Enterprise Architect Senior Manager

Accenture Middle East; Doha; On-site; QAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Middle East is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and govern the target-state architecture across Azure, GCP, and OCI. You will lead governance, architecture boards, and alignment with business strategy while balancing security, regulatory compliance, and interoperability with stakeholders.

The role requires 15+ years in enterprise or cloud architecture, strong microservices experience, and a track record of large-scale modernization programs across multi-cloud

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or cloud architecture.
• Proven experience designing large-scale enterprise systems in multi-cloud environments.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise target architecture and technology roadmap.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, and governance processes across the organization.
• Lead architecture review boards and design authority forums.
• Drive alignment between business strategy, digital transformation objectives, and technology investments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations regarding adoption.
• Define cloud placement strategies based on regulatory, residency, performance, security, and cost constraints.
• Establish cloud interoperability patterns and integration standards across providers.
• Develop cloud governance frameworks covering security, operations, FinOps, and resilience.
• Define enterprise patterns for microservices, containerization, service mesh, event-driven architectures, and API management.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Multi-cloud design

Microservices

DevSecOps

Stakeholder management

Tools

Azure

GCP

OCI

Job description

Role Brief Description

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define, govern, and drive the target-state architecture for a complex enterprise ecosystem spanning multiple cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and evolving a secure, scalable, and resilient architecture based on cloud-native microservices, API-led integration, and the gradual modernization of legacy platforms. The role requires balancing business agility, regulatory compliance, security constraints, and interoperability with numerous internal and external stakeholders.

The Enterprise Architect will work closely with business executives, security teams, solution architects, cloud providers, delivery teams, and external organizations to establish architecture standards, govern implementation decisions, and ensure alignment with enterprise strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise target architecture and technology roadmap.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, and governance processes across the organization.
• Lead architecture review boards and design authority forums.
• Drive alignment between business strategy, digital transformation objectives, and technology investments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations regarding adoption.
• Design and govern enterprise solutions spanning:
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Define cloud placement strategies based on:
  • Regulatory requirements
  • Data residency constraints
  • Performance requirements
  • Security classification
  • Cost optimization
• Establish cloud interoperability patterns and integration standards across providers.
• Develop cloud governance frameworks covering security, operations, FinOps, and resilience.
• Define enterprise patterns for:
  • Microservices architecture
  • Containerization (Kubernetes/OpenShift)
  • Service Mesh
  • Event-driven architectures
  • API Management
• Ensure scalability, observability, resiliency, and operational supportability.
• Promote DevSecOps and Infrastructure-as-Code adoption across engineering teams.

Required Experience

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or cloud architecture.
• Proven experience designing large-scale enterprise systems in multi-cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • OCI
• Strong background in microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience leading large transformation and modernization programs.
• Experience defining enterprise governance models and architecture operating frameworks.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills