Information Technology Architect

Job Responsibilities

You will guide projects down the right technical paths, looking after not only the technical architecture choices but the impact of those choices on the overall solution approach. You will be responsible for ensuring that technology and application platforms are scalable, extensible and cost effective in line with IT strategy and customer needs. This includes the creation and governance of strategies, technology road maps, reference architectures and standards. You will provide thought leadership and advocate industry best practices and principles.

Experience Required

• Minimum of 6 years professional experience in an IT architecture role.
• You must have a holistic understanding of application, data and infrastructure technologies.
• You will also enjoy keeping your existing technical skills up to date and developing new ones, so that you can make strong contributions to architecture decisions.

Essential and Desirable Skills

• You will need to be able to work collaboratively with colleagues, customers and stakeholders to support the delivery of IT services.
• You will need to have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills along with a demonstrated ability to work as part of a team.
• It is important that the successful candidate is able to define and guide their own work under minimal supervision.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, technology management or other relevant degree.

Working Hours & Benefits

• 37.5 hour working week.
• Benefits package.