Enterprise Architecture

JODAYN | جودين; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

JODAYN | جودين seeks a senior Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise-wide architecture engagements and align strategy with business capabilities, digital transformation initiatives, information, applications, technology, security, and investment priorities.

Responsibilities include defining current/target-state architectures, guiding roadmaps, establishing governance, and providing senior advisory support to executives and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in technology/architecture roles, with leadership experience.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale architecture assessments and roadmaps.
• Strong knowledge of TOGAF, ArchiMate; UML/BPMN familiarity is a bonus.
• Ability to translate strategy into architecture capabilities and investments.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of enterprise architecture strategies, standards, policies, and roadmaps.
• Assess current landscape and define current/target state across business, data, applications, technology, security.
• Guide transformation roadmaps and governance mechanisms including reviews and decision records.
• Provide senior advisory support to executives, business owners, and technology teams.
• Mentor solution and domain architects to ensure consistent outputs.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture concepts

TOGAF

ArchiMate

Stakeholder management

Architecture governance

Cloud & security awareness

Tools

Bizzdesign

Orbus/iServer

Sparx EA

Job description

Lead enterprise-wide architecture engagements and ensure strong alignment between organizational strategy, business capabilities, digital transformation initiatives, information, applications, technology, security, and investment priorities. The Senior Enterprise Architect will define current-state and target-state architectures, guide transformation roadmaps, establish architecture governance, and provide senior-level advisory support to business and technology stakeholders.

Requirements

• Lead the development and evolution of Enterprise Architecture strategies, principles, standards, policies, reference architectures, and roadmaps
• Assess the current enterprise landscape and develop clear current-state, target-state, transition, and gap-analysis views across Business, Data, Application, Technology, Experience, AI, and Cybersecurity domains as applicable
• Translate organizational strategy and transformation objectives into architecture capabilities, initiatives, transition states, and investment priorities
• Develop and maintain business capability maps, value streams, enterprise-wide architecture models, dependency views, and transformation roadmaps
• Establish and operate architecture governance mechanisms, including architecture review boards, decision records, compliance reviews, and design assurance processes
• Review programs, projects, and solution proposals to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, standards, target architectures, and strategic direction
• Identify architectural gaps, duplication, technology risks, dependencies, obsolescence, and opportunities for consolidation, modernization, standardization, and reuse
• Develop and maintain architecture principles, standards, patterns, guidelines, technology standards, and reusable reference models
• Provide architecture leadership and advisory support to executives, business owners, digital transformation teams, technology functions, program managers, and vendors
• Guide and mentor solution architects and domain architects and ensure consistency across architecture deliverables
• Support portfolio planning, business cases, RFPs, vendor evaluations, technology selections, and transformation programs from an architecture perspective
• Ensure architecture deliverables are complete, traceable, understandable, and suitable for executive and technical audiences
• Facilitate architecture workshops, stakeholder interviews, design sessions, and executive presentations
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Enterprise Architecture methods, metamodels, repositories, templates, governance practices, and quality standards

Required Experience

• Typically 10-15+ years of experience in technology, architecture, consulting, digital transformation, or related disciplines
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in Enterprise Architecture or a senior architecture leadership role
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale architecture assessments, target-state design, transformation roadmaps, and governance activities
• Experience working across multiple architecture domains, including Business, Data, Applications, Technology, Integration, Cloud, and Security
• Experience engaging senior executives and translating complex architecture topics into clear business-oriented recommendations
• Experience in large enterprises, government entities, regulated environments, or major transformation programs is highly desirable

Required Knowledge & Competencies

• Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture concepts, methods, governance, and operating models
• Advanced knowledge of TOGAF and practical application of architecture development methods
• Strong knowledge of ArchiMate and enterprise modeling concepts; familiarity with UML and BPMN is beneficial
• Ability to develop architecture assessments, heatmaps, capability models, transition architectures, roadmaps, principles, standards, and governance artifacts
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, stakeholder-management, and decision-support skills
• Ability to balance strategic direction with practical implementation constraints, dependencies, and organizational readiness
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce executive-quality architecture documents and presentations
• Ability to work effectively in consulting environments and across multidisciplinary teams

Preferred Certifications

• TOGAF® certification (preferred)
• ArchiMate® certification (preferred)
• Relevant cloud, security, data, governance, or architecture certifications are an advantage
• PMP®, ITIL®, COBIT®, SABSA®, CDMP®, or equivalent certifications are considered beneficial depending on the engagement

Preferred Tools & Platforms: Experience with one or more Enterprise Architecture and modeling platforms such as Bizzdesign, Orbus/iServer, ARIS, Sparx Enterprise Architect, MEGA HOPEX, or equivalent repositories and modeling tools.

Key Deliverables

• Enterprise Architecture strategy and roadmap
• Current-State and Target-State Enterprise Architecture
• Architecture gap analysis and transition roadmap
• Business capability and value-stream models
• Enterprise architecture principles, standards, patterns, and reference architectures
• Architecture governance framework and review outputs
• Architecture repository and metamodel content
• Executive architecture presentations, assessments, recommendations, and decision papers

Candidate Profile

We are looking for a senior architecture professional who combines strategic thinking with strong hands-on architecture capability. The ideal candidate can work confidently with executives and technical teams, structure complex enterprise problems, develop high-quality architecture deliverables, and provide practical guidance that connects strategy with execution.