Enterprise Data Architect

About the Company:

HCLTech is a global leader in technology services, offering innovative solutions that empower businesses to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital world. We are looking for a passionate and driven Enterprise Data Architect Consultant to join our team in London, helping to drive transformative outcomes for our clients through cutting-edge Enterprise and Data solutions.

ROLE

• Define and maintain the Business Systems (IT) architecture vision and strategy with a digital focus
• Mature IT architecture governance processes to align the various architectures (solution, data, integration, BI, security, infrastructure, technology, personal IT, applications) with the business vision, roadmaps and adopted standards
• Support in analysing business requirements to gain an understanding of business, IT and user expectations and the required characteristics of SSI technologies (including functionality, availability, and performance) to develop a high-level design
• Ensure optimal architectural governance through alignment of technology architecture to architecture standards, principles, frameworks and processes
• Provides advice on and assists stakeholders in providing proactive technology solutions through the development of project plans, technical guidance, policies and procedures in order to enable business strategic objectives and to identify opportunities for new and innovative solution approaches.
• Define opportunities and maintain the IT technology roadmap to allow for more effective and efficient strategic planning, IT program execution and IT decision-making. Identify and address gaps to move towards future state architecture and operating models to support growth, optimization and innovation
• Solutions Architect help customers successfully implement technologies ,solve complex, technical problems and craft scalable, flexible, and resilient architectures.
• Drive technical solutions as a trusted technical advisor.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computing or equivalent experience
• Minimum of five years of experience as an Enterprise or Solutions Architect with Digital experience
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, platforms and processing environments
• Experience with Data, Digital Experience Platforms, Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Business Process Management Suites, Omni-Channel delivery, Mobile Applications
• Experience across digital transformation programs or digital and data projects such as new Data platform, Mobile, Digital implementations, CRM Technology implementations and User/Customer Experience (UX/CX)
• Good understanding of agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt
• Experience developing Data architecture blueprints, strategies and roadmaps
• Experience delivering presentations to senior-level executives and technical audiences
• Outstanding communication and engagement skills
• Experience in Architectural Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachmann, etc)
• High level of interpersonal skills and a demonstrable history of engaging with and earning the trust of CIOs, CTOs and other executive level employees within enterprises.
• Specific knowledge in multiple technology domain areas (e.g., software development, systems engineering, infrastructure, , networking, data & analytics).
• Can create proof of concepts, demos, and/or scripts from scratch or leveraging reusable components.
• Understands and can articulate common architectural patterns and design principles
• Demonstrable history of leading complex technical projects, which may require the participation of other teams to deliver.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience Data architecting, migrating or transforming customer requirements to the cloud
• Professional experience architecting/operating solutions built on Azure
• One or more Azure certifications, e.g. Azure Solutions Architect Associate
• Demonstrated thought leadership through public speaking and / or publications

Location:

This position is based in London with occasional travel to client sites as required.

How to Apply:

Send your resume and cover letter to rajasekaran.shanm@hcltech.com with the subject line: Enterprise Data Architect