Enterprise Architect Consultant - Utilities Industry

About the Role

Join Accenture's Energy & Utilities practice as an Enterprise Architect Consultant, helping utility organizations across Malaysia, Singapore, and Southeast Asia deliver large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives. This role combines deep Energy & Utilities domain expertise with enterprise architecture leadership to shape target-state architectures, modernization roadmaps, and governance frameworks across cloud, data, integration, cybersecurity, and Information Technology (IT) / Operational Technology (OT) environments. You will work closely with business stakeholders, technology leaders, and delivery teams to align business objectives with scalable, secure, and future-ready technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture vision, principles, standards, and target-state architectures across business, application, data, integration, cloud, security, and IT/OT domains.

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into enterprise architecture roadmaps and transformation initiatives.

• Conduct architecture assessments across application portfolios, data ecosystems, integration landscapes, infrastructure, security posture, and operational environments.

• Lead application modernization, portfolio rationalization, cloud adoption, and technology transformation initiatives.

• Establish architecture governance through architecture review boards, design authorities, reference architectures, standards, and decision frameworks.

• Design and govern enterprise integration and IT/OT architectures connecting operational technologies with enterprise systems and digital platforms.

• Guide solution architects and delivery teams to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and target-state roadmaps.

• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, architecture reviews, executive presentations, and vendor engagements to drive alignment and informed decision-making.

• Support solution shaping, proposal development, Request for Proposal (RFP) responses, estimation activities, and reusable architecture asset development for regional Utilities opportunities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 10-12 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Consulting, Systems Integration, Cloud Transformation, or Utility Technology Modernization.

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in an Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect, or equivalent architecture leadership role.

• Proven experience within the Energy & Utilities industry, preferably Electricity or Power Utilities.

• Strong understanding of utility business processes across customer operations, billing, metering, grid operations, asset management, field workforce management, outage management, market operations, and regulatory reporting.

• Strong understanding of IT/OT convergence and utility technologies including SCADA, ADMS/DMS, OMS, GIS, AMI, HES, and MDMS platforms.

• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise architecture strategy, target-state architecture development, architecture governance, and transformation roadmap design.

• Experience translating business capabilities and operating model priorities into application, data, integration, cloud, and security architecture strategies.

• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, or OCI, including cloud migration, modernization, resilience, and cost optimization.

• Experience designing enterprise integration architectures using APIs, middleware, event-driven architecture, and hybrid cloud environments.

• Strong understanding of enterprise data architecture, governance, data quality, metadata, lineage, and analytics enablement.

• Knowledge of security architecture principles including IAM, Zero Trust, cybersecurity controls, data protection, and regulatory compliance.

• Excellent stakeholder management, consulting, workshop facilitation, and executive communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification.

• Cloud certifications in Azure, AWS, OCI, or GCP.

• Experience working with Utilities clients in Malaysia, Singapore, or Southeast Asia.

• Experience leading application rationalization, cloud readiness assessments, technology debt reduction, and architecture maturity assessments.

• Understanding of IT/OT convergence and utility technologies such as SCADA, ADMS/DMS, OMS, GIS, AMI, HES, and MDMS platforms.

• Experience with enterprise platforms and technologies such as SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, MuleSoft, Boomi, Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalent platforms.

• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies, architecture governance processes, and large-scale transformation programs.

• Additional certifications in Cybersecurity, Data Architecture, Integration Architecture, Agile Delivery, or Utility Platforms are advantageous.

Additional Information

• Collaborate with business leaders, enterprise architects, cloud teams, OT teams, cybersecurity specialists, data teams, project managers, and delivery stakeholders across the region.

• Bring a strategic consulting mindset while remaining practical enough to translate architecture decisions into actionable delivery guidance.

• Flexibility in working hours may be required due to the regional nature of transformation programs.

• Travel within Malaysia and Southeast Asia may be required based on project needs.

About Accenture

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