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Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Enterprise Architect - Solutions & Expertises

Technology & Systems ConsultingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeColomiers, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • More than 15 years of experience in information technology and architecture, including significant experience in enterprise architecture leadership roles.
  • Proficiency in enterprise architecture frameworks and practices, including TOGAF, business, application, data, technology, and security architecture, service-oriented architecture (SOA) operating-model design, business capability mapping, and information-system integration and modernization strategies.
  • Strong data and digital architecture skills, including data governance and architecture frameworks, master data management (MDM), data quality, information lifecycle management, analytics, artificial intelligence, and enterprise data platforms.
  • Proficiency in ArchiMate modeling, business capability and enterprise architecture landscape mapping, strategy maps, and transformation roadmaps.
  • Experience with structured methods including TOGAF enterprise architecture, SAFe, scaled agile methods, and architecture governance methods.
  • Strategic thinking and the ability to engage executives, with leadership and influence without hierarchical authority.
  • Executive-level stakeholder management and the ability to connect business strategy with technology execution; communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills.
  • Analytical and synthesis capabilities, decision-making and risk-management skills, and the ability to steer large-scale transformation initiatives.
  • A master's-level degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or equivalent.
  • Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, standards, and target architectures, aligning technology investments and transformation initiatives with business strategy.
  • Develop and update roadmaps covering business capabilities, applications, data, infrastructure, and technology evolution; steer information-system modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Lead or participate in enterprise architecture governance bodies and architecture review committees.
  • Assess strategic technology decisions, ensure consistency across programs and projects, and review and validate solution architectures for compliance with enterprise standards.
  • Define architecture policies, reference architectures, and decision frameworks.
  • Collaborate with business leaders to understand strategic objectives and translate them into architecture roadmaps.
  • Facilitate changes to business capabilities and operating models; identify opportunities for optimization, innovation, automation, and business value creation; contribute to portfolio management and investment prioritization.
  • Steer architecture activities for large-scale business and IT transformation programs.
  • Assess emerging technologies and industry trends, manage architecture-related risks, dependencies, assumptions, and strategic decisions, and promote architecture best practices across the organization.
  • Ensure compliance with enterprise standards, security policies, regulatory requirements, and data governance principles.
  • Contribute to cybersecurity strategy and architecture oversight, support audit activities, and ensure architecture compliance across initiatives.
  • Track architecture key performance and maturity indicators.

Desired Qualifications

  • Certifications in enterprise architecture and governance methods are strongly appreciated.

About the Company

Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Sopra Steria provides consulting, digital services and solutions to help large organizations transform their business through technology. Its offerings cover strategy, systems integration, cloud, cyber security, software development, and managed services, designed to be delivered end to end—from assessing needs and designing a plan to implementing and operating IT systems. The company combines deep knowledge of many industries with a collaborative approach to tailor projects to each client and to deliver measurable, sustainable improvements in performance. Differentiators include its European scale (about 51,000 employees across roughly 30 countries), broad scope—from strategy to operation—and emphasis on practical outcomes that help clients stay competitive. The group’s goal is to put digital to work for its clients in a way that creates a positive, more productive future for all stakeholders.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1968

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