Infrastructure Enterprise Architect

Location: Bengaluru

JC Enterprise Architect-(Infrastructure)

An Enterprise Architect is a practitioner of enterprise architecture which is a business management discipline that operates within large enterprises. Enterprise architects work with stakeholders, both leadership and subject matter experts, to build a holistic view of the organization's strategy, processes, information, and information technology assets. The enterprise architect then links that business to the organization's IT strategy, and documents this using multiple architectural models or views that show how the current and future needs of an organization will be met.

Responsibilities:

- Strategy Alignment:
Link the business strategy to the organization's IT strategy and document this using multiple architectural models or views
- Consultancy and Guidance:
Provide expert consultancy advice and guidance on architecture areas and integration issues through Solution Architects
- Maintenance and Updates:
Support the maintenance of architecture to reflect changes in the IM strategy, new requirements, technology innovations, and business change

- Risk Management:

Maximize opportunities while considering commercial, technical, and financial implications of risks
- Supplier and Partner Communication:
Validate that suppliers and partners support the IM strategic direction through effective communication, influence, and relationship building

Qualifications:

- Experience:

Extensive experience in managing data and/or information architectural development at an enterprise level
- Systems Analysis:
Substantial experience in systems analysis and requirements specification
- Strategy Level Work:
Experience working at the business and IS Strategy level
- Integration Knowledge:
Knowledge of enterprise integration concepts and technologies

Job Skills , Experience and Qualifications

Essential

- Extensive experience of managing data and/or information architectural development at an enterprise level
- Substantial experience of systems analysis and requirements specification
- Substantial experience working at the business and IS Strategy level
- Knowledge of enterprise integration concepts and technologies e.g. EAI, Web Services
· Knowledge of web concepts and technologies (including Internet, Intranet, Extranet, Portals, EJB, Web Servers, Application CASE/Modelling tools (ideally, Systems Architect)
· Knowledge and understanding of Hardware and Network Infrastructure concepts and technologies

Desirable

- Substantial experience of corporate process architecture development and deployment
- Broad experience of the use of modelling, data management, simulation, workflow and end-user analysis tools
· Proficiency of database technologies especially Oracle ERP (11i) and messaging including IBM (MQ) and Oracle (AQ) and broad XML experience
· Data Management concepts & technology (e.g. Data warehousing, DBMS’s e.g. Oracle)
· Process Management and workflow concepts and technologies (e.g. Oracle Workflow)
· Development life cycles and notations covering structured, object and component based approaches (e.g. IE, SSADM, DSDM, RUP, UML)
- Software Infrastructure/Middleware concepts and technologies
- Information Security Concepts, Standards (BS7799/Info Sec), Infrastructure and Technologies
· Document, Content and/or Digital Asset Management concepts and technologies (e.g. Documentum)

- Experience of the use of Enterprise Integration Architecture (EAI) methodologies and tools covering 3 or more of:
Oracle ERP, IBM Middleware, Web Portals, Data Warehousing, GIS, Document Management, HP, IBM, Midrange (Unix) and Microsoft based desktop and server environments

Accountability

1. Own at least one of, and otherwise contribute to, the definition and development of the IM strategy data, application, integration, technology infrastructure and security architecture as a cohesive and coherent set of architectures that support the business needs and policies.

2. Evaluate proposed changes to these architectures such that risks to the business are mitigated.

3. Research, evaluate, define and maintain corporate data and information policies, processes, standards, tools and repositories necessary for the successful use…