Enterprise Architect

About the Role

Eram Talent is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect for a full-time position in Dhahran, Eastern Province. This role involves defining, developing, and governing the enterprise architecture strategy, frameworks, standards, and roadmaps to ensure alignment between business objectives, technology capabilities, and organizational priorities.

Role Context and Impact

The Enterprise Architect will drive enterprise-wide architecture across various domains, including computing and cloud platforms, communications and network infrastructure, data and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and business architecture. The successful candidate will provide architectural leadership, establish target-state architectures and reference designs, and ensure enterprise solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, compliant, and aligned with strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
• Lead the design and evolution of enterprise technology architectures covering on-premises infrastructure, private and public cloud, high-performance computing (HPC), AI infrastructure, and enterprise platforms.
• Develop communications architecture across data networks, transmission networks, and satellite communications.
• Establish enterprise data architecture and governance frameworks, enabling trusted analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and MLOps capabilities.
• Define and govern cybersecurity architecture to ensure the protection of enterprise systems, infrastructure, applications, and data in accordance with applicable security controls and standards.
• Translate business strategy, operating models, and business processes into architecture artifacts that support enterprise transformation and technology alignment.
• Provide architectural assurance and governance for major programs, projects, and technology solutions, ensuring compliance with approved standards and design principles.
• Identify technology opportunities, assess emerging technologies, and recommend solutions that enhance operational efficiency, scalability, resilience, security, and business value.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, technology teams, cybersecurity specialists, and program leaders to ensure cohesive, integrated enterprise solutions.
• Maintain architecture documentation, identify capability gaps, and develop transition roadmaps to support the organization's target-state architecture.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in enterprise architecture or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to define, develop, and govern enterprise architecture strategies and frameworks.
• Proven experience in providing architectural leadership and establishing target-state architectures.

Work Location

This full-time position is based in Dhahran, Eastern Province.

Application Process

Candidates interested in this Enterprise Architect role are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.