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Role: Technology, Strategy & Advisory, Enterprise Architect Consultant
Industry: Financial Services, Comms, Media & Telco, Health & Public Services
Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh
Mobility: Up to 100%
Career Level: Consultant
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next‑generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.
“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO
Responsibilities
* Working as a team member in consulting engagements to deliver enterprise architecture services to clients
* Assessing the impact of the business strategy on the enterprise architecture, including organisation, applications, data, infrastructure, and operations
* Staying abreast of industry dynamics and the impact of trends on an organisation, to identify and formulate need for change in enterprise architecture
* Supporting the co‑creation of a client’s Enterprise Architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring it aligns with business objectives
* Developing recommendations and translating them into actionable roadmaps for complex and large technology environments using Lean and Agile enterprise principles
* Supporting the creation of Enterprise Architecture blueprints, demonstrating the e2e technology landscape including applications, integrations, and data
* Conducting end‑to‑end vendor assessments across technology, vendor and/or data platforms
* Working between the business and technology client & 3rd party stakeholders to effectively formulate, communicate and conclude key architectural decisions
* Providing EA governance to clients throughout their transformation programme to ensure that new initiatives comply with the set guidelines, without jeopardising business objectives
* Supporting the creation of Enterprise Architecture Operating model definition and implementation roadmaps
* Completing Enterprise Architecture maturity assessment on behalf of clients
Qualifications
* Work within or across one of the architectural domains; Business, Application, Data and Technology, or as part of cross‑functional enterprise architecture strategy or operating model initiatives
* Have experience working on complex digital transformation programmes; working and present across different levels of architecture abstraction; and working with multi‑disciplinary teams
* Have proven stakeholder management and communication skills, leveraged to influence and persuade on key architectural decisions
* Have experience designing Cloud / Data Platforms & AI solutions including Gen AI; and are inquisitive and keen to explore areas of emerging technologies
Set yourself apart (we’re very interested in hearing from you if you have some or all of the below)
* Experience working as a solution architect or enterprise architect
* Experience in business capability and process taxonomies, maturity assessments and alignment of gaps to enabling technology solutions
* Experience with Enterprise / platform / application / data architecture
* Knowledge of architecture tools such as LeanIX, Ardoq, iServer, etc.
* Experience in major enterprise architecture engagements e.g. application optimisation/rationalisation, re‑platforming, modernization of enterprise architecture
* Certified in TOGAF, SAFe, and/or AWS/Azure/GCP and other enterprise platforms
* Familiarity with applying key frameworks such as APQC Process Classification Framework, Zachman Framework, ITIL and Scaled Agile Framework
What’s In It For You
At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first‑class services we are known for.
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