Associate Director - Enterprise Architect

We have an exciting opportunity for an Enterprise Platforms Architect @Annalect India specializing in Applications Migration that involves designing, planning, and overseeing the migration of applications, often in the cloud. This techno-functional role is crucial as we are looking to modernize our IT infrastructure and leverage the benefits of cloud computing Location: Chennai/ Bengaluru About Us Omnicom Global Solutions is an integral part of Annalect Global and Omnicom Group, one of the largest media and advertising agency holding companies in the world. Omnicom’s branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations, and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 70 countries. Omnciom Global Soultions India plays a key role for our group companies and global agencies by providing stellar products and services in areas of Creative Services, Technology, Marketing Science (data & analytics), Market Research, Business Support Services, Media Services, Consulting & Advisory Services. We currently have 4000+ awesome colleagues (in Annalect India) who are committed to solve our clients’ pressing business issues. We are growing rapidly and looking for talented professionals like you to be part of this journey. Let us build this, together. This is an exciting role and would entail you to

• Develop and execute comprehensive migration strategies for applications, ensuring minimal disruption to Quote to Cash/Demand to Deliver business operations. Analyze and implement migration methods for existing systems that includes project code creation at project/task level, analysis of existing project/task code construct and migration of existing project code architecture into new platform
• Provide functional leadership and guidance to development teams throughout the migration process. Oversee assigned programs and assist with solving technical problems when they arise
• Design scalable, secure, and efficient architectures for migrated applications. Establish design patterns and best practices for application migration and modernization
• Collaborate with various stakeholders, including business leaders in Client Success, HR, IT and external vendors to ensure alignment with business goals. Build deep relationships with decision-makers within customer accounts to enable them to be “Cloud advocates”
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge among the architect community. Develop and maintain documentation for migration processes and architectures

• Experience and Proficiency in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), migration tools , Workforce Management tools like Adobe Workfront, JIRA and ERP such as SAP SuccessFactor and CRM tools such as PEGA, Salesforce.
• Prior experience of working in staff augmentation industries with exposure to handling migrations of Quote to Cash/Demand to Deploy processes (starting from demand creation to delivery)
• 8+ years in technology domain areas such as software development, cloud computing, or systems engineering.
• 6+ years in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures
• Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, ITIL, or cloud-specific certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are often preferred
• Certification in Project Management (PMP or Prince2) preferred
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Experience working with executive-level stakeholders and clients
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address technical challenges during migration. Ability to anticipate and plan for escalating demands on existing and emerging platforms