Enterprise Architect, Doha, Qatar (Onsite — Client ISD office)

Role Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture across business, data, application, and technology domains.
• Author and govern reference architectures, technology standards, and architectural patterns.
• Chair the Architecture Review Board (ARB) — review and approve solution architectures.
• Lead the technology roadmap definition aligned to the client's digital strategy and Qatar Vision 2030.
• Conduct architectural assessments, gap analyses, and modernisation studies.
• Govern architectural compliance across major projects.
• Drive cloud strategy, integration architecture, and security architecture decisions.
• Author and present architecture to C-level stakeholders, including Director-ISD.
• Provide architectural mentoring to solution architects and senior engineers.
• Govern vendor selection from an architectural fit perspective.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Systems; Master's strongly preferred.
• 12+ years' experience in IT architecture, engineering, and design.
• TOGAF 9.2 or 10 Certified — mandatory.
• 5+ years' experience in EA leadership at a large organisation (>5,000 users).
• Strong knowledge of cloud architecture (AWS or Azure), security architecture, and integration patterns (API-led, ESB, EDA).
• Demonstrated track record of EA artifact delivery — current state, target state, transition plans.
• Native or fluent Arabic AND professional English — preferred (not mandatory).

Preferred / Nice To Have

• TOGAF Certified Trainer or BIZBOK / DAMA-DMBOK certification.
• Vendor architectural credentials — AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Cybersecurity architecture credential (SABSA, CISSP-ISSAP).
• Prior EA tenure in Qatar government or large public-sector entity.
• Familiarity with Qatar Digital Government Authority frameworks.