Description
Contract Duration: 3 Month initial Contract
Rate: £650-750 per day outside IR35
Company Overview:
Harvey Nash is proud to be on the search for a contract Enterprise Architect for a client of ours in the North West.
Role Overview:
This is a key role and will be responsible for owning, shaping and driving the technology roadmap. The Enterprise Architect will be a member of the Architecture team in the department of Information System Services providing leadership, analysis and design around the development of the digital architecture. The role will involve working with a range of academic and professional individuals reporting directly to the Head of Customer, Strategy and Governance.
Requirements:
- In-depth knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks, principles, and best practices, with the ability to produce clear and concise architectural documentation
- Proven leadership skills to lead on the development of architectural decisions and solutions
- Experience identifying architectural challenges, proposing innovative solutions to address them
Please refer to the included job description and person specification for further details of essential and desirable qualifications for the role.
Major Duties:
- Analyse current technologies to detect critical deficiencies, legacy issues, technical debt; recommend solutions for improvement considering Digital Strategy, available resources, capital planning.
- Lead on designing future-state technology architecture; analyse enterprise business context (business strategy/trends), change requirements/transition plans.
- Carry out horizon scanning; identify emerging trends/potential impact/opportunity for organisation; drive digital innovation by leveraging innovative technologies/approaches to renovate/extend/transform existing development/solutions environment.
- Identify priorities for change enabling delivery at pace; lead on delivering cross-cutting capabilities that enable change.
- Establish architectural principles/policies/standards; develop governance/new ways of working ensuring adherence across delivery life cycle; provide guidance for solutions/data/technology architects.
- Develop/maintain framework for architectural modelling/documentation/graphical representations including abstracts/system architecture models.
- Guide organisation in making appropriate business/technology/data decisions considering re-use/security/sustainability/scalability achieving value-for-money/reducing risk.
Additional Information:
Please note that this role will require 2 days on site per week minimum.
Application Process:
If you are an experienced contract Enterprise Architect then I would like to hear from you. Please apply directly online; if your application is successful one of our team will be in touch.