Enterprise Architect

• Delivery of enterprise architecture processes and principles
• Development of an enterprise architecture methodology, including key artefacts
• Capture enterprise architecture decisions, providing logic and proposing plans to mitigate these impacts
• Regular updates on progress made and status reporting to the Head of Business Transformation and Business Planning Director
• Running and managing the Technical Design Authority (TDA) to review all proposed technical solutions and focus on bespoke solutions to ensure they have been coded effectively and considered security as part of their development
• Supporting key governance forums, such as the Change Board and providing regular contributions to the Portfolio Review Meeting
• Identification, reporting and tracking of architecture risks, issues, and dependencies. Escalating as required

• Successfully running enterprise architecture for small and medium size organisations
• Understanding of established architectural frameworks
• Supporting delivery of technical solutions and ensuring compliance with business requirements
• Presenting updates at complex governance forums
• Engaging senior level stakeholders and obtaining buy-in
• Developing an enterprise architecture strategy organisation wide, along with roadmap, and communicating this to the business
• Shaping of enterprise architecture initiatives and activities
• Understanding of M25 business, digital technology and its application
• Engaging third party suppliers to understand their technical solutions and their development roadmaps
• Interdependency identification and tracking
• Management of technical debt
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)
• Technical proficiency in data platforms (e.g., AWS Redshift, MS SQL Server), BI tools (e.g., Power BI), and scripting (SQL, Python/R)

Information Security experience and understanding of NIS (Network and Information Systems) regulations and ISO27001 accreditation