Enterprise Architect – Enterprise Architecture

Location:

Kyiv, Ukraine

Seniority:

Lead

Technologies:

Management

Join a leading jewelry brand as we redefine the shopping experience for millions of customers, creating intimacy at scale for our consumers & shoppers. The innovative spirit and commitment to craftsmanship have fueled our growth, and we're now looking for a visionary Enterprise Architect to steer our Enterprise Architecture efforts.

We invite you to bring your skills and passion to our team as an Enterprise Architect and play a key role in shaping our technology landscape.

You establish enterprise-wide architecture principles, architecture patterns, enterprise architecture framework, design principles, governance, etc. You will also be a key player in defining the architecture review process and enterprise-wide topics like data & integration reference architecture, agentic SDLC standards.

This role will be crucial in facilitating strategic & tactical technology decisions and resolving conflicts on architecture-related matters across organizational domains on common foundational topics: data exchange ecosystems, data movements, hosting strategy, etc. You will also be responsible for driving next-generation architecture and its linking with new corporate strategy.

As an enterprise architect, you will partner closely with other architects from all domains, solutions architects & lead engineers, executives, and product management to solve complex problems and deliver mission-critical services that work at scale across the globe.

Responsibilities

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Develop and maintain AS-IS view, in-transit view, and target enterprise architecture view for all transformation programs, impacting the digital ecosystem at a high level. Tech architecture and application architecture holistic view, partnering with enterprise architects of domains

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Play a critical role as the glue between engineering and business & senior stakeholders, and interface both sides

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Design enterprise architecture review process and tools for faster architecture reviews for different transformations

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Develop architecture principles and software development guidelines and standards including agentic SDLC

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Define tech debt management framework

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Define enterprise tooling strategy for SDLC, software asset management, and hardware asset management

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Participate in the discovery phase of large-scale transformation programs along with the portfolio management team to help identify dependencies in domains

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Lead cross-functional teams to drive an architecture decision, to critical problem statements, facilitate consensus building among engineers, product managers and architects from all domains

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This role will be part of the tech strategy & architecture leadership team, and will also engage proactively with tech foundation directors to connect strategic ambitions with tech ambitions

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Serve as a thought leader in adopting new technologies and frameworks, conducting research, and evaluating emerging trends to keep our architecture future-ready

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Mentor junior architects and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the team

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Contribute to open source, community projects, and engineering standards

Requirements

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Proven experience as an enterprise architect or in a similar leadership role within enterprise architecture, preferably in a large-scale retail or related industry

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Proficiency in modern architectural patterns related to application development, engineering practices, integrations, data & hosting

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Excellent structuring skills and presentation skills to translate complex digital ecosystem into audience-friendly format

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Excellent communication skills to present topics depending on the audience, to land the message effectively

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Proficiency in architecture frameworks (TOGAF, IAF)

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Proficiency in business architecture, data architecture, applications architecture, and technology architecture

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Excellent knowledge of software engineering best practices, including agile and DevOps methodologies

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Experience working with major Public Cloud Providers like Azure, including using Infrastructure-as-Code

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Experience in new-era agentic SDLC solutions like Claude, Devin, GitHub Copilot

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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions

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Effective communication and leadership skills, with experience managing teams in dynamic environments

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Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Benefits:

• Paid Vacation
• Holidays Day Off
• Sick Days
• Bereavement Leave
• Sport/Insurance Compensation
• English Classes
• Charity
• Training Compensation
• Remote Work