Enterprise Architect - Lifecycle and Resilience

Enterprise Architect
- Lifecycle and Resilience Job Snapshot
- Role:
Enterprise Architect
- Lifecycle and Resilience

- Location:

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Industry: Banking
- Function:
Software-System Architecture

- Experience:

Minimum 12 years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, technology strategy or architecture governance
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement:
On-site

Dicetek LLC is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead technology lifecycle governance and enterprise resilience architecture initiatives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The role is responsible for defining a Technology and Application Lifecycle Management framework covering application lifecycle stages, technology obsolescence, vendor end-of-support risks and forward-looking remediation planning. The successful candidate will also lead the Enterprise Architecture contribution to the organisation 's resilience strategy, establishing target-state architecture principles and patterns that improve recoverability and address failover constraints. The position requires strong enterprise architecture leadership, experience coordinating complex cross-platform initiatives and the ability to translate technical architecture considerations into governance frameworks, investment priorities and executive-level roadmaps.

• Country:
  United Arab Emirates
• City:
  Abu Dhabi
• Industry: Banking
• Function:
  Software-System Architecture
• Salary:
  Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality:
  Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement:
  On-site

• Lead the definition of an enterprise Technology and Application Lifecycle Management framework.
• Establish lifecycle stages for applications and supporting technologies.
• Define governance requirements for technology obsolescence and vendor end-of-life risks.
• Develop lifecycle ownership models, decision points, control requirements and escalation paths.
• Establish forward-planning controls to identify upgrades and remediation requirements before vendor support expires.
• Incorporate technology lifecycle risks into architecture planning and governance decisions.
• Support structured investment planning for application and technology upgrades.
• Ensure lifecycle governance aligns with established enterprise architecture standards and target states.

• Lead the Enterprise Architecture contribution to the enterprise resilience strategy.
• Define target-state resilience architecture across applications, infrastructure, data, integration and cloud environments.
• Establish architecture principles and patterns intended to improve recoverability.
• Identify architectural constraints affecting failover and recovery capabilities.
• Develop architecture priorities and transition considerations for resilience improvements.
• Coordinate resilience architecture decisions with relevant technical and governance stakeholders.
• Guide the development of architecture outputs supporting the enterprise resilience roadmap.
• Ensure resilience considerations are incorporated into enterprise technology strategy.

• Align technology lifecycle governance with enterprise resilience architecture.
• Establish a consistent approach to evaluating obsolescence, recoverability and resilience risks.
• Identify dependencies between technology remediation and resilience improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate priorities across the lifecycle and resilience work streams.
• Develop an integrated roadmap covering architecture activities, dependencies and governance milestones.
• Ensure proposed technology changes are assessed against relevant lifecycle and resilience considerations.
• Support coordinated planning across application portfolios and underlying technology platforms.

• Establish architecture governance arrangements for both work streams.
• Define appropriate governance accountabilities and responsibility assignment models.
• Develop RACI models to clarify ownership and decision-making responsibilities.
• Establish architecture review points, decision controls and escalation mechanisms.
• Maintain architecture decision records and supporting rationale.
• Ensure architecture outputs remain traceable to enterprise standards and approved target states.
• Coordinate submissions to relevant architecture and governance review forums.
• Maintain visibility of architectural risks, dependencies and outstanding…