ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

Job Description

Roles :
The Enterprise Architect - IT Infrastructure & Data Center defines and governs the enterprise infrastructure architecture strategy. The role ensures that data center, cloud, network, compute, storage, security, workplace, and emerging technology platforms align with business objectives and enterprise standards for scalability, resilience, security, and cost optimization

RESPONSIBILITIES: Architecture Strategy & Governance

· Define and maintain the enterprise IT infrastructure and data center architecture roadmap aligned with business and technology strategy.

· Develop target-state architecture covering data centers, hybrid cloud, compute, storage, network, virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, and infrastructure security.

· Lead architecture decisions across on-premises, private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments.

· Establish architecture standards, reference architectures, technology patterns, and technology lifecycle roadmaps.

· Review and approve High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), solution architectures, and technical proposals for major infrastructure initiatives.

· Provide architecture governance across infrastructure transformation, data center migration and consolidation, cloud migration, and modernization programs.

Data Center Transformation & Platforms

· Design and deliver greenfield data center projects from the ground up, including facility and infrastructure planning.

· Drive brownfield data center transformation, including modernization, legacy upgrades, consolidation, and seamless migration with minimal business disruption.

· Lead the architecture, strategy, and implementation of the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to support a consumption-based IT model.

· Define standards for data center design, capacity, availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, and business continuity.

· Drive infrastructure optimization and total cost of ownership reduction through capacity optimization, technology rationalization, and cloud cost optimization.

Technology Architecture

· Design and govern compute and virtualization platforms, including physical servers, VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.

· Define storage architecture covering SAN, NAS, object storage, backup, archival, replication, and data protection.

· Develop network architecture covering LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, Internet, data center networking, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, load balancing, and segmentation.

· Define high availability and disaster recovery architecture, including RPO/RTO, backup strategy, replication, secondary data centers, and cloud-based DR.

· Define architecture requirements for monitoring, observability, automation, and operational management.

· Assess emerging technologies including AI infrastructure, GPU computing, HPC, automation, AIOps, software-defined infrastructure, and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Security, Risk & Stakeholder Leadership

· Ensure infrastructure architecture complies with enterprise security, regulatory, data residency, and compliance requirements.

· Evaluate and recommend technology platforms, products, and vendors based on functionality, scalability, security, TCO, and business requirements.

· Identify technology risks, technical debt, and architectural gaps, and define remediation roadmaps.

· Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, Infrastructure Operations, Application, Data, and Enterprise Architecture teams.

· Provide technical leadership during RFP/RFI activities, solution evaluation, vendor selection, and commercial discussions.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

· 10-15+ years of IT infrastructure experience, with significant exposure to architecture and large-scale transformation.

· Strong experience in enterprise infrastructure and data center architecture, including large-scale hybrid cloud environments.

· Experience with architecture governance, technology standards, and design review boards.

· Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage CIO/CTO leaders, infrastructure leadership, cybersecurity, application, and business teams.

· Certifications such as TOGAF, Azure/AWS/GCP, VMware, Cisco, ITIL, or other relevant architecture credentials are advantageous.

Qualifications

Educational qualification:

Garduate

Experience :

10-15 Years

Mandatory/requires Skills :
Data Center Architecture , Cloud, Compute, Storage, Net

Additional Information

CORE TECHNICAL SKILLS

Domain

Capabilities

Data Center Architecture

Compute, storage, network, virtualization, backup, and disaster recovery

Cloud

Company Description

Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the world's leading global supplier of technology and services, offering end-to-end Engineering, IT and Business Solutions. With over 27,000+ associates, it’s the largest software development center of Bosch, outside Germany, indicating that it is the Technology Powerhouse of Bosch in India with a global footprint and presence in the US, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.