Enterprise Architect Smart Park

Jones Lang LaSalle; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 337,457 - 449,943; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle is seeking an Enterprise Architect Smart Park in Riyadh to define and govern the overall enterprise architecture for a smart park. The role involves ensuring platform integrations deliver a seamless visitor experience while maintaining operational resilience.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years in architecture, focusing on digital platforms, data ecosystems, and strong compliance in government-led environments. This position offers exciting challenges within a well-structured governance framework.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture.
• Experience designing and governing architectures for digital platforms.
• Strong understanding of integration architectures and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise and solution architecture for the smart park.
• Specify integration and interoperability standards.
• Develop application and platform roadmaps aligning with long-term capabilities.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Integration architectures

APIs

Data governance

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering

Job description

As an Enterprise Architect Smart Park at JLL you will define and govern the overall enterprise architecture for the smart park ensuring that platform design integrations and applications deliver a seamless world‑class visitor experience while remaining operationally resilient and scalable within a government‑led environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target‑state enterprise and solution architecture for the smart park covering digital platforms, super apps, integration layers, data ecosystems and command‑and‑control environments.
• Translate business, operational and visitor experience requirements into coherent architectural designs and reference models.
• Specify integration and interoperability standards including API frameworks, middleware patterns, identity and access management and data governance models.
• Ensure seamless end‑to‑end user journeys across applications and platforms while maintaining security, resilience and performance.
• Develop application and platform roadmaps that align short‑term deployments with long‑term capability evolution and lifecycle management.
• Review and validate solution designs, technical architectures and vendor proposals against agreed architectural principles and standards.
• Embed cybersecurity, privacy, resilience and regulatory requirements into all architectural decisions.
• Establish and operate architectural governance processes including design review boards, compliance checkpoints, and architecture decision records.
• Communicate architectural principles, standards and decisions clearly to business sponsors, design teams, delivery partners and technology vendors.
• Support alignment between the smart park architecture and wider smart city enterprise IT and government digital strategies.
• Identify architectural risks, dependencies and technical debt and define mitigation strategies.
• Facilitate technical workshops and architecture review sessions with multi‑disciplinary stakeholders.

Your Skills and Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture roles within large city, government, or complex corporate environments.
• Proven experience designing and governing architectures for digital platforms, data ecosystems, and integrated application landscapes.
• Strong understanding of integration architectures, APIs, middleware, identity management, and data governance.
• Experience working in government‑led or public‑sector programmes with strong governance and compliance requirements.
• Ability to balance user experience objectives with operational resilience, scalability, and security.
• Experience developing architectural roadmaps and aligning multiple solutions to long‑term capability frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear guidance.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured, principles‑based approach.
• Experience establishing and operating architectural governance forums and review processes.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or equivalent is desirable.

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent relevant experience).