Enterprise Architect (x2) 18 month Fixed Term Contract
£63,510 to £66,561
Northampton

Keystream is supporting a public sector body in Northampton in their search for two Enterprise Architects to drive the right strategic technology decisions for the organisation and ensure that their use of technology is proportionate and fit for purpose.
These will be key roles in helping to form the IT Roadmap as part of their Strategy & Architecture team, and to help align the technology strategy to business strategy, in consultation with the service owners.
Key Responsibilities:

• To create models of business architecture, data architecture, and information systems architecture wherever necessary to support Enterprise Architecture & technology goals.
• Produce Enterprise Architecture artefacts as required to model/document an area of the business and the systems that support it. E.g., Business Capability maps, Data models, Systems diagrams.
• To ensure the proper governance of new technology introduced into the estate, and the application of best practice to architectural decisions.
• Consult with stakeholders in the business, including up to Director level. Work to understand business roadmaps and collaborate with the rest of the Architecture team on the alignment of the IT roadmap with those business roadmaps.
• Collaborate with other Architects to help Enterprise Architecture and Solutions Architecture practices work seamlessly together, as far as possible.
• Take a broad, organisation wide view of technology and business needs, balancing the concerns of disparate stakeholders, and guiding strategic decisions around technology and the application in accordance with what is best for the whole organisation.
• Contribute to, and help enforce, governance. Aid in the production of Architecture Principles, Policies & Rules/Standards.
• Help foster an open, positive culture within the wider technology department, working with all IT colleagues to explore new ideas and ways of working.
• Mentor and help grow junior Architects within the team.

Essential Criteria

• An appropriate Architecture qualification (e.g., BCS E&SA, Zachmann, TOGAF) or equivalent professional experience.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of how an organisations strategy and goals can be translated into architectures, technology roadmaps, actions, etc.
• Able to build lasting relationships with stakeholders up to and including Director level. Able to understand the needs of those stakeholders and to translate them into IT strategy.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of cloud native architecture patterns using mainstream cloud provider services (e.g., AWS/Azure)
• Previous extensive experience dealing with large scale digital transformation within complex organisations.

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