Enterprise Architect
Department : Strategy Architecture & Planning
Division : Digital Technology and Innovation
Salary : National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from 72100 to 90000 and London from 79300 to 100000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as : Technical Specialist Regulatory
Your recruitment contact is Steve Christopher via. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
About the FCA and the team
We regulate financial services firms in the UK to keep financial markets fair thriving and effective. By joining us you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers driving economic growth and shaping the future of UK finance services.
The Data Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital-first data-led smart regulator by delivering a secure agile and cost-effective technology and data ecosystem that drives better decisions transparency and operational efficiency. Sitting within DTI the Strategy & Architecture team supports enabling the FCA Strategy through strategic advice partnership with stakeholders and targeted research into emerging technologies aligned with overall Enterprise Architecture.
About the role
This is a technology-focused Enterprise Platform Architect role and you can expect to be involved in :
* Lead the business application and integration architecture domain to deliver aligned future ready solutions that enable organisational agility
* Define and maintain enterprise application strategies and roadmaps to ensure technology investments drive meaningful business outcomes
* Create and evolve patterns policies and standards so teams can adopt consistent high-quality practices with confidence and clarity
* Provide architectural governance through collaboration and boards to keep solutions aligned with strategic direction and technology vision
* Engage senior leaders to influence decisions that shape impactful sustainable outcomes
* Develop a central repository of tools and artefacts to empower knowledge sharing and strengthen the architecture community
* Shape and mature cloud and zero trust journeys to deliver secure flexible and self-service multi cloud capabilities
* Blend market trends with organisational needs to inspire innovative approaches and maintain strategic relevance
Skills required
Minimum
* Prior experience applying architecture principles to influence business change and design application or integration architectures
* Proven experience with architectural governance processes methodologies and frameworks including familiarity with Infrastructure Software and Platform as a Service (IaaS SaaS and PaaS) environments
* Demonstrable experience developing and promoting innovative technical strategies while understanding interactions between people processes and technology
Essential
* Strong stakeholder management negotiation and influencing skills with effective relationship-building across all organisational levels
* Ability to take a holistic view of organisational needs ensuring cross-functional considerations are integrated
* Demonstrable skill in applying strategic and innovative thinking to resolve business issues and assess technical impact
* Experience with frameworks and methodologies such as SAFe Agile ITIL DevSecOps TOGAF or Zachman
* Deep understanding of a broad range of technologies and emerging trends
* Experience working with multiple solution providers and recommending sourcing options for enterprise application and integration platforms
* Significant expertise in API integration containerisation microservices and cloud platforms (AWS O365 GCP)
Benefits
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
* Non-contributory pension (812% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
* Private healthcare with Bupa income protection and 24 / 7 Employee Assistance
* 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
* A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
For a full list of our benefits and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.
Our values and culture
Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation one that makes better decisions drives innovation and delivers better regulation.
If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.
We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
Disability confident : our hiring approach
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and therefore people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the roles key requirements.
Useful information and timelines
Advert closes : Midnight 10 December (please apply by 11.59pm 09 December)
Shortlist : 12th December
First Interview : 18th & 19th December
Final Interview : 5th January December
Your recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role therefore please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
Key Skills
* SAP BusinessObjects
* Enterprise Architecture
* Hybris
* SAP HANA
* SAP
* TOGAF
* Solution Architecture
* Cloud Architecture
* SAP BW 4HANA
* Salesforce
* SAP S / 4HANA
* SAP ERP
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1
Monthly Salary Salary : 72100 - 90000
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