E2E Enterprise Architect

Roles: E2E Enterprise Architect

Client: Global Consulting Firm

Location: Remote & UK (Several possible locations)

Salary: GBP 90-130K base salary + Bonus + Benefits

Note: Applicants must be based and eligible to work in the UK

We are partnered with a leading global consultancy who are currently building a new and dedicated cloud practice. They are now looking to hire a E2E Enterprise Architect.

As a member of the team, you’ll work with clients to define their vision and plan how to get there. We deliver the technological solutions organisations need to compete and grow and build a lasting legacy of improvement and performance, partnering with best in class technologies and solution sets.

In joining, you’ll help our clients understand and evolve the way they align Information Technology with their business strategy, create integrated end to end solutions, and use enterprise applications to solve complex business problems.

General skills

• Demonstrable experience in architecting and delivering complex solution for major companies on leading technologies spanning across multiple domains and applications.

• Proven track record to shape and lead large multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven experience to manage senior stakeholders including C suite, Director / head of practices.

• Proven experience as leading E2E architect on complex transformation from Strategy through to execution, operating across:

○ Technology enabled Business Strategy & roadmap definition.

○ Architecture and Solution Design (requirements, solution, data,integration, vendor selection).

○ Agile / iterative delivery and acceptance (leading / providing technical oversight of development & testing team, Product Ownership, Solution guardian).

○ Data migration architecture and cutover execution.

Architecture skills

• Experience is leading the designing North Star strategic architecture, roadmap and transition states addressing business, technology and people aspects.
• Ability to drive and enforce continuity & traceability of information – across diverse stakeholders – throughout the transformation stages and therefore delivering fit for purpose solutions in line with strategic objectives.
• Proven and field tested architectural design skills and ability to discuss the merits and trade-offs of using any particular design approach and technology.
• Experience of vendor landscape, vendor selection / management process, vendor and market analysis.

○ Strong enterprise architecture knowledge with a specialty on at least one of front office / middle office / back office

○ Leading vendors including Application, data, infrastructure and Cloud platform technologies

• Hands on expertise of data / integration / security design to enable modularity and flexibility in the solution.

○ Data: Enterprise Data Model, MDM, data modeling.

○ Integration: IPaaS, API, Micro services and modern integration patterns, key protocols (REST, etc), Omnichannel solution, performance and scalability.

○ Security: data normalization, secured perimeter, Identity and Access Management.

• Solid understanding of Cloud technologies (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) and operational enablers such as DevSecOps.

• Thought leadership to act as trusted advisor to advise clients senior technical leaders on best practice points of view on next-generation platforms and enablement.
• Proven track records and certifications on key leading market vendors, architecture standards (e.g. TOGAF), delivery standards (e.g. SaFe, Scrum, etc)

• Team mentoring: Drive and support the internal growth of the strategy and architecture capabilities.

Collaboration and teaming skills

• Multiple experience in fluid environments delivering complex solutions in Agile and iterative delivery models.
• Used to work across diverse stakeholders in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Multi industry expertise with experiences across Tier 1 companies.

Baseline consulting skills

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Organizational ability to manage and work on multiple projects / tasks.
• Adaptability to the client needs and industry areas.
• Experiences across several industries including Energy & Utilities, Retail and Consumer, Telecommunications Media and technology, Finance.
• Coaching and mentoring other resources.
• Continuous learning to remain up to date and informed of the latest trends.

To be successful in this Solution Architecture Senior Manager role you will need

• Proven track record to shape and deliver robust leading solutions in complex and fluid environments.
• Architecture skills spanning across Solution, data and integration domains while being aware of infrastructure, security and other non functional dimensions.
• Experience to shape and lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex solutions.
• Strong knowledge of the vendor landscape, ideally with leading certifications or will to pursue certifications.
• Proven understanding of Cloud market and technologies.
• Support the business development activities in combination with client delivery and practice growth.