An Enterprise Architect (EA) specialises in enterprise architecture. The skill is becoming a fundamental part of operations across all industries which have an IT infrastructure.
An EA can evaluate and develop the business strategy with the management and stakeholders to ensure that the IT processes, assets and strategy can sustainably support the businesses long and short-term goals and objectives.
The IT structure and the businesses strategy must continually be evaluated to ensure that the existing and future requirements of the business are always met. An IT system should be aligned with the businesses goals, the infrastructure should also be flexible to meet the demands of the businesses ever-changing requirements.