As an Enterprise Architect, you will work with medium and large organisations across the public and private sectors to define digital strategies, develop enterprise architectures and support technology-enabled transformation.
You will work with customers, business stakeholders and technical teams to understand requirements, advise on technology options and create enterprise and solution architectures that support business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Shape digital strategies for medium and large organisations across the public and private sectors.
- Define digital strategies and solutions aligned with customer requirements and use cases.
- Develop enterprise and solution architectures across different technology platforms and customer environments.
- Facilitate pre-sales discussions with clients and internal stakeholders.
- Work with business users to elicit requirements and develop design specifications.
- Coordinate and contribute to bid responses and proposals.
- Advise C-suite stakeholders on how technology can support business outcomes.
- Create enterprise and solution architecture designs and documentation for new and existing systems, with a focus on digital technologies.
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with business and technical stakeholders.
- Contribute to organisational strategy and technology initiatives relating to enterprise transformation and modernisation.
- Provide architectural principles and governance guidance for customer projects and across the wider organisation.
- Introduce relevant technology trends and support innovation in technology and solution delivery strategies.
- Identify, evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, products and services.
Essential Experience
- Experience working within information technology environments.
- Enterprise Architecture experience within complex IT environments.
- Experience communicating, advising and engaging effectively with internal and external stakeholders at different organisational levels.
- Written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Client-facing consultancy experience, including pre-sales activities.
- Knowledge of modern application development, cloud and integration architecture patterns.
- Experience defining and delivering enterprise change and technology transformation programmes.
Desirable Experience
- Experience with public cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure and/or AWS.
- Knowledge of PaaS, SaaS and IaaS technologies.
- Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
- Experience integrating SaaS solutions into enterprise technology environments.
- Architecture certification such as TOGAF or relevant vendor-based certification.
Why Version 1?
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
- Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
- Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
- Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
- Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
- Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
- Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
- Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
- Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.
We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at [email protected]. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.
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