How to become an Enterprise Architect
Develops, maintains and communicates the overarching enterprise architecture for an organisation, aligning processes, information and technology with business strategy. Ensures coherence and alignment across departments, and optimises systems and processes to achieve business goals.
Main tasks
- Creates and maintains the strategic enterprise architecture roadmap and frameworks in alignment with business objectives
- Describes the interrelationships between the organisation's business, data, applications and infrastructure
- Assesses existing functions and capabilities, and identifies gaps and vulnerabilities
- Develops strategies to improve and support enterprise efficiency and performance
- Evaluates new technologies for potential adoption to improve efficiency and achieve business requirements
- Ensures compliance between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities, technology directions, policies and practices
- Facilitates architectural changes in the organisation, helps mitigate the associated risks, and evaluates its effectiveness
Ways in
- University: Architecture & Built Environment degrees, Offered by 24 universities in Australia
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Typical full-time pay: $140,244 a year
- About 51,400 people work in this job group now, and about 64,700 are projected by 2035. (+25.9%)
- Many tasks in this job could be automated by AI. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as high.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Enterprise Architect?
Ways in include: Architecture & Built Environment degrees.
How much does an Enterprise Architect earn in Australia?
Median full-time pay is $140,244 a year (Jobs and Skills Australia).
Is an Enterprise Architect a growing career in Australia?
Yes. Employment is projected to grow 26% by 2035, from about 51,400 to about 64,700 people (Jobs and Skills Australia).
Do you need a degree to become an Enterprise Architect?
Usually. 79% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of an Enterprise Architect?
Many tasks in this job could be automated by AI. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as high.
Sources
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Occupation data (ANZSCO), from ABS Labour Force and Census (February 2026), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Generative AI Capacity Study, interactive table data (September 2025), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Employment Projections (Victoria University) (May 2025 to May 2035), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Australian Taxation Office: Taxation Statistics, Individuals Table 15A (2023-24), CC BY 2.5 AU, retrieved 2026-10-04
Updated 2026-10-04