Order A9482 - Enterprise Platform Architect – Cross-functional AI Architecture (Target State & Governance)

Project overview

Start Date: December 2026

Industry: Transport & Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Develop a pragmatic, staged architectural vision and co-design the cross-functional AI architecture.
• Define scope and delimitation, structure AI capabilities, prioritize architectural questions; define workstreams and deployment of Platform Architects.
• Develop architectural concepts, principles, target states, and decision-making bases.
• Translate architecture into requirements for platforms and shared services; define responsibilities and governance.
• Co-create and prioritize an architectural roadmap; ensure alignment between enterprise architecture, platform architecture, and implementation.
• Document and communicate architecture in a target-group-oriented manner.

Requirements

Description Priority

Software Architecture a must

Kind regards / Best Regards

André van Sprundel

CEO

GHR Global Human Resources AG

Blegistrasse 13

CH-6340 Baar / ZG

Direct line: *

Email: *@*.ch

Web: www.ghrgroup.ch

• Professional experience -> min. 8 years IT architecture, including proven experience with AI or GenAI architectures in large organizations.
• References (client requirement) -> min. TWO references with responsibility for a cross-functional target architecture with stages and roadmap, ideally AI or data platform.
• AI technology understanding -> LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, MCP or A2A as well as risks like prompt injection, data leakage, and hallucinations.
• Security-by-Design -> IAM also for non-human identities and agents, data classification, Zero Trust.
• Regulatory compliance -> EU AI Act, Data Protection Act, and Information Security.
• Capability interface -> Capability-based architecture and interface decisions centrally, domain-specifically, locally (platform and federated models).
• AI Governance -> Roles, processes, approvals, risk classification, and automated compliance.
• Economic viability -> Link architecture with business case, FinOps, and TCO.
• Integration -> Integration into existing architecture and platform teams; collaboration with Security and Data Protection.
• Communication & Languages -> Present complex architecture to target audiences; fluent German and good English.

Nice to have

IMPORTANT:

Languages

Languages Spoken Written Priority

German very good very good a must

English good good a must

• Large, regulated organization – public transport, energy, financial sector, or administration.
• TOGAF, ArchiMate, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and OWASP Top 10 for LLM.
• AI in standard software (SAP Joule, BTP AI), SaaS, and M365 Copilot.
• Migration of legacy landscapes.
• On-site arrangement -> 40-60% on-site at the client's premises (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) / 40-60% home office, depending on project phase; remote work only allowed within Switzerland.
• Credit and criminal record extracts are required (residence Germany: SCHUFA report and police clearance certificate).

Project details

13 months with option

Possible contract types: Consultant / Rental

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Number of positions: 1

Deadline: 06.11.2026, 12:00

Bern

Creation Date: 05.11.2026

Description

For our end client in the Swiss transport and infrastructure sector, we are looking for an Enterprise Platform Architect to build a cross-functional AI architecture as follows:

Starting Situation & Mandate:

The end client is increasingly using artificial intelligence and is building a cross-functional architecture across four capability areas: AI Control, AI Platform, AI Transparency, and AI Governance. It needs to be clarified which capabilities should be handled enterprise-wide, per application area, or locally per application.

The role leads Phase 1 (approx. eight weeks): Scope and delimitation, architectural vision and target state, structuring of AI capabilities, prioritization of architectural questions, and definition of workstreams. After this, the team will be gradually expanded with Platform Architects.

• Start: 2026-12
• Duration: 13 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Bern, Schweiz, CH
• Languages: German