**Votre rôle** -------------- **Job Overview** ---------------- The Lead Architect plays a strategic and hands\-on role in designing, integrating, and overseeing complex IT and smart city systems for digital transformation programs. This individual brings deep expertise in cloud platforms, IT infrastructure, IoT, and urban digital services to lead the development of scalable, secure, and future\-ready architectures. You will collaborate with government entities, city developers, enterprises, and ecosystem partners to enable next\-generation urban services. **Key Responsibilities** ------------------------ ### **Strategic Architecture Leadership** + Define the digital architecture vision and roadmap for enterprise and city\-scale smart technology programs. + Align architecture strategy with business objectives, digital transformation goals, and regulatory frameworks. + Identify emerging technologies and assess their fit within the current architecture or for future investments. ### **Smart City Architecture** + Lead the architecture office for developing the Design (HLD \& LLD) and integrate solutions across smart city verticals: smart mobility, public safety, e\-governance, energy management, smart buildings, and citizen engagement platforms. + Architect horizontal smart city platforms including IoT middleware, urban data lakes, API gateways, and AI/ML engines. + Collaborate with urban planning, city operations, and policy stakeholders to ensure IT infrastructure aligns with physical city design. ### **Cloud and Hybrid Architecture** + Develop scalable, secure architectures leveraging cloud\-native and hybrid cloud strategies. + Lead enterprise\-wide cloud adoption, migration planning, containerization, and cloud operations across Azure, AWS, or GCP. + Define cloud governance, cost optimization models, multitenancy, disaster recovery, and DevSecOps pipelines. ### **Infrastructure and Platform Engineering** + Design and oversee infrastructure layers including networking (SD\-WAN, 5G, IPv6\), compute, storage, cybersecurity, and edge computing. + Guide data center modernization, virtualization, and platform integration projects. + Collaborate with solution integrators, OEMs, and telcos on infrastructure implementation and integration. ### **Enterprise Integration \& Data Architecture** + Define enterprise integration patterns (ESB, microservices, APIs) and data governance models. + Architect city\-wide data platforms incorporating real\-time data ingestion, analytics, visualization, and reporting tools. + Ensure interoperability between legacy systems and modern cloud\-native environments. ### **Governance, Risk \& Compliance** + Establish and enforce architectural governance frameworks, ensuring all solutions are compliant with national standards. + Define and review security architecture, threat modeling, and identity \& access management (IAM) policies. + Conduct design reviews, audits, and technology assessments. ### **Program Support \& Stakeholder Management** + Collaborate with project and program managers to align architecture with delivery timelines and milestones. + Provide architectural input during bid proposals, solution's phases, and customer presentations. + Engage with CIOs, CTOs, to define solution scope, ROI, and technical strategy. **Qualifications and Experience** --------------------------------- ### **Education** Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline. ### **Certifications (preferred)** TOGAF, AWS/Azure/GCP Certified Architect, ITIL v4, CISSP, CCSP, PMP (optional but valuable). ### **Professional Experience** Minimum 10–15 years of IT architecture experience, with 5\+ years in a lead or enterprise architect role. Proven delivery of large\-scale cloud, smart city, or urban digital infrastructure projects. Strong experience in Middle East markets preferred **Key Skills \& Competencies** ------------------------------ ### **Technical Competencies** + Cloud\-native architecture (Kubernetes, containers, microservices). + Smart city frameworks (FIWARE, NGSI\-LD, TM Forum). + IoT protocols (MQTT, CoAP), platform integration, and real\-time analytics. + Cybersecurity architecture (zero trust, PKI, SIEM). + Data architecture and analytics (big data, AI/ML, GIS). ### **Soft Skills** + Visionary thinking and technology foresight. + Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. + Strategic planning, documentation, and executive reporting. + Leadership and mentoring of technical teams. + High adaptability in multicultural and multi\-vendor environments. **Key Deliverables** -------------------- + Architecture blueprints and solution documents. + Technology roadmaps and cloud transformation plans. + Smart city integration frameworks and governance policies. + RFP responses, solution presentations, and stakeholder workshops. **Votre profil** ---------------- **Le plus de l'offre** ---------------------- * Global opportunities: Work in multi\-national teams with the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world * Flexible work environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working) * Professional development: training programs and upskilling/re\-skilling opportunities * Career growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange * Caring and daring culture: health and well\-being programs and benefits, diversity \& inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events * Reward programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards **Entité** ---------- Orange Business International Orange Business manages and integrates the complexity of international communications, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that drive their business. Our extensive experience and knowledge in global communication solutions, together with our understanding of multinational business and local support in 166 countries and territories, ensure that our customers receive a consistent, global solution wherever they do business **Contrat** ----------- CDI