Enterprise Architect

Purpose, Key Objectives and Context

The Enterprise Architect is a specialist contract role responsible for establishing and maturing the organisation’s enterprise architecture capability. The role will develop a clear view of the current technology environment, define the target-state architecture and provide practical roadmaps, standards and governance to guide technology investment and change.

The Enterprise Architect will work across business capabilities, applications, data, integration, infrastructure, cybersecurity and operational technology. The role will support the integration of acquired businesses, simplification of the technology landscape and modernisation of core platforms, including D365 and associated enterprise applications.

Working closely with the Head of Technology Governance, business stakeholders, the enterprise CPMO and strategic delivery partners, the role will ensure existing and proposed solutions are secure, scalable, supportable and aligned with business strategy. A key objective is to leave the organisation with sustainable architecture documentation, governance practices and internal capability that can be maintained beyond the contract engagement.
Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Baseline and Assessment

- Assess the organisation’s architecture maturity, technology landscape and existing documentation.

- Develop current-state architecture across business capabilities, applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, identity and access, cybersecurity and relevant operational technology.

- Document critical system dependencies, data flows, interfaces, ownership, support arrangements and technology lifecycle status.

- Identify duplication, technical debt, end-of-life technology, single points of failure and material architectural risks.

- Establish a central architecture repository and consistent documentation standards, validating information with business stakeholders, technology teams and service providers.

Target-State Architecture and Roadmaps

- Define the target-state enterprise architecture aligned with the business and technology strategies.

- Develop architecture principles, reference architectures, standards and preferred technology patterns.

- Create transition roadmaps identifying priorities, dependencies, sequencing and indicative investment requirements.

- Provide architectural direction for core business platforms, data and analytics, infrastructure, integration, cybersecurity, AI, automation and other emerging technologies.

- Support technology rationalisation, consolidation and modernisation, ensuring target-state plans address scalability, security, resilience, recoverability, supportability and future growth.

Architecture Assurance and Investment Support

- Review priority initiative concepts, business cases, requirements, solution designs and procurement proposals.

- Provide architecture assurance for priority initiatives from concept and business case through design and implementation.

- Assess proposed solutions against enterprise standards, security requirements and target-state architecture, identifying risks, dependencies, constraints and remediation actions.

- Govern architecture decisions, conditions, exceptions and technical debt, and provide architecture input into CPMO portfolio prioritisation, planning and delivery governance.

Application, Data and Integration Architecture

- Define architecture direction for D365 and other core enterprise applications, including strategic, transitional and retirement platforms.

- Develop application, data and integration principles, standards and reusable reference patterns.

- Map critical business data flows and identify opportunities to improve data quality, ownership, accessibility, reporting and analytics.

- Promote secure, scalable and reusable integration across applications, partners and acquired businesses, working with the Enterprise Applications and Data function to align platform roadma