

The work model for the role is Hybrid, with location preference across Europe (Krakow, Dalmine, Brno). You will balance long-term direction with delivery speed and work with business leaders to drive value.