Enterprise Architect (Business Architecture Specialization) – World Vision Kenya
Job Purpose
To shape and assure enterprise architecture across multiple initiatives, products, and domains, ensuring enterprise coherence, alignment with target architectures and transition roadmaps, and advising business and technology leaders on architectural trade-offs, risks, and strategic opportunities.
Roles & Responsibilities
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Enterprise Architecture & Alignment: Shape architecture across multiple domains to ensure coherence; align solution designs with enterprise standards and transition roadmaps; identify cross-domain dependencies and reuse opportunities; maintain EA repository views; and act as Solution Architect on highly complex or strategic initiatives.
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Advisory & Governance: Provide architectural input during idea shaping and business case development; review solution architectures for enterprise alignment, risk, and sustainability; make architectural trade-offs explicit to decision-makers; and contribute to EA governance cycles.
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Technical Debt & Transition Management: Identify and assess architectural risks and technical debt across initiatives; develop and maintain transition architectures (Now → Next → Later); and support the prioritization of architectural improvements aligned with organizational strategy.
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Leadership & Mentorship: Mentor and guide Solution and Lead Architects to elevate organizational architectural maturity; act as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders; and operate as a generalist architect with depth across multiple BDAT domains.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
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TOGAF, OpenCA, or equivalent enterprise architecture certifications are preferred.
Skills, Experience & Competences
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Extensive experience shaping and assuring architecture across multiple initiatives, portfolios, or domains within enterprise governance frameworks.
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Broad technical understanding of enterprise technology landscapes, including applications, integration, data, cloud, security, and enterprise repository tools.
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Proven experience advising executive leaders on architectural trade-offs involving cost, risk, sustainability, and long-term outcomes.
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Strong strategic thinking, architectural storytelling, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence through credibility and evidence.
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Demonstrated commitment to professional integrity, ethical transparency, and accountability for architectural quality.