Chief Enterprise Architect (CEA)

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The Job

ITviec's client is looking for a Chief Enterprise Architect (CEA) who defines, owns and governs enterprise architecture — the business, data, application and technology architecture of the bank

1 Enterprise Architecture Vision, Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and own the enterprise architecture vision, architecture principles and target-state architecture across the business, data, application and technology domains, aligned to the Banking IT Strategy and the Data & AI Strategy.
• Translate business strategy into baseline, target and transition architectures and a sequenced architecture roadmap that the delivery organization can execute.

2 Capability-to-Platform Boundaries

• Starting from the capability baseline approved by the strategy and transformation function, decide how each business capability is served — by an enterprise business platform, a shared enterprise service, the integration layer or a channel application — so that business rules, workflow and state are held once and are not re-implemented channel by channel.

3 Platform, Application & Integration Architecture

• Set architecture standards for enterprise platforms, digital channels, core banking and business systems; ensure consistency, interoperability and reuse across technology domains.
• Direct the progressive modernization of the legacy core and surrounding systems, minimizing migration and operational risk in a brownfield estate.

4 Cloud, Infrastructure & Resilience Architecture

• Define the hybrid-cloud architecture strategy (on-premises, AWS, Microsoft 365) within data-residency and SBV constraints; direct cloud-native adoption and application modernization.

5 Data, AI & Emerging-Technology Architecture

• Partner with the CDO so that the enterprise data architecture (Lake House, Data Mesh, data integration) and AI platforms are coherent with the enterprise architecture; govern the integration architecture of the enterprise data ecosystem.

6 Architecture Governance, Decision Authority & Technical Debt

• Chair the Architecture Board and run architecture governance over solution designs, integration patterns, data-architecture alignment, security and resilience controls, technology standards, exceptions and architecture decisions.
• Ensure architectures comply with security, privacy and regulatory requirements, together with the CISO and DPO

7 EA Practice & Repository

• Build and maintain the EA practice: the EA method, repository and metamodel; current, target and transition architectures; the application and integration inventory; architecture decision records; the exception log and the architecture debt register.

8 Organization, Executive Leadership & Architecture Capability

• Lead the Architecture & Portfolio Governance Center: plan, assign and develop the Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture teams and raise the professional standard of both.
• Advise the CEO, Board of Management and Board of Directors on technology strategy and architecture investment; represent architecture in Board and Executive Committee discussions.
• Mentor the bank's enterprise, application, data, infrastructure and security architects and technical leaders; build an architecture community of practice across IT and business.

Your Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture or technology leadership, including 5+ years in a senior, principal or chief architect role (or equivalent) at an enterprise-scale organization.
• Proven leadership of enterprise architecture — not only solution architecture — in a large, complex, regulated organization, ideally a bank, with accountability for the architecture of the whole enterprise.
• Demonstrated brownfield modernization through a large-scale digital transformation, with evidence of sequencing change safely and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Has established and run architecture governance (an architecture board, compliance reviews, technical-debt management) that measurably improved architecture quality and conformance.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Attractive compensation package (with bi-annual performance and salary reviews).
• Opportunity to participate in large-scale tech projects and key digital transformation initiatives of the Bank.
• Hands-on experience with cutting-edge architectures and technologies, working directly with global leading partners (AWS, IBM, Temenos, BCG).
• Dynamic environment with clear career advancement opportunities and a distinct corporate culture.
• Premium comprehensive health insurance package.