Senior Enterprise Architect: Strategy, Governance & APIs

Klx; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Hybrid Working

Canteen facilities

Parking

Training Opportunities

International environment

Open Space near Tejo

Job summary

KLx in Lisbon, the Portuguese subsidiary of Crédit Agricole S.A., is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to help establish and develop KLx’s enterprise architecture capability. You will define pragmatic architecture principles, governance practices and target trajectories to support the evolution of KLx’s information systems.

You will collaborate with IT leadership, Product Owners, business stakeholders, technical teams, security, data and external partners in a strategic, cross-functional

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture, IS Architecture or Solution Architecture.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, integration patterns, APIs, data flows and SaaS ecosystems.
• Experience defining architecture principles, standards, governance models or architecture repositories.
• Good understanding of cloud-related patterns, security, data architecture and operational readiness.
• Exposure to OutSystems or other low-code platforms would be valuable.
• Sufficient technical knowledge to guide decisions involving Java, Python, APIs and modern software engineering practices.
• Ability to balance strategic vision with pragmatic hands-on execution.
• Strong communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Architecture certifications such as TOGAF, ArchiMate or equivalent would be advantageous.
• Professional proficiency in French and a good level of English.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target architecture vision across applications, data, integration, infrastructure, operations and security.
• Ensure alignment between business priorities, the IT roadmap, technology choices and Group standards.
• Assess architecture scenarios and recommend pragmatic, sustainable solutions.
• Support IT leadership by preparing architecture options and recommendations for key decisions.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

IS Architecture

Solution Architecture

IT transformation programmes

Tools

OutSystems

Java

Python

APIs

ArchiMate

TOGAF

Low-code platforms

Job description

KLx in Lisbon, the Portuguese subsidiary of Crédit Agricole S.A., is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to help establish and develop KLx’s enterprise architecture capability. You will define pragmatic architecture principles, governance practices and target trajectories to support the evolution of KLx’s information systems.

You will collaborate with IT leadership, Product Owners, business stakeholders, technical teams, security, data and external partners in a strategic, cross-functional