Description
For one of our clients in Noord Brabant we are looking for an Enterprise Architect. The project should start immediately. The client is ready to give a 3 months contract initially + extension.
Brief Description
An Enterprise Architect is required to deliver technical architectures able to accommodate the current and future needs of the business, taking input from the Enterprise Architects - Business. To rationalise potential overlaps and dependencies into coherent programmes of work to deliver common business services.
About the role (External)
Key Accountabilities
1. Own at least one of, and otherwise contribute to, the definition and development of the IM strategy data, application, integration, technology infrastructure and security architecture as a cohesive and coherent set of architectures that support the business needs and policies.
2. Evaluate proposed changes to these architectures such that risks to the business are mitigated.
3. Research, evaluate, define and maintain corporate data and information policies, processes, standards, tools and repositories necessary for the successful use and/or re-use of data and information models.
4. Support the maintenance of these architectures to reflect changes to the functions strategy for new requirements, emergence of technology innovations and changes to the business.
5. Provide expert consultancy advice and guidance on the architecture areas and on integration issues through the Solution Architects to provide projects within IM, business and industry partners with a clear understanding of the framework. Maximise opportunities, taking full account of commercial, technical and financial implications of the risks.
6. Validate that suppliers and partners support the IM strategic direction through communication, influence and relationship building.
Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential
Extensive experience of managing data and/or information architectural development at an enterprise level
Substantial experience of systems analysis and requirements specification
Substantial experience working at the business and IS Strategy level
Knowledge of enterprise integration concepts and technologies eg EAI, Web Services
Knowledge of web concepts and technologies (including Internet, Intranet, Extranet, Portals, EJB, Web Servers, Application CASE/Modelling tools (ideally, Systems Architect)
Knowledge and understanding of Hardware and Network Infrastructure concepts and technologies
Desirable
Substantial experience of corporate process architecture development and deployment
Broad experience of the use of modelling, data management, simulation, workflow and end-user analysis tools
Proficiency of database technologies especially Oracle ERP (11i) and messaging including IBM (MQ) and Oracle (AQ) and broad XML experience
Data Management concepts & technology (eg Data warehousing, DBMS's eg Oracle)
Process Management and workflow concepts and technologies (eg Oracle Workflow)
Development life cycles and notations covering structured, object and component based approaches (eg IE, SSADM, DSDM, RUP, UML)
Software Infrastructure/Middleware concepts and technologies
Information Security Concepts, Standards (BS7799/InfoSec), Infrastructure and Technologies
Document, Content and/or Digital Asset Management concepts and technologies (eg Documentum)
Experience of the use of Enterprise Integration Architecture (EAI) methodologies and tools covering 3 or more of: Oracle ERP, IBM Middleware, Web Portals, Data Warehousing, GIS, Document Management, HP, IBM, Midrange (Unix) and Microsoft based desktop and server environments