Enterprise Architect

COFCO International
Barcelona, Spain
9 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, Spanish
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Barcelona, Spain

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Applications Architecture
Azure
Computer Security
Information Systems
ETL
Middleware
IT Management
SAP ERP
SAP Applications
SAP HANA
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration
Systems Integration
Enterprise Data Management
IT Architecture
Boomi
Software Security
Archimate
SAP Business Technology Platform
Information Technology
Api Gateway
Mulesoft

Job description

The Enterprise Architect is responsible for leading the corporate IT architecture, ensuring consistency, scalability, and alignment among the systems, data, integrations, processes, and tools used within the organization. This role acts as a central point between IT and business to ensure that solution architecture meets the company's strategic objectives and enables complex projects such as In-House Bank, digital transformation initiatives, and the evolution of the technology landscape., 1.Data Architecture and Integrations: Develop and maintain the corporate IT data model, ensuring integrity, consistency, and governance of data across systems;

Design and maintain the integration map, functional interface map, and functional data model;

Ensure alignment between systems and information flows, from core systems to satellite applications;

Lead the functional and technical architecture of integrations, focusing on scalability, performance, and security.

2.Strategic Project Architecture: Proactively work with business areas to structure and design strategic projects, such as In-House Bank, proposing functional models and defining the solution landscape;

Lead the evaluation and selection process of technological tools and solutions suitable for project objectives;

Support the functional and technical structuring of new initiatives, aligning them with company strategy.

3.Integration Landscape and Tools: Evaluate, review, and define the technical integration landscape, including middleware, connectors, and tools (e.g., BSTOC, Azure Connections);

Support the selection of tools and modules with functional and technical teams, focusing on key corporate systems.

4.Corporate SAP Architecture: Serve as a technical and functional reference for SAP architecture in all its instances (Global - P1, Brazil - P2, Argentina, China);

Ensure consistency and integration of functional and technical design between SAP environments and other applications;

Lead technical discussions with SAP regarding integrations, module expansion, and contractual scope and license reviews.

5.Support for Governance and Solution Selection: Collaborate with Applications and Infrastructure teams to ensure projects have a solid, secure, and scalable architecture;

Provide technical and functional support for solution selection in new projects and technological evolutions.

6.Architecture Committee: Coordinate, together with the Infrastructure team, the IT Architecture Committee;

Support the definition of standards, validation of solutions, tools, and strategic directions related to architecture;

Act as a technical link between different architecture domains: data, applications, integrations, infrastructure, and security.

7.Information Security: Work in partnership with the Information Security team to ensure security standards are integrated into application architecture;

Support security initiatives focused on applications and data.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Scalability?, Do you have a Master's degree?, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields;

Postgraduate or MBA in Solution Architecture, IT Governance, or related areas is a plus;

Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT, with at least 5 years in corporate architecture roles;

Proven experience in complex SAP projects and multi-region environments;

Experience in system integration, data modeling, middleware, and ETL/API Gateway tools;

SAP ECC/S4HANA (functional and technical);

Integration tools (e.g., SAP PI/PO, SAP BTP, Azure Integration Services, Boomi, MuleSoft);

Corporate data modeling and EA tools (e.g., ArchiMate, Enterprise Architect);

Knowledge of application security best practices;

Experience with agile methodologies and architecture portfolio management;

Strong analytical skills and systemic vision;

Proactivity and ability to anticipate technical and functional scenarios;

Excellent communication with business and IT areas;

Technical leadership and ability to influence strategic decisions;

Fluent in English; Spanish (desirable).

We kindly ask you to submit your CV in English.

About the company

COFCO International is a global agri-business with a clear vision, strong values and a positive culture, focused on being a leader in the global grains, oilseeds and sugar supply chains. We provide the food the world needs in a responsible way. Headquartered is Geneva, Switzerland, we are ambitious, with the right structures and culture to meet the world's increasing and changing needs. With 11,000+ people in 35 countries, our global portfolio includes assets across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We trade with over 50 nations, while providing farmers unique direct access to the growing Chinese market.

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