EA Division Enterprise Architect Operational Resilience

Division
You will be joining the Enterprise Architecture (EA) division at Euroclear a leading post-trade financial market infrastructure.
The EA division is an experienced and multi-disciplinary group of architects responsible for:
Defining the enterprise architecture directions & standards aligned to the company strategies & goals.
Defining the investment themes to develop or transform the IT capabilities supporting the business units strategies.
Maintaining a multi-year strategic investment plan & technology roadmap and advising on IT investment decisions.
Steering the definition & realisation of capabilities and solutions to support business objectives (process applications data and technology) in alignment with the enterprise architecture directions.

Role
You will be joining the EA Safety Resilience squad as an Enterprise Architect you will guide the implementation of our Corporate & IT strategy and IT transformation by defining and managing the enterprise architecture for our business entities related to the resilience capabilities:
Defining the target and transition architecture and roadmaps for our Resilience capabilities that provide safety in our interactions with customers markets and in our own operations. It includes physical and logical security services infrastructure related security services security operations and crisis management.
You will deliver and contribute to the following architectural services:
Strategy Enablement

• Assembling and analysing strategic Business and IT objectives and leveraging understanding of external industry and market trends to determine the potential impact on the enterprises strategy direction and architecture
• Lead analysis of current and future-state capabilities and IT environment to detect gaps and opportunities assess new technologies and recommend solutions for improvement to drive the enterprise towards its targeted outcomes.
• Facilitating Business and IT alignment and supporting the translation into an executable change roadmap that will realise the strategic objectives and deliver the targeted value outcomes requiring close collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Delivering target and/or transition architectures and standards and ensuring they are properly maintained and governed providing viable options and visibility of strategic direction and implications for the enterprise and for steering of delivery.

Strategy Implementation Oversight

• Providing transparency on the progress of the capability implementation and alignment with established targets and intended roadmaps.
• Providing transparency on the evolution of Technology Debt and the planning and implementation of mitigation and remediation actions.

Delivery Planning and Solutions

• Developing clear standards reference architecture patterns principles and guardrails through the EA governance model to support effective and efficient decision-making and provide clarity for delivery initiatives.
• Collaborating with security delivery and infrastructure teams to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture to leverage shared technologies tools and processes where appropriate and provide continuous feedback towards the further evolution of the enterprise architecture.

Architecture Advisory

• Providing consultative advice and support adapted to stakeholder context to business leaders and organisational stakeholders who seek actionable recommendations to support decision-making on strategy delivery M&A and/or other relevant topics.

Architecture Practice

• Collaborating with other architects and supporting delivery of transversal architectural topics and contributing to a positive working environment.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of architectural practice and effective delivery of architectural services.

Profile
Proven experience in Enterprise Architecture or similar role specifically; in Resilience capabilities: Information System Continuity & Contingency Business Continuity Crisis Management & Coordination Extreme but Plausible Scenario.
Overall knowledge and interest to IT infrastructure.
Expert analytical planning and organisational skills and you can connect the dots and navigate in a constantly evolving environment.
Result-oriented and you collaborate to deliver business outcomes.
Able to balance out the longer term and short-term views and implications of different options and paths of action.
Self-motivated eager to learn and you have a proactive working approach.
Effective leadership skills. A strong team player able to work effectively at various levels of the organization with a strong sense of ownership and ability to influence others to move toward consent.
Good communicator and you can adapt your messages and style to different audiences and seniority. Fluency in English is required.
Active listener.
Active contributor to the different communities and governance bodies as applicable.
Masters or bachelors degree in business computer science engineering or a related field of study or equivalent experience.
Good understanding and knowledge of business and technology operating models strategic planning and cost-benefit analysis security and risk management information and data management systems development methodologies and agile principles and frameworks and/or IT service delivery infrastructure and operations.
You have 5 years of experience in two or more of the following disciplines:
o Business Architecture
oEnterprise Architecture
oSolution and Technical Architecture
oSecurity and Resiliency Architecture
oStrategy Development and Consulting
oInformation System & Business Continuity
oCrisis Management & Coordination
You have experience within the Financial Services industry and you understand the complexity of the regulatory environment considered as a plus.
You are certified in an Enterprise Architecture framework (e.g. TOGAF) and are familiar with Enterprise Architecture tools considered as an advantage.
You are certified around Security (e.g. CISSP CBCI GIAC ISO 22301/27001 LA/LI) considered as a plus.

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