Principal Enterprise Architect

Provide architectural leadership to establish an enterprise -wide
Agent Orchestration and Management Control Tower. The role will define and
guide the implementation of core capabilities that enable safe, scalable and
governed delivery of AI/automation agents across a federated operating model,
while providing a single pane of glass for visibility, control,
assurance and intervention.

Key Accountabilities

Architecture & Strategy

• Define the target architecture, reference patterns and roadmap for the Agent
  Control Tower, aligned to enterprise standards and mining operational risk
  expectations.
  
• Translate
  conceptual wiring into implementable architecture covering
  platforms, integrations, governance, and runtime controls.
  

Agent Lifecycle Governance

• Architect
  and standardize agent registration, approval, validation and policy
  binding.
  
• Establish permission‑based
  discovery and cataloging of agents and tools across business units.
  
• Ensure
  lifecycle governance is embedded into federated delivery pipelines.
  

Orchestration & Control

• Define
  orchestration patterns to enable controlled agent invocation, tool access
  and inter‑agent interaction.
  
• Establish
  control points (e.g. gateways/proxies, policies, contracts) to enforce
  enterprise guardrails.
  

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Key Deliverables

• Agent
  Control Tower Reference Architecture & Target State
  
• MVP Implementation
  Blueprint (services, integrations, environments)
  
• Agent Registration,
  Discovery & Observability Standards
  
• Assurance
  & Intervention Framework
  
• Federated Operating
  Model and Governance Artifacts (ADRs, guardrails, templates)
  

Required Experience & Skills

• 8–12+
  years in Enterprise / Platform Architecture within complex, regulated
  environments (resources, mining, heavy industry preferred).
  
• Proven
  experience designing platform control planes,
  registries/catalogues, and governance frameworks.
  
• Strong
  background in integration architecture, observability, and
  security -by -design.
  
• Demonstrated
  success operating across federated delivery models.
  
• Executive‑level
  communication and decision‑making capability.
  

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Key Deliverables

• Agent
  Control Tower Reference Architecture & Target State
  
• MVP Implementation
  Blueprint (services, integrations, environments)
  
• Agent Registration,
  Discovery & Observability Standards
  
• Assurance
  & Intervention Framework
  
• Federated Operating
  Model and Governance Artifacts (ADRs, guardrails, templates)
  

Required Experience & Skills

• 8–12+
  years in Enterprise / Platform Architecture within complex, regulated
  environments (resources, mining, heavy industry preferred).
  
• Proven
  experience designing platform control planes,
  registries/catalogues, and governance frameworks.
  
• Strong
  background in integration architecture, observability, and
  security -by -design.
  
• Demonstrated
  success operating across federated delivery models.
  
• Executive‑level
  communication and decision‑making capability.
  

observability , Assurance & Intervention

• Architect end‑to‑end
  severability for agents (telemetry, health, cost, performance).
  
• Define
  assurance workflows to detect deviation, drift or policy breaches.
  
• Design intervention
  mechanisms (e.g. throttling, blocking, kill‑switches) with full
  audibility.
  

Enterprise Integration

• Integrate
  the control tower with observability, security, ITSM, data and cost
  management platforms.
  
• Define
  canonical data and event models to enable consistent reporting and
  operational response.
  

Federated Operating Model

• Establish
  architecture governance, standards, and RACI for federated agent
  delivery teams.
  
• Coach
  teams, drive adoption of guardrails, and ensure architectural integrity at
  scale.
  

Requirements

Key Deliverables

• Agent
  Control Tower Reference Architecture & Target State
  
• MVP Implementation
  Blueprint (services, integrations, environments)
  
• Agent Registration,
  Discovery & Observability Standards
  
• Assurance
  & Intervention Framework
  
• Federated Operating
  Model and Governance Artifacts (ADRs, guardrails, templates)
  

Required Experience & Skills

• 8–12+
  years in Enterprise / Platform Architecture within complex, regulated
  environments (resources, mining, heavy industry preferred).
  
• Proven
  experience designing platform control planes,
  registries/catalogues, and governance frameworks.
  
• Strong
  background in integration architecture, observability, and
  security -by -design.
  
• Demonstrated
  success operating across federated delivery models.
  
• Executive‑level
  communication and decision‑making capability.