Enterprise Architect

Join to apply for the Enterprise Architect role at Atkins

Réalis.

Enterprise Architect to play a vital role in the delivery of the Digital Transformation of the M25 joint venture (busiest motorway network in Europe) – being instrumental in strategic change programmes and identifying innovative solutions to business needs. Accountability for IT architecture for the M25 IT systems and a roadmap of activity, aligned to architecture principles, to improve the longer-term architecture.

Ensure development and adoption of a consistent structured methodology for enterprise architecture on the M25, reporting progress, developing, and managing an enterprise architecture plan and implementing appropriate governance. Working with the Project Managers and business leads so that the portfolio of projects progress to plan and any concerns are escalated as required to the Head of Business Transformation and Senior Leadership Team.

Work with wider Business Transformation team, sharing architectural principles, logic of architectural decisions and impact for projects, IT service and Information Security. In addition, build strong relationship with communications, HR, Business Planning & Performance, Asset & Network Planning, Asset Delivery and Network Operations to ensure that they are aware of the architectural process, roadmap and improvements.

Your role

• Work with stakeholders across the M25 community to share lessons on technology decisions, proposals for alternative technology solutions and benefits of consistency around defined technology stacks. Own and manage the Technical Design Authority (TDA), providing challenge on new solutions, understanding how solutions have been developed and ensuring secure by design principles are followed. Identify technical impact for projects / programmes and ensure project and programme managers are managing this effectively.
• In conjunction with the Head of Business Transformation, Digital Delivery Lead and IT Service Lead, feed into the development of a digital strategy, vision, and roadmap to build engagement and communicate delivery of the wider portfolio.
• Understand financial impact of TDA decisions and work to mitigate any adverse impact on budgets with the Head of Business Transformation.
• Support large change programmes, that include procurement exercises, providing input into procurement processes and scoring potential suppliers based on their technical capabilities and alignment to architecture principles.
• Self-starter who can work independently but draw upon business teams where required - developing solutions to specific business needs, understanding business requirements, and reviewing solution impacts.
• Delivery of enterprise architecture processes and principles.
• Development of an enterprise architecture methodology, including key artefacts.
• Capture enterprise architecture decisions, providing logic and proposing plans to mitigate these impacts.
• Regular updates on progress made and status reporting to the Head of Business Transformation and Business Planning Director.
• Running and managing the Technical Design Authority (TDA) to review all proposed technical solutions and focus on bespoke solutions to ensure they have been coded effectively and considered security as part of their development.
• Supporting key governance forums, such as the Change Board and providing regular contributions to the Portfolio Review Meeting.
• Identification, reporting and tracking of architecture risks, issues, and dependencies. Escalating as required.

• Successfully running enterprise architecture for small and medium size organisations.
• Understanding of established architectural frameworks.
• Supporting delivery of technical solutions and ensuring compliance with business requirements.
• Presenting updates at complex governance forums.
• Engaging senior level stakeholders and obtaining buy-in.
• Developing an enterprise architecture strategy organisation wide, along with roadmap, and communicating this to the business.
• Shaping of enterprise architecture initiatives and activities.
• Understanding of M25 business, digital technology and its application.
• Engaging third party suppliers to understand their technical solutions and their development roadmaps.
• Interdependency identification and tracking.
• Management of technical debt.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
• Technical proficiency in data platforms (e.g., AWS Redshift, MS SQL Server), BI tools (e.g., Power BI), and scripting (SQL, Python/R).

• Information Security experience and understanding of NIS (Network and Information Systems) regulations and ISO
  27001 accreditation.

Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. Actively collects customer information and uses it to improve services and solutions. Manages the experience of customers to ensure positive relationships are established and maintained.

Willing to go the extra mile to exceed…