Enterprise Architect

The M25 is one of our Flagship projects in the UK! It is the most used part of the UK Strategic Road Network with it seeing over 200000 vehicles per day and its a critical infrastructure asset for personal and goods vehicles into and around our capital. The network includes around 800 structures and 5 tunnels so it requires high levels of performance constant improvement and repairs to keep it operating smoothly.

Weve formed a Joint Venture project called Connect Plus Services (CPS) to work with our partners to widen operate and maintain the M25 under a 30-year contract and looking for an 

Enterprise Architect to play a vital role in the delivery of the Digital Transformation of the M25 joint venture (busiest motorway network in Europe) being instrumental in strategic change programmes and identifying innovative solutions to business needs.  Accountability for IT architecture for the M25 IT systems and a roadmap of activity aligned to architecture principles to improve the longer-term architecture.

Ensure development and adoption of a consistent structured methodology for enterprise architecture on the M25 reporting progress developing and managing an enterprise architecture plan and implementing appropriate governance.  Working with the Project Managers and business leads so that the portfolio of projects progress to plan and any concerns are escalated as required to the Head of Business Transformation and Senior Leadership Team.

Work with wider Business Transformation team sharing architectural principles logic of architectural decisions and impact for projects IT service and Information Security.  In addition build strong relationship with communications HR Business Planning & Performance Asset & Network Planning Asset Delivery and Network Operations to ensure that they are aware of the architectural process roadmap and improvements.

Work with stakeholders across the M25 community to share lessons on technology decisions proposals for alternative technology solutions and benefits of consistency around defined technology stacks.  Own and manage the Technical Design Authority (TDA) providing challenge on new solutions understanding how solutions have been developed and ensuring secure by design principles are followed.  Identify technical impact for projects / programmes and ensure project and programme managers are managing this effectively.

In conjunction with the Head of Business Transformation Digital Delivery Lead and IT Service Lead feed into the development of a digital strategy vision and roadmap to build engagement and communicate delivery of the wider portfolio.

Understand financial impact of TDA decisions and work to mitigate any adverse impact on budgets with the Head of Business Transformation.

Support large change programmes that include procurement exercises providing input into procurement processes and scoring potential suppliers based on their technical capabilities and alignment to architecture principles.

Self-starter who can work independently but draw upon business teams where required - developing solutions to specific business needs understanding business requirements and reviewing solution impacts

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery of enterprise architecture processes and principles.
• Development of an enterprise architecture methodology including key artefacts.
• Capture enterprise architecture decisions providing logic and proposing plans to mitigate these impacts.
• Regular updates on progress made and status reporting to the Head of Business Transformation and Business Planning Director.
• Running and managing the Technical Design Authority (TDA) to review all proposed technical solutions and focus on bespoke solutions to ensure they have been coded effectively and considered security as part of their development.
• Supporting key governance forums such as the Change Board and providing regular contributions to the Portfolio Review Meeting. 
• Identification reporting and tracking of architecture risks issues and dependencies.  Escalating as required.

Qualifications :

• Essential Successfully running enterprise architecture for small and medium size organisations.
• Essential Understanding of established architectural frameworks.
• Essential Supporting delivery of technical solutions and ensuring compliance with business requirements.
• Essential Presenting updates at complex governance forums.
• Essential Engaging senior level stakeholders and obtaining buy-in.
• Essential Developing an enterprise architecture strategy organisation wide along with roadmap and communicating this to the business.
• Essential Shaping of enterprise architecture initiatives and activities.
• Essential Understanding of M25 business digital technology and its application.
• Essential Engaging third party suppliers to understand their technical solutions and their development roadmaps.
• Essential Interdependency identification and tracking.
• Essential Management of technical debt.
• Essential - Familiarity with architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF).
• Essential - Technical proficiency in data platforms (e.g. AWS Redshift MS SQL Server) BI tools (e.g. Power BI) and scripting (SQL Python/R).

Desirable

Information Security experience and understanding of NIS (Network and Information Systems) regulations and ISO27001 accreditation.

Additional Information :

Equality Diversity & Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age disability gender gender identity gender expression race religion or belief sexual orientation socioeconomic background and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us your application will be assessed based purely on your experience the essential and desirable criteria and your suitability for the role. We value each and every ones contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us you will be included listened to and respected.

*Please note to be considered for this role you must be based in the UK and must already be able to legally work in the UK. We are unable to offer or provide sponsorship for this position*

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time