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Our client is a global IT services organization seeking a highly experienced and talented Enterprise Architect to join the team in London. The Enterprise Architect will be responsible for all architecture decisions within the supported area and will play a crucial role in building compelling architecture strategies and roadmaps in alignment with their business objectives and technology strategy. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of various technologies and methodologies and be able to influence clients investment portfolios and the direction of major change programs to ensure strategic architecture outcomes.

Key responsibility:

• Make all architecture decisions for the area supported.
  


• Build compelling architecture strategies and roadmaps in collaboration with Business, Engineering, Operations, Industry and Vendors.
  


• Proactively drive the agenda to simplify and modernize the technology landscape.
  


• Keep up-to-date with the latest industry direction and vendor offerings to ensure their strategies capitalize on new opportunities.
  


• Influence investment portfolios and the direction of major change programs to ensure strategic architecture outcomes.
  


• Build strong relationships and communicate effectively with key business and engineering stakeholders, including CxOs.
  


• Be an authority for an architecture domain with deep and broad knowledge of technology, methodology and assurance techniques.
  
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Desirable technical experience:

• Cloud platform technologies covering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services on Azure and GCP.
  


• Hybrid hosting architecture of cloud and tradition platforms including Midrange Unix and Mainframe technologies.
  


• API architecture standards including OpenID Connect profiles, API gateways, microservices including event-driven architectures.
  


• Data trends including relational, NoSQL databases, data warehouses and data lakes.
  


• Designing critically important systems which have challenging service parameters, for example RPO/RTO Zero.
  


• Broad appreciation of cybersecurity (e.g., zero trust) and the architectural implications it has on application design.
  


• Modern progressive technologies e.g., machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, etc.
  

• It is a Director level opportunity.
  
• To perform in the role effectively, banking particularly investment domain experience is essential.
  
• Candidate must have the right to work in the UK.