- Assess the end-to-end CIS business and technology value chain, including data center operations, facility operations, service delivery, and supporting business capabilities.
- Evaluate existing applications, platforms, tools, and technologies inherited through organic growth, acquisitions, and legacy operating models.
- Assess the effectiveness, scalability, integration maturity, and business alignment of current technology solutions.
- Identify capability gaps, redundancies, risks, and opportunities for consolidation and modernization.
- Develop enterprise capability models, technology blueprints, and future-state architecture strategies.
- Define a target-state technology ecosystem aligned with CIS business objectives and growth strategy.
- Establish architectural principles, standards, and governance frameworks to guide future technology investments.
- Ensure alignment between CIS technology initiatives and broader enterprise architecture objectives.
- Create strategic recommendations addressing technology modernization, digital transformation, platform adoption, and operational optimization.
- Lead business and technology assessments to determine where existing enterprise platforms can be leveraged versus introducing new technologies.
- Evaluate competing technology approaches and provide recommendations based on business value, risk, scalability, and operational impact.
Build vs. Buy Decision Framework
- Conduct buy-versus-build assessments for critical business capabilities and technology platforms.
- Evaluate vendor solutions, market offerings, and technology ecosystems.
- Develop recommendation frameworks considering cost, speed to market, long-term supportability, integration complexity, and strategic alignment.
Roadmap & Execution Planning
- Translate strategic recommendations into actionable implementation plans.
- Develop multi-year transformation roadmaps with defined phases, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Create execution strategies that clearly outline:
- Timelines and implementation schedules
- Resource requirements
- Budget and cost estimates
- Change management considerations
- Prioritize initiatives based on business value, complexity, investment requirements, and organizational readiness.
- Ensure strategic recommendations are practical, executable, and measurable.
Financial & Business Case Development
- Develop cost models, investment cases, and total cost of ownership analyses.
- Assess business benefits, ROI, operational efficiencies, and strategic value for proposed initiatives.
- Support leadership in technology investment planning and prioritization decisions.
- Establish value realization frameworks and success metrics to measure outcomes.
Stakeholder Engagement & Governance
- Partner with business leaders, operations teams, product owners, and technology organizations to align strategic priorities.
- Facilitate executive workshops, strategy sessions, and architecture reviews.
- Build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups and drive informed decision-making.
- Provide leadership on technology conflicts, prioritization challenges, and cross-functional dependencies
Preferred Qualification
- Experience with large consulting organizations such as Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, Accenture, Bain, BCG, or McKinsey .
- Experience in data center operations, critical infrastructure, facilities management, industrial operations, or related industries.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, enterprise applications, data platforms, integration architectures, and modern digital ecosystems.
- Experience performing technology due diligence, capability assessments, and operating model design.
Desired Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is not a traditional solution architect or technical architect . Instead, they are a strategic thinker who can:
- Understand both business strategy and technology strategy.
- Evaluate technology capabilities across an entire value chain.
- Provide independent recommendations and executive-level guidance.
- Identify opportunities for technology consolidation and optimization.
- Demonstrated ability to move from strategy to execution, including development of implementation roadmaps, cost models, investment plans, operating models, governance structures, and measurable delivery outcomes.
- Proven experience leading large-scale transformation programs from assessment and strategy formulation through execution planning and realization.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Technology Strategy, Digital Transformation, or Management Consulting.
- Experience assessing and transforming complex enterprise technology landscapes.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, business capability modeling, and technology roadmaps.
- Proven experience leading strategic technology assessments and transformation programs.
- Ability to communicate technical and business concepts to executive stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.