Enterprise Architect in Greater London

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Job Description

An outstanding educational institution is seeking a new Chief Enterprise Architect to join their team permanently.

We are partnering with a top education sector organization that is hiring a permanent Chief Architect role. They need a visionary, highly skilled systems leader to drive the planning and execution of scalable, secure, and modern solutions across their entire platform. This individual will function as a top-level technology strategist , guiding the team and collaborating with various departments to ensure the integrity of the architecture is maintained and aligned with all major business goals.

Role Details:

• Job Title: Enterprise Architect
• Work Location: Greater London Area (Hybrid)
• Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 (Slight flex for right person)
• Contract Type: Full-Time Employment
• Reporting Structure: Reports to CIO
• Working Hours: 35 hours per week standard
• Anticipated Start: Immediate opening

Core Responsibilities:

• Create organization-wide IT design frameworks and documents to inform and direct leadership decisions.
• Outline the long-term technical environment and craft technology roadmaps detailing the progression from the present setup to the desired future state.
• Implement and run the organization's Architecture Policy and Oversight process.
• Manage the comprehensive enterprise strategic blueprint and oversee its influence on individual projects and initiatives.
• Identify necessary improvements and suggest effective operational shifts through enhancing technology, information handling procedures, team structure, and job roles.
• Balance conflicting priorities like features, service reliability, financial efficiency, and necessary system management.
• Provide mentorship to technical personnel on important choices regarding architecture, tooling, and data management strategies.
• Ensure full adherence to security, data privacy, and all relevant statutory mandates.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear for non-technical leadership

Critical Background & Expertise:

• Experience creating and maintaining transition plans/roadmaps to guide the journey from the current system to the ideal future environment.
• Proven ability to use architectural frameworks to genuinely influence alterations in the organizational structure, workflows, data management, business applications, and infrastructure.
• Track record of building roadmaps for migrating software components to public cloud services .
• Experience in supporting the transfer of major business platforms (to SaaS or cloud-hosted models).
• Establishing governance, rules, and best practices for the selection of specific solution design elements.
• Deep familiarity with data protection and privacy regulations, including GDPR and specific UK data laws , to ensure complete legal compliance.

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