Lead Enterprise & Solution Architect

We are looking for an experienced Lead Enterprise & Solution Architect to shape the architecture of a complex, business-critical application landscape and support its transformation towards a modern, maintainable and AI-enabled target environment. The role combines classical enterprise and solution architecture with strong expertise across applications, data, integration, cloud and emerging AI technologies. You will work closely with business, engineering, data, security and delivery teams as well as external vendors, providing architectural direction from analysis and target design through implementation. Key responsibilities: Assess the existing architecture and define pragmatic target and transition architectures across application, data, integration and technology domains. Translate business capabilities and requirements into solution architectures, system boundaries, technology choices and architectural roadmaps. Define architecture principles, standards, reference architectures and technology guardrails and ensure their application throughout delivery. Assess complex and legacy landscapes, identifying dependencies, technical debt, architectural risks and modernization opportunities. Define data and integration architectures including data ownership, system-of-record principles, APIs, events and interoperability patterns. Design and review scalable, secure and maintainable solutions across modern cloud, platform and application architectures. Identify and architect meani