Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Strategy Alignment:

  Link the business strategy to the organization's IT strategy and document this using multiple architectural models or views.

• Consultancy and Guidance:

  Provide expert consultancy advice and guidance on architecture areas and integration issues through Solution Architects.

• Maintenance and Updates:

  Support the maintenance of architecture to reflect changes in the IM strategy, new requirements, technology innovations, and business change.

• Risk Management:

  Maximize opportunities while considering commercial, technical, and financial implications of risks.

• Supplier and Partner Communication:

  Validate that suppliers and partners support the IM strategic direction through effective communication, influence, and relationship building.

• Architecture Ownership:

  Own at least one of, and otherwise contribute to, the definition and development of the IM strategy data, application, integration, technology infrastructure, and security architecture as a cohesive and coherent set of architectures that support the business needs and policies.

• Change Evaluation:

  Evaluate proposed changes to these architectures such that risks to the business are mitigated.

• Policy & Standard Definition:

  Research, evaluate, define, and maintain corporate data and information policies, processes, standards, tools, and repositories necessary for the successful use and/or re-use of data and information models.

Required Skills:

• Extensive proficiency in managing data and/or information architectural development at an enterprise level.
• Substantial proficiency in systems analysis and requirements specification.
• Substantial proficiency working at the business and IS Strategy level.
• Knowledge of enterprise integration concepts and technologies (e.g., EAI, Web Services).
• Knowledge of web concepts and technologies (including Internet, Intranet, Extranet, Portals, EJB, Web Servers).
• Familiarity with Application CASE/Modelling tools (ideally, Systems Architect).
• Knowledge and understanding of Hardware and Network Infrastructure concepts and technologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to evaluate proposed architectural changes and mitigate risks.
• Capability to research, define, and maintain corporate data and information policies, processes, standards, tools, and repositories.
• Ability to validate supplier and partner alignment with strategic direction.

Desired Skills:

• Substantial proficiency in corporate process architecture development and deployment.
• Broad proficiency in the use of modelling, data management, simulation, workflow, and end-user analysis tools.
• Proficiency of database technologies especially

  Oracle ERP (11i)

  and messaging including

  IBM (MQ) and Oracle (AQ)

  and broad

  XML proficiency

  .
• Proficiency in Data Management concepts & technology (e.g., Data warehousing, DBMS's e.g., Oracle).
• Proficiency in Process Management and workflow concepts and technologies (e.g., Oracle Workflow).
• Knowledge of Development lifecycles and notations covering structured, object and component-based approaches (e.g., IE, SSADM, DSDM, RUP, UML).
• Knowledge of Software Infrastructure/Middleware concepts and technologies.
• Knowledge of Information Security Concepts, Standards (BS7799/InfoSec), Infrastructure and Technologies.
• Proficiency in Document, Content and/or Digital Asset Management concepts and technologies (e.g., Documentum).
• Proficiency in the use of Enterprise Integration Architecture (EAI) methodologies and tools covering 3 or more of:

  Oracle ERP, IBM Middleware, Web Portals, Data Warehousing, GIS, Document Management, HP, IBM, Midrange (Unix) and Microsoft based desktop and server environments

  .