Enterprise Architect - Birmingham

Enterprise Architect - Birmingham

Hybrid working

Salary up to £75,000

Enterprise Architect required for a leading client based in Birmingham. My client is currently seeking an Enterprise Architect to join the IT Planning & Architecture team. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, solution architecture teams, and various IT and business units to deliver top-tier enterprise solutions.

You will define the direction and establish the framework for integrating information systems, data, and programs. This role involves developing, coordinating, communicating, maintaining, cataloging, and promoting the adoption of the overall Enterprise Architecture. You will provide expert guidance and strategic advice on Enterprise Architecture, ensuring that solution designs align with business strategies and future technologies conform to established architectural principles.

Key skills and responsibilities:

1. Enterprise Architecture
2. Creating strategic architecture roadmaps, enhancing architectural governance, and offering guidance to internal and third-party solution architecture providers.
3. Proven expertise in two or more Enterprise Architecture domains (Business, Data, Application, or Technology), with a strong foundational understanding of all domains and the technologies relevant to each.
4. Actively contribute to strategic planning and vision, translating them into clear architectural models when needed.
5. Continuously refine and manage the Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance processes, ensuring they align with the overall strategic vision.
6. Develop Enterprise Architecture perspectives, with a strong emphasis on addressing business challenges.
7. Collaborate with the Head of Planning & Architecture to create strategic architecture roadmaps, fostering understanding, securing buy-in, and ensuring alignment with program roadmaps.
8. Practical knowledge of how different business models and processes influence Enterprise Architecture and how architecture can support and drive business value.
9. Hands-on experience in creating, applying, and deriving value from architecture principles.
10. Demonstrated ability to align business vision and strategy with capability roadmaps, ensuring prioritization and coherence.
11. Up-to-date knowledge of various systems, integration methods, emerging and existing industry standards, and the role of Enterprise Architecture in IS portfolio management.
12. Strong influencing and negotiation skills, capable of driving change among senior stakeholders.
13. Proven ability to plan and manage complex interventions and projects over extended timelines while effectively handling shifting priorities.
14. Strategic thinker and problem solver with a confident decision-making ability, comfortable with accountability at a senior level.
15. Certified in Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or an equivalent qualification.

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