Enterprise Architect

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Technical Architect with 15-20 years of experience to lead the design and implementation of complex, enterprise-scale solutions. This role requires a seasoned professional who can architect robust, scalable systems across multiple technology stacks while providing technical leadership and strategic guidance to engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Enterprise Architecture Development
• Lead the design and evolution of enterprise architecture blueprints, ensuring alignment between business strategy, operating models, and technology investments.
• Define future-state architecture models across business capabilities, applications, data platforms, integration ecosystems, cloud infrastructure, and security domains.
• Analyze current-state architecture, identify technical debt, architectural deficiencies, and capability gaps, and develop actionable transition architectures and implementation roadmaps to achieve the desired target state.
• Solution Architecture & Design
• Design and architect end-to-end enterprise solutions across multiple technology platforms and domains
• Define technical strategies and roadmaps that align with business objectives and industry best practices
• Create comprehensive architectural blueprints, technical specifications, and design documentation
• Evaluate and recommend technology stacks, frameworks, and tools for optimal solution delivery
• Establish architectural standards, guidelines, and governance frameworks.
• Integration & Data Architecture
• Design and implement complex integration patterns between Source systems(Engineering tools/ Systems) and proposed platforms.
• Implement API strategies, microservices architectures, and event-driven systems
• Architect integration with data pipelines, ETL processes, and data warehouses .
• Design scalable data layer architectures including databases, data warehouses, and data lakes
• Ensure data governance, security, and compliance across all architectural components
• Technology Leadership
• Lead cross-functional teams through complex technical challenges and solution implementations.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to senior developers, and engineering teams.
• Drive architectural reviews, code reviews, and technical decision-making processes.
• Champion engineering excellence through best practices in software development, testing, and deployment.
  
  

Here's what you'll need

• Expert knowledge of architectural patterns Microservices, SOA, Event-Driven Architecture.
• Previous Experience in the Domains of Smart Buildings, Smart Cities, IoT's.
• Experience of atleast 5 years on various cloud platforms and offerings such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• The candidate should be certified in widely recognized enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or the Zachman Framework.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability patterns, and performance optimization
• Experience with API design patterns (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) and integration architectures.
• Integrated secure auth systems across multiple distributed systems
• Integration patterns ESB, API Gateway, Event Sourcing, Messaging
  
  

At Jacobs we value people. Having the right balance of belonging, career and lifestyle enables us to consistently deliver and exceed clients expectations.

Working alongside industry leaders, you will have the opportunity to develop your career working on key projects in an environment which encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovation. To support your professional growth, Jacobs flexible working arrangements, extended leave options and a host of social, health and wellbeing events and initiatives will underpin our commitment to you.

At Jacobs it's all about what you do, not where you are, which counts!

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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