Enterprise Architect

Company Description iVedha Inc. is a technology solutions partner focused on helping organizations navigate and succeed in the digital future. The company specializes in AI, Platform Engineering, and Professional & Managed Services, working closely with clients to drive transformative change. iVedha leverages cutting-edge tools and methodologies to enhance operational efficiency and build resilient, scalable platforms. Team members collaborate with diverse organizations to ensure they stay ahead in a rapidly evolving technology landscape, contributing to impactful and forward-looking initiatives.

Enterprise Architect – Role Overview

Lead enterprise-wide technology strategy, architecture governance, and digital transformation initiatives. Define scalable, secure, cloud-native, and AI-enabled enterprise architectures while driving modernization across cloud, infrastructure, applications, data, security, and operations. Partner with executive leadership to develop technology roadmaps, establish architecture standards, and lead enterprise AI adoption in highly regulated, mission-critical environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture strategy, standards, governance, and technology roadmaps.
• Lead digital transformation, cloud migration, and application modernization initiatives.
• Design hybrid/multi-cloud architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP) and enterprise platforms.
• Establish application, integration, data, and AI architecture standards.
• Evaluate and drive adoption of AI, Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and enterprise AI platforms.
• Ensure enterprise security, compliance, resilience, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Lead Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and technology governance.
• Advise executive leadership on technology investments and enterprise architecture strategy.
• Mentor Solution Architects and engineering teams while promoting DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, and SRE best practices.

Required Skills:

Enterprise Architecture

• TOGAF, Enterprise Architecture Governance
• Technology Roadmaps
• Business Capability Modeling
• Application Rationalization
• Digital Transformation

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Azure, AWS, GCP
• Hybrid & Multi-Cloud
• Kubernetes, OpenShift, VMware, Docker
• Infrastructure Modernization
• Networking, Storage, Backup & Disaster Recovery

Applications & Integration

• Enterprise Application Architecture
• Microservices & API-first
• REST APIs
• Kafka, IBM MQ, ESB, Middleware
• Active Directory, Azure AD, OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect

DevOps & Automation

• Terraform, Ansible
• Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• CI/CD
• Python, PowerShell, Bash
• Platform Engineering & DevSecOps

AI & Innovation

• Enterprise AI Strategy
• Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral
• LLMs, Prompt Engineering
• RAG, AI Agents, Vector Databases
• AI Governance & Responsible AI
• AI API Integration

Security & Compliance

• Zero Trust
• IAM, RBAC, MFA, PKI
• NIST, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX, SOC 2
• Risk Management & Business Continuity

Observability

• Elastic Stack
• Splunk
• Dynatrace
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• OpenTelemetry
• ITIL

Leadership

• Executive Stakeholder Management
• Enterprise Transformation
• Technology Strategy & Investment Planning
• Vendor Management
• Cross-functional Leadership
• Change Management

Experience

• 12+ years of Enterprise Architecture experience in large enterprise environments.
• Experience in cloud transformation, enterprise modernization, architecture governance, and AI adoption.
• Preferred industry experience: Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Government, or other highly regulated sectors.

Preferred Certifications

• TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
• Google Professional Cloud Architect
• Azure AI Engineer / AI Fundamentals
• CKA
• CISSP / CCSP
• ITIL
• PMP / PgMP