Oracle Enterprise Architect

Oracle; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead customer engagements and drive business transformation through strategic architecture solutions. This role demands deep business acumen and technical expertise to foster strong relationships with C-level executives and ensure the effective implementation of Oracle applications across various industries.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Learning and development opportunities

Employee assistance program

Core benefits like life insurance

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience relevant to this position.
• Extensive background as (Lead) Enterprise Architect, CTO, or Head of Architecture.
• Public sector expertise is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery of value to customers by supporting enterprise-wide application solutions.
• Provide recommendations on process, capability, and technology changes.
• Conduct workshops and develop actionable roadmaps for new business applications.

Skills

Business Acumen

Problem Solving

Change Management

Facilitation

Consensus Building

Education

University degree in computer sciences or similar IT-related field

Job description

Overview

The Enterprise Architect is the most senior customer-facing architecture role within Oracle and is critical to the relationship between the customer and Oracle. The Enterprise Architect acts as a bridge between the needs of the customer to the solutions and services that Oracle may bring to bear to deliver value to the customer. The Enterprise Architect provides leadership within Oracle across the various lines of business to ensure that Oracle's value offerings to the customer are feasible, consistent, effective, and aligned to the customer need. The primary role is to inspire business transformation by aligning an organization's industry-specific strategic objectives with its operating model, process, and capabilities. Enterprise Architects work to disassemble opportunities for transformation into phased, value-based recommendations.

The Enterprise Architect has the broadest knowledge of all IT architects, covering all layers of the architecture, all functional domains, and across many industries. Enterprise Architects possess deep knowledge of business process, value chains, and capabilities across various business functions. They work with clients to assess where processes and capabilities are today, and which ones must be matured in order to meet organizational strategy.

The Enterprise Architect will typically not have deep skills in any specific area but will work with deep domain and product experts where necessary.

The Enterprise Architect will work closely with the customer at a very senior level within the customer organization—typically CIO, Chief Architect, or CTO—to build a strong strategic architecture relationship with the customer. This is usually realized through regular and frequent meetings with the customer, for example within the construct of an architecture board. Whilst the focus will likely be on the customer's use of Oracle products and services, the aspiration is to build sufficient trust with the customer such that Oracle's products are considered at the earliest point of the customer's decision making. The Enterprise Architect will also work with other lines of business architects to build a complete high-level architecture that covers all aspects necessary to deliver success to Oracle and the customer.

As the senior role in the architecture community, the Enterprise Architect must also lead beyond a single opportunity. The Enterprise Architect will lead on architecture re-use through the capture of these large-scale architecture designs and their evangelizing within Oracle. This includes not only direct re-use in future architecture opportunities but also the use of those solutions in business development, services proposition development, and future product direction.

Provides direction and specialist knowledge in applying the technology and application to client business. Facilitation of customer product and application understanding through presentations, demonstrations, and benchmarks; provision of support throughout the sell.

What you will do

As Enterprise Architect, you will drive delivery of value to customers passionate about business-driven enterprise architectures to support enterprise-wide application solutions.

• Support account teams in large-scale opportunities
• Support "Inspire" activities in accounts to generate customer interest
• Work in collaboration with local account team and a broad range of other Oracle lines of business
• Exercise creativity, independent judgment, and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques to design non-routine and very complex business solutions utilizing Oracle products and technology to meet customer needs
• Interact with all roles at customer—including CIO, CTO, IT architects, technical staff, and business representatives
• Provide recommendations on process, capability, and technology changes to enable the realization of client strategy
• Work with a broad range of Oracle roles to support complex Oracle opportunities with the appropriate skills, deliverables, and outcome-based mindset
• Participate in the development of actionable roadmaps for the adoption of new business applications and technology solutions
• Conduct repeatable strategy, architecture, roadmap, and planning workshops
• Provide assessment of current state architecture and recommendation of future state architecture
• Develop enterprise blueprints inclusive of business model canvases, business functional capabilities models, customer journey maps, value chains frameworks, and end-to-end process maps
• Provide client-specific roadmap and transition plan and identify quick wins (developed in collaboration with value consultants and delivery teams)
• Define, develop, and evolve architecture standards and principles
• Lead the architecture and solution design aspects of engagement(s) ensuring high quality and integrated cross-domain business solutions
• Identify and evangelize key business and technology benefits of adoption
• Advise on organizational impact of solutions
• Industry and vertical-specific business hypothesis and points of view (public sector, government, etc.)
• Play an active role as part of the architecture community
• Remain fully aware of relevant architectural programs and assets from Oracle worldwide
• Remain aware of all relevant product developments and references—both at Oracle and at competitors
• Interact with a varied set of customer roles and levels including line of business leaders, global process owners, chief data officers, and technology leaders

Career level

IC5

Responsibilities

What you need

• ERP experience is a must
• Enterprise architecture methods and modern IT architectures are a must
• Broad cross-functional, cross-domain IT knowledge
• Expert level business acumen and understanding of customer business lifecycles
• Expert level breadth in business application solutions and transformational technologies
• Background in business process design and consulting
• Skilled in the areas of facilitation, consensus building, change management, problem solving, and storytelling
• Modern application architectures and modern technology architectures
• Modern development approaches

Qualifications

• University degree in computer sciences or similar IT-related field
• Extensive background as (Lead) Enterprise Architect, CTO, or Head of Architecture
• 10+ years experience relevant to this position
• Public sector expertise
• Proven technical expertise in SaaS (ERP, HCM, CX), PaaS, IaaS, and digital transformation related topics
• Holistic knowledge of cloud solutions and respective use cases
• Wide background including architecture, implementation, and delivery of large-scale hardware and software systems in real-world situations
• Ability to craft and articulate strategic solutions. Good knowledge of implementation methodologies and best practices
• Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources, connect this to organizational strategy, frame it in simple, compelling ways, and advise on target operating model and change management
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge and deep expertise in designing architectures for either an industry (healthcare, government, etc.) or domain (SaaS, cloud, data and AI, customer experience management, etc.) by establishing and applying architecture patterns
• Specific knowledge of Oracle applications and solutions and the competition is an advantage
• Knowledge of architecture frameworks like TOGAF, IAF, DYA, and Oracle's OADP/OEAF

We also use

• SaaS (e.g., ERP, EPM, HCM, CX, and SCM), PaaS, IaaS, and digital transformation related topics
• Cloud solutions and respective use cases
• Oracle solutions
• C-level presentation and consultative selling experience

What we will offer you

• A competitive salary with exciting benefits
• Learning and development opportunities to advance your career
• An employee assistance program to support your mental health
• Employee resource groups that champion our diverse communities
• Core benefits such as life insurance and access to retirement planning
• An inclusive culture that celebrates what makes you unique

Create the future with us

At Oracle, we don't just respect differences—we celebrate them. We believe that innovation starts with inclusion and to create the future we need people with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where all kinds of people can do their best work. It's when everyone's voice is heard and valued that we're inspired to go beyond what's been done before.