Enterprise and Application Architect

Our client is a leading New Zealand dairy manufacturer and exporter, supplying premium dairy ingredients and nutrition products to global markets. As part of a larger Oceania-based group, the business is investing in enterprise technology, data and AI, and digital manufacturing initiatives that will shape its future growth.

Reporting to the General Manager Digital, you will lead the organisation’s enterprise architecture capability, with a primary focus on application, solution, and integration architecture. You’ll play a key role in shaping technology strategy, simplifying a complex application landscape, and ensuring technology investments support business objectives across manufacturing, supply chain, finance, people systems, and data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise, application, solution, and integration architecture across the business.
• Develop architecture standards, technology roadmaps, and future-state designs.
• Manage and optimise the application portfolio, including modernisation, consolidation, and lifecycle planning.
• Define integration standards and patterns across enterprise and operational systems.
• Provide architecture guidance and design assurance for major technology initiatives.
• Evaluate technology platforms and vendor solutions, supporting investment and procurement decisions.
• Partner with business leaders, digital teams, and vendors to deliver practical, scalable technology solutions.

About You

• Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Application Architecture.
• Strong background in enterprise applications, systems integration, and technology strategy.
• Experience developing architecture standards, governance frameworks, and technology roadmaps.
• Expertise in APIs, integration platforms, cloud technologies (Azure preferred), and modern architecture practices.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate business needs into practical technology outcomes.
• Experience within manufacturing, FMCG, supply chain, or other complex operational environments is highly regarded.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification preferred.
• Azure certifications highly regarded.

Why Join?
This is an opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technology decisions and lead architecture across a business undergoing significant digital transformation. You’ll work on initiatives spanning digital manufacturing, data and AI, enterprise applications, and operational technology while partnering closely with senior leaders to shape the organisation’s future technology landscape.

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