Application Architect

• Define, govern and evolve the enterprise application architecture to ensure applications, integrations, data exchanges and technology choices support company business capabilities, digital strategy and target architecture. • Provide architecture direction for application modernisation, solution design and portfolio rationalisation. • Develop and maintain the application portfolio, application architecture views, reference architectures and lifecycle roadmaps. • Assess application fit, health, technical debt, duplication, integration dependencies and alignment to business capabilities. • Define target-state application architecture, application rationalisation recommendations and transition roadmaps. • Review solution designs, architecture documents and non-functional requirements for compliance with EA principles and standards. • Work with solution, data, infrastructure, security and integration teams to ensure coherent end-to-end designs. • Establish traceability between business capabilities, processes, applications, data entities, interfaces and technology components. • Support application modernisation, cloud adoption, package selection and migration initiatives with architecture guidance. • Contribute to architecture governance, design reviews, exceptions management, standards and EA repository quality. • TOGAF certification is required or strongly preferred. • ArchiMate, cloud architecture, integration, ITIL, or relevant platform certifications are advantageous. • Experience with enterprise applications, APIs/integrations, application lifecycle management and modernisation. • Strong understanding of application architecture patterns, API-led integration, service-oriented design and application lifecycle management. • Practical knowledge of TOGAF and ArchiMate application-layer modelling; ability to create actionable architecture views. • Experience assessing application portfolios, technical debt, application health, fit-for-purpose and rationalisation opportunities. • Familiarity with cloud, security, data and integration considerations in enterprise solution design. • Strong stakeholder-management, analytical, documentation and design-review skills.