The Technical Architect will be part of a small architecture team reporting the Enterprise Applications Architect and will be responsible for:
- Liaising with stakeholders to gather analyse and manage business requirements.
- Translating requirements into solutions architectures that are aligned with with our enterprise architecture and Forvis Mazars strategy.
- Producing and validating solution architectures across all architectural domains including applications and data.
- Ensuring solution designs are aligned with appropriate architectural principles policies standards and blueprints.
- Supporting delivery teams during implementation to ensure solution integrity and providing functional and technical guidance to stakeholders and delivery teams.
- Developing and maintaining documentation and highlevel designs associated with solution delivery.
- Contributing to the T&DS strategy and supporting our enterprise architecture.
- Presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders and business/IT forums.
- Participating actively in the Technical Design Authority to assure proposed solutions.
- Leading our IT governance structures: TDA (Technical Design Architecture) and EAB (Enterprise Architecture Board).
- Promoting appropriate emerging technologies and industry trends to incorporate into our architecture.
Qualifications :
This role will suit an experienced Technical Architect with handson experience working in a global organisation. To apply for this role you will need to demonstrate:
- Previous experience as a solutions architect across a broad range of initiatives.
- Experience designing innovative digital solutions and an understanding of how modern software applications are built and delivered.
- Experience architecting solutions in a multivendor multicloud environment.
- Technical understanding and experience in a range of technologies and architectural best practices in one or more of the following areas:
- Microsoft Platform technologies (Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365
- APIs and integration technologies
- Containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
- Identity Management
- Cloud Native Architecture
- Virtualisation Platforms storage technologies and enterprise server platforms
- Enterprise Networking
- Data and Analytics
- Awareness of EA frameworks such as TOGAF.
- Good allround knowledge of data privacy practices and laws.
- Good allround knowledge of security practices and procedures.
Skills and Attributes
We are looking for more than just a set of experiences and knowledge so in addition to the technical competencies listed above we also expect you to:
- Have a Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in Information Technology or a related field.
- Have a certification in cloud solution architecture for example AWS Certified Solution Architect or equivalent.
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills (English language mandatory).
- Be able to communicate architectural designs and concepts to different audiences from CSuite executives to technologists.
- Have strong influencing skills and the ability to work positively and sensitively with stakeholders.
- Be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Have a positive can do attitude and a willingness to get the job done.
- Be an active listener and proactive in offering ideas that will help Forvis Mazars evolve and meet its strategic objectives.
- Be an enthusiastic learner proactive in ensuring your knowledge is uptodate and maintaining a good awareness of business and technology trends in the data arena.
- Be adaptable to change with the ability to spot and remediate issues before they arise.
- Have good relationship management skills and the ability to build and create a strong internal network across levels and disciplines within Forvis Mazars.
Additional Information :
Hybrid work 50
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime