Solutions / Enterprise Architect

The successful candidate is being brought in to play a pivotal role in a systems transformation programme.  This role will be responsible for providing the technical vision and goals for solutions and leading the solutions architecture from inception to delivery ensuring that it meets the business needs driving the transformation.

The SA must ensure that new systems are built/integrated in a way that best ensures that functional requirements are met whilst also ensure that service qualities (Performance, scalability, extensibility etc.) for now and for the future are achievable.

This role will include responsibility for all technical aspects of transformation including RFP processes and for ensuring requirements and solutions proposed align with stakeholders expectations.

Key responsibilities:

• Work with Business analyst to understand and shape the business requirements so that solution options and related costs are best fit against requirements and business case.
• Provision of designs and documentation of system and software architecture
• For solution procurement, supports and shapes functional requirements and leads the preparation and evaluation of IT requirements ensuring both functional and technical are aligned.
• Ensure that the architecture meets best practice security and compliance standards.
• Ensure end-to-end that the highest levels of technical standards are applied to software design and architecture

• Maintain morale, both within the project team but also with wider stakeholders by providing a sound design, and providing good presentations and materials on the systems architecture to let everyone know the organization is on the right track.

Required Qualification / Experience:

• 10 years within a technical environment performing architecture & technical design across technical domains.
• Proven track record in designing/architecting solutions that meet the business need and provide measurable business benefit.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of the operational processes and technologies required to run a Financial Services business
• Understanding of user-centered analysis and design principles.
• Experience working on Systems Transformations and working with 3rd parties.
• Experience in procurement and implementation of off the shelf solutions.
• Strong technical knowledge across a wide range of platforms, products and technologies including workflow, document imaging, policy administration, datawarehouse, business intelligence and analytics.
• Exposure to .net, SQL and SharePoint environments
• Significant analytical, problem solving and decision making skills
• Ability to work independently, be strategic, plain talking when setting out the direction
• Ability to product concise, clear and accurate designs that meet business requirements and that can be implemented successfully.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency with modelling techniques and tools.