Description
Enterprise Data Architect
Responsible for:-
- Producing, developing and overseeing design related artefacts
- Governing the agreed designs of allocated projects to ensure they meet the agreed Enterprise Architecture standards and strategy
- Working in collaboration with the IT delivery streams to determine the optimal solution and architectural strategic directions
- Facilitating and coordinating design reviews for allocated projects
- Supporting the development of IT related strategies within the Data Architecture Domain
- Producing and updating the Enterprise Data Architecture guidelines and polices
- Working in collaboration with the Enterprise Architecture Team to determine relevant templates and architecture artefacts required to support: the IT delivery function including architecture impact assessments and governance policies
- Contributing to building and maintaining the Data Architecture models and relevant Enterprise Architecture repository
- Managing the relevant stakeholders to ensure the appropriate architecture policies and strategy are relevant and adhered to
- Consulting with senior business and IT stakeholders to determine the most pragmatic and optimal Data Architecture solutions
- Producing and developing the relevant Data Management and Data Governance frameworks
- Determining the appropriate data ownership, controls and data sources of truth for the organisation
Minimum of:-
- 5 years experience within and Enterprise Data Architect role
- 5 years experience in delivering and implementing data related solutions
- 10 years experience in the relevant technology domain
Experience in:-
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control methodologies
- In Datamodelling business applications and reporting solutions
- Engaging with the Business to determine data needs and with a proven track record in communicating key data concepts
- Utilising industry standard Architecture methods and frameworks
- Providing consultancy services to large organisations
Proven track record of:-
- Enterprise Data Architecture within a complex IT environment
- Acting as data design authority within the Enterprise Application domain
- Producing, developing and facilitating design option papers
- Produce and developing IT strategies and roadmaps
Mandatory experience:-
Referenceable experience in:-
- Managing demanding senior business stakeholders to maintain strong positive relationships while providing the right quality of solution, setting challenging but achievable timescales
- Managing complex supplier relationships bringing multiple competing suppliers together to provide integrated solutions, resolving conflicts and keeping to timescales
- Quickly understanding new business models, technologies and processes, forming a strong understanding of the necessary business outcomes required and the ability to assess the best fit solutions from multiple options
- Data migration and relevant methodologies to support the movement and transformation of data from source to target
Highly desirable experience:-
- Direct experience within the following domains: CRM, ERP, Billing, Finance, Asset Management, Business Intelligence, datawarehousing, and big data
- Direct experience in selecting and architecturing cloud based data solutions relevant to the business needs
- Direct experience in determining the strategic Datamodelling for the Enterprise that can be incrementally built through project implementations
- Experience in post implementation support and reviews
- Excellent communication skills, written and spoken
- Strong negotiation and facilitation skills
- Understanding of waterfall and agile methodologies
- Enterprise Architecture or IT related certification