Application Architect

About the role

The Application Architect defines, governs and evolves the enterprise application architecture to ensure that applications, integrations, data exchanges and technology choices support business capabilities, the digital strategy and the target architecture.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the application portfolio, 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, rationalisation recommendations and transition roadmaps.
• Review solution designs, architecture documents and non‑functional requirements for compliance with EA principles and standards.
• Collaborate 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 architectural guidance.
• Contribute to architecture governance, design reviews, exceptions management, standards and EA repository quality.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years of experience in application architecture, solution architecture, systems analysis/design or application portfolio management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or a related discipline.
• TOGAF certification required (strongly preferred); ArchiMate, cloud architecture, integration or ITIL certifications are advantageous.
• Very good Business English; Arabic is a plus.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of application architecture patterns, API‑led integration and service‑oriented design.
• Practical knowledge of TOGAF and ArchiMate application‑layer modelling.
• Experience assessing application portfolios, technical debt and rationalisation opportunities.
• Familiarity with cloud, security, data and integration considerations in enterprise solution design.
• Stakeholder‑management, analytical and documentation skills.