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If you value diversity and innovation, you’ll feel right at home here!\n Discover our purpose, culture, and what makes GBS unique!\n Are you ready to be part of the change? Come join us! ⭐\n The GBS Digital Solutions (DS) Enterprise Architecture team, part of Governance, Cybersecurity & Integration (GCI), sets the architecture direction for GBS. We enable, facilitate and govern, working with the business lines and delivery teams rather than apart from them. 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