Enterprise Architect - IT

Job Description

- Provides technical leadership and supervision to the Application Development team.

- Responsible for the definition, design and interpretation of technical architecture artefacts taken from user requirements specifications or in direct discussions with the business, to create a solutions architecture to meet business requirements

- Define the target architectures, and the roadmaps and timescales for these architectures to ensure the most effective use of technology and digital services across the Secretariat whilst delivering the required business outcomes

- Act as design authority and provide an assurance role, ensuring that all architecture activities and deliverables (in-house and external outsourced) are produced to a high quality and are consistent with existing standards, policies and strategies

- Take up new Technologies and set up capability within team

- To take a lead role in the full life cycle delivery of the technical solutions for Business projects from initial concept, requirements gathering, specification, design, delivery, acceptance and in to operational support

- Deliver high quality implementation of the defined solution to facilitate realization of organizational benefit.

- Be responsible for the determination and promulgation of the appropriate: frameworks, standards, libraries and approach to be adopted, in the translation of this architecture into working code; and to keep these up-to-date

- Develop technology strategies and roadmaps

- Develop tower wide technology investment planning

- Develop and optimize the Application landscape.

- Manage the appropriate governance forums to ensure the agreement and maintenance of the overall Enterprise Architecture of the Secretariat and ensure that the process delivers strategic imperatives.

- Experience in reviewing and selecting Technical and Applications Architectures solutions

- Experience of supporting procurement of IT Architecture.

- Experience of architecting digital services

- Experience of working with 3rd party Technical and Application Architects

- Outstanding analytical skills

- Experience with CRM software

- Exceptional strategic planning and problem solving skills

- Ability working within pressurized environments whilst making decisive decisions

Other:

- Strong interpersonal skills including ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences

- Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills.

- Experience of senior executive/leadership engagement.

- Ability to manage through organizational change.

- Keen attention to detail

- Strong experience working with diverse technology platforms

Qualifications :

Education / Qualifications :

- Degree in IT or related discipline

- Extensive practical Enterprise Architecture experience, certified with a recognized EA framework, e.g. TOGAF

- MCSE - SharePoint or MCTS - SharePoint (Desirable)

- PRINCE2 certified. (Desirable)

- CISSP (Desirable)