Enterprise Architecture

Jodayn; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Jodayn is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise-wide architecture engagements, aligning strategy with business capabilities, digital transformation, data, applications, technology, security, and investment priorities.

You will define current-state and target-state architectures, guide roadmaps, establish governance, mentor architects, and provide executive-level advisory support to business and technology stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong EA concepts, governance, and operating models.
• Advanced TOGAF knowledge and practical methods.
• Archimate proficiency; UML/BPMN familiarity.
• Ability to develop assessments, heatmaps, roadmaps, and governance artifacts.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Balance strategy with implementation constraints.
• Excellent written and verbal executive communication.
• Experience in consulting and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead EA strategies, standards, roadmaps.
• Assess current-state and target-state across domains.
• Translate strategy into capabilities and investments.
• Develop capability maps, value streams, and models.
• Establish architecture governance and reviews.
• Review programs for alignment with principles.
• Identify gaps, risks, consolidation opportunities.
• Develop standards, patterns, and reference models.
• Provide leadership to executives and teams.
• Mentor solution and domain architects.
• Support portfolio planning and vendor evaluations.
• Ensure deliverables are traceable and understandable.
• Facilitate workshops and executive presentations.
• Improve EA methods and governance.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Planning

Facilitation

Architecture Governance

TOGAF

ArchiMate

Communication

Problem Solving

Tools

Bizzdesign

Orbus/iServer

ARIS

Sparx Enterprise Architect

MEGA HOPEX

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.

• 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.