Specialist Is Architect

**Career Category** ------------------- Information Systems **Job Description** ------------------- **Job Summary:**  As a **Specialist IS Architect** you are responsible for defining, governing, and evolving **information systems architecture** across the enterprise. This role ensures that application, data, integration, and platform architectures are **aligned with business strategy, security standards, and long**‑**term technology roadmaps**. The role acts as a trusted technical advisor, guiding solution design and driving consistency, scalability, and reliability across enterprise systems.  **Key Responsibilities**  * Define and maintain **IS architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures**  * Lead architecture design for complex, cross‑domain initiatives and transformations  * Review and approve solution designs to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture  * Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate strategy into architecture  * Identify architectural risks, gaps, and optimization opportunities  * Contribute to technology roadmaps and target‑state architecture definitions  * Support architecture governance, design reviews, and decision forums  **Required Skills & Experience**  * 8-13 years of experience in **Information Systems / IT**, including architecture roles  * Strong experience in configuring/ developing and deploying with salesforce platform    * Strong background in **enterprise, solution, and integration architecture**  * Experience aligning technology solutions with business and platform requirements  * Working Knowledge and Experience of application, data, integration, and platform architecture concepts  * Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills  * Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments  **Preferred Qualifications**  * Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or field  * Have working experience with designing and solutioning for Salesforce application, and use of additional technologies like AWS, databricks.    * Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF or equivalent)  * Experience participating in or leading architecture review boards  * Operates independently as a **recognized architecture specialist**  * Influences technology direction without direct authority  * Balances innovation, risk, cost, and operational stability  * Provides mentorship and architectural guidance to delivery teams  .