Principal Enterprise Architect - DevSecOps and Developer Platforms

• Sets and drives the enterprise architecture strategy for DevSecOps, leading the road mapping, goal setting, project execution, and roll-out strategy in tight partnership with stakeholders
• Decides the viable architectural frameworks to implement that support long term maintainability, extensibility, and interoperability
• Drives architectural assessments, technology selection, and technology roadmaps
• Manages the alignment with cross-functional teams through the lifecycle to empower decision making
• Operates as an SME within own field of expertise and acts as expert advisor to other teams and senior management on the most complex enterprise architecture related issues and provides consultation regarding opportunities to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in system capabilities
• Leads the development of the conceptualization of innovative services or products within enterprise architecture
• Mentors and coaches experienced professionals to develop current and future team capabilities and ensure performance
• Ensure alignment to the wider security architecture strategy and capabilities, acting as a bridge between the digital and security architecture teams for DevSecOps

• 9+ years experience within the IT/Digital industry
• 3-5 years experience of enterprise architecture
• 3+ years experience of software engineering technologies (SCM, CI/CD, BDD/TDD, etc. across the entire SDLC)
• 5+ years experience with technologies such as agile project management, issue/backlog management, collaboration tools, etc.
• Personal experience of software development in an enterprise environment
• Multi-sector experience, telecommunications is useful but not essential
• 3+ years architecture experience of software engineering and related technologies
• DevSecOps practices and capabilities such as SAST/DAST, SCA, SBOM etc.
• Modern software engineering practices and cloud native technologies (Public Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure
• Kubernetes)
• A broad range of Enterprise Architecture skills and techniques across all stages of the architecture lifecycle
• A deep understanding of modern Software Engineering and Development practices and the full SDLC from inception to operations
• A background in, or experience of, Solution Architecture and complex software deployment and integration practices on cloud
• Well versed in owning and evolving a Technology Strategy, adapting to rapidly changing external and internal factors
• A Growth Mindset
• Effective at Decision Making, able to present rationale and logic behind your decisions and build consensus to support them at senior levels
• Expert in Information Security principles and practices, with a focus on the software development lifecycle
• Procurement/commercial experience as you will be at the forefront of vendor selection processes across a broad set of technologies

Multi-sector experience, telecommunications is useful but not essential