Job Details:

Job Description: 

The Role and Impact We are seeking a Software Application Architect to lead the design and evolution of data architectures that drive innovation and deliver exceptional user experiences. In this role, you will have a significant impact on Intel's success by shaping the structure, protocols, and algorithms of critical software systems. We are seeking a highly capable IT Professional to join the Enterprise Architecture Standards and Tools team and lead a strategic cross-IT initiative to unify and govern the Business of IT (BoIT) data landscape. This role will drive the definition, integration, standardization, and operationalization of key data objects across IT domains to enable trusted decision-making, improve transparency, and strengthen execution across planning, financial management, service operations, architecture, and delivery. The ideal candidate combines enterprise architecture thinking, strong biz acumen, data and systems knowledge, and the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple IT functions. Key Responsibilities •Lead a cross-IT initiative to define and integrate core IT data objects into a coherent, governed, and scalable enterprise data foundation. • Establish a common data model, taxonomy, and standards for critical IT domains, including financial, forecasting and planning data, financial plan versus actuals, IT support and incident management, enterprise architecture, IT service catalog, enterprise capabilities, code, programs and projects, and execution backlog. • Design and drive agentic AI frameworks and enabling architecture that support cross-domain natural language inquiries, conversational experiences, and chatbot-based access to trusted BoIT data. • Define the semantic, metadata, and integration foundations required to enable AI agents and natural language interfaces to interpret, retrieve, and relate data consistently across architecture, finance, planning, support, portfolio, and execution domains. • Partner with stakeholders across enterprise architecture, finance, planning, service management, portfolio management, and engineering teams to align definitions, ownership, quality rules, and data flows. • Drive end-to-end mapping of relationships across business objects, systems, and processes to improve traceability between strategy, investments, services, applications, capabilities, delivery, and operational outcomes. • Define and implement standards for data quality, stewardship, metadata, lineage, and lifecycle management across the BoIT ecosystem. • Identify current-state gaps, redundancies, and inconsistencies across tools and repositories, and shape a pragmatic roadmap toward an integrated future state. • Translate business and operational requirements into architecture-aligned data and tooling solutions that improve visibility, governance, reporting, and AI-enabled discoverability. • Enable executive and operational reporting by improving the consistency and accessibility of enterprise data related to planning, financials, support, architecture, and execution. • Facilitate cross-functional working sessions, decision forums, and governance reviews to build consensus and accelerate adoption of standards and tools. • Support the evolution of enterprise standards, architecture artifacts, and tool capabilities that strengthen interoperability across the IT landscape.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or BS degree in a specialized field, or equivalent experience in data science, information engineering, information systems engineering, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, 6+ years with a Master's degree, or 4+ years with a PhD.
• Strong technical and business communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex ideas to diverse audiences.
• Experience translating business strategy into technology roadmaps, capabilities, architectures, or transformation initiatives
• Experience working with business and technical stakeholders to define standards, align requirements, and implement scalable data solutions.
• Experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers in adopting best practices and innovative solutions.
• Proven experience in enterprise architecture, data architecture, IT portfolio management, or a related IT strategy and operations role.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data management concepts, including data modelling, governance, metadata, data quality, and master data management.
• Experience designing and/or developing executive-level insights, dashboards, analytics, or decision-support frameworks.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to connect strategic intent to operational execution.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AI-enabled analytics, semantic layers, knowledge graphs, or enterprise data fabrics.
• Demonstrated experience influencing cross-functional teams and driving architectural alignment across large organizations.
• Proven expertise in software application architecture, including experience with architecture definition and modelling
• In-depth knowledge of industry trends and emerging technologies in software development, including cloud computing, security, and software optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives that span multiple IT organizations, processes, and systems.
• Knowledge of IT planning and financial management concepts, service management data, portfolio and project data, and architecture repositories.
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments, simplify complex topics, and build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Proficiency in database engineering concepts and tools for building secure, scalable systems.

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (Israel)

Primary Location: 

Israel, Petah-Tikva

Additional Locations:

Israel, Kiryat-Gat

Business group:

IT is the trusted technology partner for Intel's business, relentlessly focused on the experience of our people, our end users, and our customers. We design and support Intel's IT infrastructure, driving e-Commerce and web services with a focus on robust security and identity protection.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

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