Enterprise Architect

GB  ‐ Onsite
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Description

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Role Synopsis:

You are the architecture lead for our most critical projects or services. A technologist at heart, you are passionate about planning and building compelling services and products. You will motivate and inspire a project delivery team to deliver robust and cost-effective IT solutions. You will stay ahead of innovative technologies and demonstrate your understanding through effective and rapid delivery. The choices you make will define the fitness for purpose of our IT capabilities and ultimately the success of our business.

You believe that delivering an effective solution depends on several key factors: a deep understanding of business need; rigorous project planning (with a bias for short-term action); and fostering strong relationships. You will operate in a dynamic and delivery-focused environment, with the resources of one of the world's most forward-thinking IT departments and leading IT vendors at your fingertips. You are confident working across cultures and can help make sure the voice of each team member is heard.

Key Accountabilities:

Team: You lead a delivery team directly or by influence. You will play an integral role in building the team's skill set while demonstrating your leadership values through delegation, motivation and trust. You will not just lead, but "do". Our culture is exploring, thinking and doing, and you will live this every single day. Developing the capability of your teams to deliver the most agile and commercially cost-effective solutions is one of your top priorities.

Relationships: You will build strong relationships across the business and IT. You will understand the long-term needs of the solution you are developing and enable delivery by building a rapport with team members both inside and outside of the organization.

Architecture: You rigorously develop solution architectures, seeking practical solutions that optimize and re-use capabilities. You will care passionately about the integrity of the IT capabilities you develop. You will be responsible for designing and building solutions that best meet the business needs and are aligned with the IT strategy and roadmaps.

Technology: You are an excellent technologist; you have a passion for understanding and learning. You will bring good hands-on skills in key technologies, and an ability to rapidly assess new technologies with a commercial mindset.

Safety and Compliance: The safety of our people and our customers is our highest priority. You will advocate and help ensure our architectures, designs and processes enhance a culture of operational safety and improve our digital security.

Essential Education:

A Bachelor's (or higher) degree, ideally in Computer Science, MIS/IT, Mathematics, hard science, or equivalent work experience.

Essential Experience and Job Requirements

  • A confirmed background in architecture with real-world experience of architecting, designing, and delivering large IT projects. You love envisaging the art of the possible and making that a reality.
  • Deep-seated functional knowledge of key technology sets. You are comfortable rolling up your sleeves, getting involved, and diving into delivery challenges.
  • Experience in building and leading a tight-knit delivery team. You accomplish exceptional project outcomes in a respectful and supportive culture.
  • A proven grasp of architecture development and design thinking in an agile environment. You adapt delivery techniques to drive outstanding project delivery.
  • Experience developing others to build architecture capability across an organization;
    you have had exposure to adjacent technology domains such as other platforms, networks, and cyber security.
  • You have good interpersonal skills including the ability to relate complex topics in simple and accessible language.

Technical capability:
There is a diverse range of technologies in use including Azure, AWS, SAP, Microsoft technologies, Unix, Linux, Process Control and Integration Networks as well as wide range of apps

Mandatory Technical skills and experience:

  • End to end Infrastructure and Networks
  • Data aggregation
  • Application, Data and Network security

Essential Skills:

  • Requirements Definition and Management
  • Solution Architecture Role Description
  • Technical Specialism
  • Professional Development
  • Systems Integration
  • Innovation
  • Information Assurance
  • Data Analysis
  • Database Design

Desirable Skills:

  • Emerging Technology Monitoring
  • Systems Design
  • User Experience Analysis
  • Business Risk Management
  • Capacity Management
  • Network Design
  • Service Acceptance
  • Systems Development Management
  • IT Strategy and Planning
  • Business Modelling

Desirable Criteria

  • Defined and managed reference architectures.
  • Higher levels of proficiency in one or more relevant skills or competences deeper and more comprehensive experience, specifically in more complex and bigger projects experience in managing people.
  • Higher levels of relevant accreditation or certifications.

Flexible Working

With the ongoing pandemic, this role will be home-based. It is however important to consider the likelihood of working in our offices London from time-to-time when the circumstances around office-based work return to normal.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
6 months w/extension
(extension possible)
From
Cirrus Nexus
Published at
25.11.2021
Project ID:
2259461
Contract type
Freelance
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