Siemens Advanta is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Enterprise Architect to join our team in the Middle East. In this role, you will collaborate with and lead on- and offshore teams across the EMEA region. You will work in a dynamic and international team environment, using your architectural expertise to provide technical leadership on projects. Your responsibilities will include: • Acting as a visionary and technical lead on projects, working closely with business managers (both internal and client side) • Working with business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements • Designing (and in some projects – implementing) the overall enterprise architecture for our clients, including both IT and OT systems • Developing a digital transformation roadmap for the clients and defining the transition approach from old to new IT/OT architecture • Conducting impact assessments, managing dependencies, and handling risk and issues to ensure successful project delivery • Ensuring that the recommended architecture is compliant with relevant standards and regulations • Ensuring that the recommended architecture enables a technology infrastructure that is reliable, scalable, and secure • Collaborating with other Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Domain Architects, and other technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver customer-centric outcomes • Supporting the delivery (implementation) teams wherever required – including review of the functional design, technical design, test strategy and deployment concept • Serving as the central point of contact for the customer on an enterprise level • Providing technical leadership and guidance to other members of the consulting team What you need to make real what matters. • Demonstrated experience in relevant technologies and strong track record of designing enterprise architecture for large clients / projects • Several years of experience as an IT architect in digital manufacturing, particularly at the intersection of PLM, ERP, MES, or (IoT) • Full product/software development life cycle experience, including requirements gathering, design, and delivery • Understanding and experience with SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS • A degree in a relevant field such as computer science or engineering (preferred) • Knowledge of or certifications in TOGAF, AWS Cloud Infrastructure, and Azure Infrastructure and Technologies (preferred) • Strong domain know-how, ideally in manufacturing / technologies in Industry 4.0, especially in discrete manufacturing verticals • Deep know-how of relevant standards for technology as well as safety / security, hyperscalers and on-premise software providers • A strong business acumen and the ability to fit portfolio/solutions to customer problems • Strong soft skills, including a results-oriented and structured work style, creativity, openness to new perspectives, and empathy • Travel across the Middle East / EMEA region is expected as a part of project delivery Organization: Advanta Company: Siemens Industrial LLC Experience Level: Experienced Professional Full / Part time: Full-time