Enterprise Architect

Arbuthnot Latham
London
3 weeks ago
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Arbuthnot Latham has been associated with bankingsince 1833. We combine private and commercial banking, wealthplanning and investment management. We believe in traditionalrelationship and service-led banking powered by modern technology.Job Purpose The Enterprise Architect will be responsible fordesigning and implementing the strategic technology vision for theBank. This role requires a strong combination of technicalexpertise, leadership skills, and the ability to align technologysolutions with business goals. The ideal candidate will have aproven track record of architecting and delivering complex,scalable, and secure IT solutions. As the Enterprise Architect, youwill play a vital role in shaping and implementing our bank’stechnology strategy to align with business objectives, fosterinnovation, and drive digital transformation. You will work closelywith various stakeholders, including IT leaders, businessexecutives, and technology teams, to design and optimise ourenterprise-wide IT architecture. Your expertise will beinstrumental in ensuring that our technology solutions align withour business goals and support our long-term growth and innovation.Where applicable, to place the interests of customers at the centreof all activities, act in a way that is consistent with achievinggood outcomes for consumers; and to comply with the FCA and PRA'sConduct Rules. Key Responsibilities: - Enterprise ArchitectureDevelopment: Design, develop, and maintain the enterprisearchitecture blueprint, ensuring alignment with businessobjectives, IT strategy, and overall organisational goals. -Technology Roadmap: Collaborate with business and IT leaders tocreate and implement a technology roadmap that supports digitaltransformation initiatives, innovation, and business expansion.Ensure that the business solution aligns with the vision, mission,objectives, strategy and the business and user need and canidentify and recognise a viable solution or control. - TechnicalLeadership: Provide technical leadership and guidance todevelopment teams, ensuring that solutions adhere to the enterprisearchitecture standards and best practices. Mentor and guide a teamof IT professionals to foster a culture of innovation andexcellence. - Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with businessstakeholders to understand their needs and challenges and translatethem into effective IT solutions. Foster collaboration andcommunication between different departments to ensure seamlessintegration of systems and processes. - Governance and Compliance:Establish and enforce architecture governance processes. Ensurethat solutions comply with regulatory requirements, industrystandards, and internal policies. - Strategic Planning: Develop andmaintain the organisation's enterprise architecture strategy androadmap. Collaborate with senior management to align technologyinitiatives with business goals. Evaluate emerging technologies andindustry trends to ensure bank remains at the cutting edge oftechnology. - Risk Management: Identify and mitigate architecturaland security risks in technology solutions. Develop and enforcepolicies and standards to maintain the security and integrity ofthe IT environment. - Solution Design: Lead the design of scalable,reliable, and secure IT solutions. Ensure that technology solutionsare aligned with the organisation's architectural standards andprinciples. Collaborate with project teams to provide architectureguidance and ensure successful project delivery. Key Interfaces: -Business Transformation and Systems Development Director -Technical teams - Director, Transformation Enablement - Heads of ITPlatforms - Head of IT Infrastructure and Operations PersonSpecification Knowledge/Experience/Skills: - Strong knowledge ofenterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) andarchitectural design principles. - Excellent leadership andcommunication skills, ability to interface with executiveleadership teams and communicate value. - Ability to work in afast-paced, evolving environment and utilise an iterative methodand flexible approach to enable rapid delivery. - Ability to thinkstrategically and drive innovation. - Strong stakeholder managementin a regulated environment. - Ability to lead technologytransformations, application decommissioning and migration, as wellas enterprise framework development. Technical Skills: - Priorexperience in an Enterprise Architecture position and demonstrableworking knowledge of technology strategy, principles and bestpractices, as well as infrastructure, security architecture anddesign governance. - Experience with Cloud-native services &applications (Preferably MS Azure). - Familiarity withcybersecurity best practices and principles. - Proficiency in cloudcomputing, containerization, and microservices architecture. -In-depth knowledge of enterprise IT technologies, applications, andsystems. - Strong understanding of software design principles andbest practices. Qualifications: - Proven experience in enterprisearchitecture within banking and financial services. - TogafIntegrating Risk and Security Certification (desirable) About UsArbuthnot Latham is committed to equal-opportunities for all staffand candidates. We embrace inclusion & diversity and understandwhy they are critical for the success of our business and people. -Competitive salary, pension & holiday allowance - BUPA Healthcover - 4x Life Assurance - Discretionary bonus - Market leadingmaternity/paternity and menopause policies Data Privacy andReasonable Adjustments We take keeping your data securityseriously. For more detail on how we may keep your data pleaserefer to our Privacy Notice. Reasonable Adjustments: Please let usknow of any adjustments or arrangements that you may need to helpyou apply to this role or that will help you during the recruitmentprocess. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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