Principal Architect - Enterprise Data Architecture
Country/Region:
IN
Location:
Chennai, TN, IN, 631604
Req ID 64249 Chennai, India
Your Tasks
- Responsible for creating and maintaining a blueprint of the enterprise that guides technology investments, promotes efficiency, and ensures scalability and security. The EA collaborates with stakeholders at all levels to develop and maintain a cohesive architecture roadmap;
- Support Principal Architect in creating the enterprise architecture strategy and vision to stakeholders;
- Align technology decisions with business goals and objectives;
- Define and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, principles, and guidelines;
- Establish governance processes to ensure compliance with architectural standards;
- Create and maintain a technology roadmap that outlines the evolution of the organization's IT landscape;
- Identify and prioritize technology investments and initiatives;
- Collaborate with project teams to provide architectural guidance and ensure projects align with the enterprise architecture;
- Review and approve solution designs to ensure they adhere to architectural standards;
- Analyze and map business processes to identify opportunities for technology optimization and automation;
- Ensure that technology solutions support and enhance business processes;
- Design integration strategies to enable seamless data flow across systems and departments;
- Define data architecture standards, data governance, and data modeling practices;
- Implement and enforce security and compliance requirements throughout the architecture;
- Stay current with security threats and industry best practice;
- Ensure proper documentation of all architecture layers in Architecture Mapping tools;
- Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the enterprise;
- Make recommendations for technology adoption or retirement;
- Collaborate with business leaders, IT teams, and external vendors to promote alignment;
- Communicate architectural decisions and their impact to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Your Profile
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field;
- 16+ Years of experience in Enterprise Data Architecture;
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect or in a similar role;
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman);
- Proficiency in modeling and visualization tools (e.g., ArchiMate, UML);
- Expertise in cloud computing, virtualization, and emerging technologies;
- Familiarity with business process modeling and optimization;
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills;
- Ability to think strategically and analytically, with a focus on problem-solving;
- Relevant certifications, such as TOGAF Certified Solutions Architect is a plus;
- Key Performance Indicators: service speed of delivery; service Customer satisfaction; KPIs for positive Project Impacts:shorter timw; less budget; better quality; ZF Architecture Map Data quality, increase of strategy compliance & implementation ratio.
Be part of our ZF team as Principal Architect - Enterprise Data Architecture and apply now!
Contact
Bhavya Sree Midathala