IT Enterprise Architect

We are opening a position for an IT Enterprise Architect to strengthen our client's team based in Bern, Switzerland. The role is part of a large-scale digital transformation programme focused on modernising the IT landscape supporting road infrastructure and asset management. The successful candidate will help shape future architecture across data, applications, integration and technology, while supporting the transition from the current environment towards sustainable target architectures.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyse and document the existing IT architecture, including applications, data, interfaces, integrations, infrastructure and key dependencies.

• Design and assess alternative architecture scenarios aligned with strategic, business and technology objectives.

• Define and progressively refine target and transition architectures to support the evolution of a complex IT landscape.

• Develop information and data architecture in collaboration with data management specialists.

• Shape application, integration and technology architectures while ensuring consistency across the overall ecosystem.

• Evaluate technical risks, impacts and dependencies associated with architectural decisions and transformation initiatives.

• Prepare architecture recommendations, decision-support materials, models and visualisations for governance and senior stakeholders.

• Provide architectural guidance to transformation roadmaps, evaluations, workshops and implementation initiatives.

• University degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Geomatics or a comparable discipline, or equivalent education complemented by relevant further training.

• Several years of hands-on experience in enterprise architecture with a strong IT focus.

• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex IT environments and develop architecture options covering data, applications, integration and technology.

• Experience with GIS and geodata is highly valued.

• Knowledge and practical experience in infrastructure and/or asset management, together with BIM expertise.

• Strong understanding of architecture governance, technical dependencies and transformation from existing systems towards target architectures.

• Relevant methodological expertise, ideally supported by certifications in TOGAF 9.2 or later, ArchiMate 3.2, BPMN 2.0 and UML 2.5.

• Strong German communication skills are required; French is a significant advantage.