Enterprise Architect

Your Key Responsibilities:

Architecture Development and Strategy

• Develop Enterprise Architecture: Design and maintain the enterprise architecture blueprint, encompassing business, data, application, and technology domains.
• Align IT and Business Strategy: Ensure that IT strategies and initiatives are aligned with the organisation's overall goals and objectives.
• Create Roadmaps: Develop and maintain long-term architectural roadmaps for the organisation's IT systems, identifying areas for improvement and future growth.
• Technology Integration: Lead the evaluation, selection, and integration of new technologies that improve efficiency and competitiveness.

Solution Design and Governance

• Solution Architecture: Oversee the development of solution architectures that address specific business challenges, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Governance and Compliance: Establish architecture governance frameworks to ensure consistency and compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
• Technology Standards: Define and enforce standards, best practices, and frameworks for IT architecture, development, and infrastructure.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate architectural risks, ensuring systems are resilient and secure

Stakeholder Collaboration and Leadership

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with various business units, IT teams, and stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into architectural solutions.
• Executive Communication: Present architectural strategies and roadmaps to senior management and executive teams, providing recommendations for technology investments and innovation.
• Team Leadership: Provide technical leadership to development and infrastructure teams, mentoring and guiding them through architectural decisions.
• Vendor Management: Manage relationships with external technology vendors and service providers, ensuring solutions meet business needs and align with the architectural vision.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Emerging Technologies: Stay informed about emerging technologies, trends, and innovations, evaluating their potential impact and benefits for the organisation.
• Optimise IT Infrastructure: Continuously assess and improve the organisation's IT infrastructure, driving optimisation initiatives that reduce costs and increase efficiency.
• Cloud Strategy: Develop cloud adoption strategies and ensure smooth migration and integration of cloud-based solutions where appropriate.

Data Management and Integration

• Data Architecture: Design and manage data architecture strategies that ensure effective data governance, security, and accessibility across the organisation.
• Integration Strategy: Ensure seamless integration between various business systems, applications, and platforms, promoting interoperability and reducing silos.
• Digital Transformation: Lead digital transformation initiatives, ensuring the organisation adopts modern technology solutions that enhance operational effectiveness.

Key Skills and Competencies

Technical Skills:

• Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: Expertise in TOGAF, Sachman, or similar architecture frameworks.
• Cloud Technologies: Strong understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Asure, Google Cloud) and cloud-native application architectures.
• Systems Integration: Proficiency in systems integration and middleware technologies (e.g., APIs, ESB, microservices).
• Security Architecture: Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and best practices in the design of secure, compliant systems.
• Data Management: Experience with data architecture, governance, and management tools (e.g., data lakes, warehouses, and ETL processes).
• DevOps and Automation: Familiarity with DevOps practices, continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD), and infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Terraform).

Business and Leadership Skills:

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to think strategically and translate business goals into actionable architectural plans.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to interact with business leaders and technical teams effectively.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design solutions for complex business challenges.
• Team Leadership: Leadership and mentoring experience, with the ability to influence teams and stakeholders to adopt architectural best practices.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Education: Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or relevant work experience. Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect, or ITIL are an advantage.
• Experience:
• 7+ years of experience in IT architecture, solution design, and strategy, including 3+ years in a senior enterprise architect role.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing complex IT solutions in large-scale environments.
• Experience in cloud strategy, digital transformation, and data architecture.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies.

KPIs and Performance Metrics:

• Business Alignment: Degree to which architectural solutions align with business strategy and contribute to business goals.
• Project Success: Successful delivery of architecture projects within scope, time, and budget.
• Cost Optimisation: Impact on cost savings and efficiencies through architectural improvements and optimisation.
• Technology Adoption: Successful adoption of new technologies and tools, ensuring smooth integration and minimal disruption to operations.
• Stakeholder Satisfaction: Feedback from business units, IT teams, and senior management on the value delivered by enterprise architecture.