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Team Lead II - Talent Acquisition at Mastek
Mastek is hiring for Enterprise Architect - full time position.
Location: Reading, UK
SC Cleared candidates are preferred.
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for helping create the right environment for multidisciplinary teams to succeed, helping them to self-organise whilst creating a culture of learning and transparency. Providing the solution to customer business requirement mapping at an enterprise level, leading a group of solution and/or technical architects to successfully implement programme/project requirements & deliverables. Helping to define and govern technical standards and principles, guide technology roadmaps, and manage technical dependencies across various value streams.
* Provide assurance and assessment of project and programme compliance against overall IT strategy/roadmap for the Enterprise.
* Support the defining and overseeing of the end-to-end architecture for the programme in conjunction with the Chief Architect.
* Support the development of the technical strategy, communicate the technical vision, take ownership of the roadmap, and integration strategies for complex systems.
* Help align with and shape Enterprise Architect approaches and associated frameworks.
* Identify and articulate strategic business objectives, business needs, and the business benefits of IT solutions to a wide variety of audiences from junior to senior in both technical and business roles.
* Participate in the development of the architecture community within the UK, e.g., company events, industry events, mentoring, training.
* Understand, explain, and present complex technical problems at all levels of customer organisations in a persuasive and convincing manner.
* Work in multiple supplier environments and engage and maintain relationships at peer level across customer and other suppliers.
* Analyse and explain the risks involved in adopting certain technology solutions.
* Identify and investigate opportunities for driving value and prepare the necessary technical advice and guidance notes.
* Analyse the solutions environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend improvements.
* Work closely with Project Managers, the Chief Engineer/Architect, and Technical Leads/Solution Architects to ensure that technical and project governance and reviews are conducted; best practice lifecycles are followed thus ensuring a consistent delivery of the project or service.
* Influence and direct a common and consistent approach to the technical delivery elements and play an essential oversight and authorisation role for all technical aspects of projects.
* Support the development of current and future requirements for the capability through existing and future contracts.
* Support the production of outline and full business cases through contribution and architectural artefacts.
Experience
* Experience as a Senior Enterprise Architect or similar role in large-scale, high-security environments, preferably within government sectors.
* Strong track record in designing and delivering secure, complex IT and digital systems.
* Deep understanding of deployed technologies, including secure communications, data analytics, mission-critical applications, and integrations.
* Proficiency in cloud architectures, cybersecurity, software development methodologies, and system integration.
* Experience in working on digital projects which have included cross-functional teams such as Designers, Researchers, UX, Product Owners & Developers.
* Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Scrum practices.
* Understanding of on-premise and deployable technologies.
* Familiarity with defence-specific frameworks, such as AF or NAF, is an advantage.
* Understanding of the Common Architectural Approach (CAA) is desirable.
* Understanding of ISR or ISTAR capability is advantageous.
* Understanding of integrated sensor architecture (ISA) is advantageous.
* Understanding of MongoDB, VMWare technologies, APIs, KAFKA, and Systematic applications is desirable.
* Experience in implementation of an enterprise-level architecture in a large and complex multi-supplier/multi-platform environment.
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
Thanks,
Mastek
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