Senior Director Enterprise Architecture Job at NTT DATA

Senior Director Enterprise Architecture

NTT DATA

Location:
United States of America

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

160000.00 - 296000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

The Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture at NTT DATA is a pivotal role focused on creating integrated infrastructure software solutions. With a minimum of 8 years of experience, the candidate will lead the development of Cisco architecture strategies and AI solutions. The position offers a competitive salary range of $160-296K base plus variable commissions, with opportunities for international travel.

Job Responsibility:

Provides expert multi-technology advice to internal clients, analyzing and providing strategies and solutions on all aspects of infrastructure software, hardware features and related technology components
Architect end-to-end AI solutions: secure AI factories, data architectures, and automation frameworks
Recommends, advises and executes on the best design for information technology architectures
Leads the design and communicates high level structure to enable and guide the design and development of integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs
Uses client business requirements to advise on the design, deployment and operation of infrastructures software
Creates designs that provide holistic views, but also contain the details of the components and interconnections between components
Involved with projects at the time of inception and is involved along with the project manager in the planning and governance of projects and the functional analysis (FA) of developing the initial requirements
Researches and investigates emerging infrastructure technologies, particularly on software defined infrastructure features and the best practices associated with these trends
Advises on the improvement of internal effectiveness by contributing to improving current methodologies, processes and tools
Shares responsibility for win strategy with sales and leads the client discovery with relevant insights and articulate how our proven solution and services deliver tangible results
Responsible for the Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) KPI and providing inputs on delivery, service offer design, of all aspects of Software Asset and License Management such as discovery, tracking, reporting, auditing, compliance, renewal, in line with the business objectives
Works with Client facing teams to influence subscription license sales, provide educational inputs and act as SPOC for all licensing-related technical queries
Manages and evaluates all regulations and legislation for licensing activities and ensure appropriate implementation and provide input into strategies
Understands Software Asset Management and Software Licensing policies and standards to ensure legal, security, contractual, and regulatory compliance and advise accordingly for service offer development
Provides support to the license renewals team and undertake a quality review of renewal request proposals prior to being issued to the relevant stakeholders
Remains current on software licensing rules and regulations in order to provide advice on queries related to license usage to ensure no non-conformance when proposing appropriate licenses to client’s needs
Analyses client software purchases to identify suitable bundles for effective commercial license proposal
Reviews the financial returns delivered by engagements to ensure the learning is captured as engagements deliver
Leads transformation deals on the conversion of current software licenses into Enterprise Agreements, change to optimal license structure etc.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information Technology or related field
Minimum of 8 years of industry experience working with technical sales, direct/reseller channels driving business
Industry experience in sectors such as financial services, manufacturing, or healthcare
Deep knowledge across the Cisco portfolio and competitive offerings
Experience with AI solutions: secure AI factories, data architectures, and automation frameworks
Significant demonstrated experience in digital infrastructure of the key vendor’s software feature and technology capabilities
Significant demonstrated experience in providing an end-to-end design and solution in the aspect of the digital infrastructure
Significant prior experience in key vendors licensing models, such as Cisco, Microsoft, VMWare and Palo Alto license compliance
Significant engineering industry background in IT service provision preferred
Significant experience working as a software asset specialist/analyst, a software asset configuration specialist/manager, IT asset manager, or a licensing manager
Significant experience evaluating software asset agreements
Significant experience in license/software adoption strategies and frameworks
Significant experience auditing across an IT software portfolio
Significant experience in budgeting and forecasting
Significant experience in multiple industries and across several disciplines
Significant experience with projects through the sales engagement, pre-sales, and also architecture design validation, especially on the infrastructure software technology of key vendor, such as Cisco, VMWare, Microsoft and/or Palo Alto, as well as fully well-versed with the respective vendor’s licensing model and structure
Significant experience working as a solution architect in a global IT services provider organization

Nice to have:

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation qualification
TOGAF / COBIT or related certification
Certified Software related certification
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification and/or competitor certifications

What we offer:

medical, dental, and vision insurance
flexible spending or health savings account
life, and AD&D insurance
short-and long-term disability coverage
paid time off
employee assistance
participation in a 401k program with company match

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 06, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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