RQ00294 Senior Enterprise Architect

In this role, you'll play a critical leadership role in managing the Technology Review Board (TRB) and driving the overall technology strategy. The successful candidate will bring together technical vision and stakeholder engagement to ensure architectural standards are met across complex, cloud-based platforms.

Advantages
- High-impact role contributing to a high-profile digital transformation
- Hybrid work environment (3 days onsite, 2 remote)
- Opportunity to lead enterprise-wide architecture across a modern cloud landscape
- Involvement with cutting-edge technologies and high-profile sector innovation
- Long-term contract with potential for renewal

Responsibilities
1. Technology Review Board (TRB) Leadership
- Develop and refine the TRB framework to align with the client's initiatives, supporting projects and ensuring proper due diligence.
- Lead TRB committee with other TRB members to ensure alignment of projects with the agency's strategic goals and objectives.
- Provide project approvals and collaborate with the project team and sponsors on required governance/architecture.
- Author architectural documentation to help project teams assess architecture and improve and develop their processes.
- Inform various stakeholders about any issues and recommendations with the current technical solutions being implemented.
- Expert understanding of Cloud, PaaS and SaaS based architecture with ability to adopt and relate new technologies to the set of problems.
- Assure quality, security and compliance requirements are met.
- Ensure project blueprints as well as high level and detailed technical design align with the business strategy and objectives.

2. Architectural Leadership
- Own the overall technology and architecture blueprint of the project from solutioning to the delivery phases.
- Work with Enterprise Technology, Digital and Data teams in developing the technology strategies and roadmaps.
- Analyze highly complex business requirements; generate technical specifications or redesign complex components and applications.
- Architecture, design and develops due diligence to confirm the developed solution complies aligns with architectural design.
- Leverage industry best practices to design, test, implement and support a solution.
- Create designs and reference architectures.
- Play an architect’s role from defining the overall solution and technical architecture to working closely with project teams to deliver solutions successfully.
- Provide architecture leadership and technical domain expertise to project teams.
- Work with the vendors to assess vendor products and understand vendor’s delivery models.

3. IT Governance Support
- Refine IT Governance Framework and Processes.
- Create Architecture Templates, including EA SOW, EA Decision Matrix, and Enterprise Architecture Documentation.
- Track and develop performance metrics to support continuous improvement of the architecture governance framework.
- Reduce technical debt and continuously seek opportunities to optimize as best practices and standards are established.
- Contribute to the development of architecture governance structures, methodologies and compliance activities.
- Identify, define and implement reusable assets and standards.
- Ensure relevant technical strategies, policies, standards, and practices are applied correctly across Technology programs/projects and products.
- Guide others in resolving significant issues in architecture and solve complex, escalated aspects of a project.

4. Stakeholder Management and Communication
- Stakeholder management with strong communication skills (both written and oral) with abilities to present to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Present to IT Governance Committee, Project Steering and work with IT leadership on priority initiatives for executive leadership.
- Act as a bridge between technical and business audiences during solution planning, development and deployment.
- Represent the technical team in senior leadership meetings and effectively convey technical terms and strategy to business and IT executives.
- Collaborate and consult with the architecture team on project architectures being developed/adopted.
- Provides coaching, mentoring and support to project teams during the delivery phase across the eco-system, frameworks and platforms.
- Socialize with larger audiences using reporting, real-time dashboards, and hosting education sessions.
- Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment.
- Maintains ongoing dialogue and builds trusted relationships with stakeholders to educate them on the purpose and benefits of the right architecture for the solution.
- Understanding of business and organizational strategy.

Qualifications
Must Haves:
- 10+ years’ overall IT industry experience, with 5+ years in a technical architect role using service and hosting solutions such as private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS platforms.
- 3+ years’ experience with managing SaaS Vendors in ensuring compliance to EA technology and security standards
- Experience designing, developing, and implementing a Technology Review Board (TRB).
- Experience designing, developing, and owning the overall technology and architecture blueprint.

General Skills:
- Project Management Expertise: Proven experience in managing complex IT projects.
- Strategic Planning and Execution: Ability to develop and execute strategic plans effectively, aligning IT initiatives with business objectives.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Skilled in engaging and communicating with various stakeholders, including technical teams, business units, and senior management.
- Change Management: Proficiency in managing change within an organization, ensuring smooth transitions and adoption of new technologies and processes.
- Data Management: Understanding of data management principles, especially in the context of unstructured data and compliance requirements.

Summary
Our client is looking for a visionary and experienced Senior Enterprise Architect who can lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives with strong technical knowledge, strategic insight, and stakeholder engagement skills. If you’re ready to take ownership of enterprise technology governance and solution design in a dynamic, purpose-driven organization, this is your opportunity.

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