Pre-Sales Enterprise Architect – Senior Enterprise Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• This position integrates presales, enterprise architecture, market development, and strategic advisory for clients.

• A key focus is on AI, which is integral to NTT DATA’s core offerings in digital transformation, cloud services, networks, cybersecurity, managed services, and data centers.

• Providing presales and architectural consulting for public sector customers, particularly in research and higher education within the DACH region.

• Engaging in advisory and developmental activities related to presales and architecture for public sector clients, emphasizing research and higher education across the DACH area.

• Enhancing customer relationships by articulating future visions, technological roadmaps, and business opportunities, while assisting clients in evaluating changes and determining actionable next steps.

• Creating customer-specific solution blueprints, target architectures, and proposal strategies, with a strong focus on AI and technical services.

• Advising senior management and facilitating complex decision-making and alignment processes.

• Converting functional, organizational, and strategic requirements into robust services, architectures, and proposal concepts.

• Collaborating closely with internal expert teams, portfolio teams, delivery, governance, and international units to position the NTT DATA portfolio effectively.

• Contributing throughout the entire value chain—from market analysis, portfolio management, and governance to identifying concrete opportunities and management formats.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in presales, enterprise architecture, business architecture, consulting, or a similar client-facing architecture or advisory role.

• Familiarity with public sector requirements; knowledge of the research and higher education sectors is a plus.

• Experience in developing solution architectures, target-state architectures, transformation strategies, or strategic technology initiatives.

• Interest in AI and modern technical services, as well as their integration into resilient customer architectures.

• Familiarity with relevant institutions, universities, research organizations, and authorities in the DACH region is advantageous.

• Knowledge of digital transformation, cloud services, networks, cybersecurity, managed services, and data center solutions is beneficial.

• Strong presence, a high degree of personal responsibility, and a passion for interdisciplinary collaboration.

• Proficient in both written and spoken German and English.

🏝️ Benefits

• A highly visible and strategically significant role within a robust presales and enterprise architecture environment.

• An interdisciplinary team with extensive expertise, technical depth, and a culture that actively incorporates diverse perspectives.

• A significant level of autonomy in organizing your work and, within defined limits, selecting the topics and focus areas that interest you.

• Flexible remote work options: you can utilize one of our offices but are not obligated to be on-site regularly.

• Enjoyable and straightforward collaboration within a strong national and international network.

• Excellent opportunities for professional development, with a genuine openness to training, courses, new technologies, and hands-on experimentation.

• Flat hierarchies, direct communication, and a work culture that emphasizes collaboration at eye level.

• Various working profiles and styles that allow the role to adapt to your life circumstances.

• Commitment to sustainable mobility: our fleet of company vehicles is being progressively transitioned to e-mobility.

• A strong emphasis on diversity is actively encouraged.