Principal Engineer, Enterprise Architecture,Mergers & Acquisitions

REQUIREMENTS:

• Total experience: 8–15 years.
• 2–5 years of Enterprise Architecture experience with 5–10 years in Solution/Application Architecture.
• Strong hands-on experience in Enterprise Architecture, Integration Architecture, and M&A Integration programs.
• Proven experience supporting Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), application consolidation, and business transformation initiatives.
• Expertise in assessing current-state application landscapes, technology inventories, integrations, and infrastructure across acquired organizations.
• Strong experience defining target-state architectures, integration roadmaps, and application rationalization strategies.
• Deep understanding of enterprise application ecosystems including ERP, CRM, HR, PLM, Collaboration, and Integration platforms.
• Experience designing architectures across SaaS, Cloud, and On-Premises environments.
• Strong knowledge of Integration Architecture, APIs, event-driven architecture, middleware, file-based integrations, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience facilitating architecture workshops and managing senior business and IT stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience producing executive-ready architecture deliverables including application portfolios, capability maps, technology landscapes, roadmaps, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
• Experience maintaining Enterprise Architecture repositories using tools such as Ardoq, LeanIX, BizDesign, or similar.
• Exposure to Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF is preferred.
• Experience supporting Day 1 Integration, TSA Exit, and Long-Term Integration planning.
• Familiarity with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud is preferred.
• Strong analytical, documentation, stakeholder management, governance, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to work UK/EU business hours with occasional flexibility for global stakeholders and travel for workshops.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead Enterprise Architecture activities across M&A integration and business transformation programs.
• Assess current-state business applications, integrations, infrastructure, and data landscapes for acquired organizations.
• Design target-state enterprise architectures and define strategic integration roadmaps.
• Perform application portfolio assessments and identify consolidation, migration, coexistence, and retirement opportunities.
• Conduct business capability mapping and identify technology gaps, overlaps, and integration priorities.
• Support Day 1, TSA Exit, and Long-Term Integration planning activities.
• Facilitate architecture workshops with business, technology, and executive stakeholders across acquiring and acquired organizations.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and business teams to deliver integrated enterprise solutions.
• Review solution architectures to ensure alignment with Enterprise Architecture standards and governance.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts including application landscapes, integration diagrams, capability maps, technology inventories, and architecture decision records.
• Maintain Enterprise Architecture repositories and ensure architecture documentation remains current and accurate.
• Identify architectural risks, technical debt, and operational impacts during integration initiatives.
• Provide architectural governance and support implementation teams throughout integration programs.
• Partner with business leaders, project teams, and external stakeholders to ensure successful execution of enterprise integration initiatives.
• Drive architecture best practices while balancing strategic planning with pragmatic delivery.