Enterprise Architect Manager - Public Safety (SC)

Job Description

Technology, Strategy & Advisory, Enterprise Architect Manager - Public Safety (SC)

Location

London, Manchester, Edinburgh

Industry

Public Safety

Mobility

Up to 100%

Career Level

Manager

Security & Clearance Requirements

Any offer and commencement of employment is subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, confirmation that you already hold valid Security Check (SC) clearance, and you being able to give a declaration that you are a British passport holder with no dual nationality at the point of application. These conditions align with the client's and UK Government's security policies.

About Accenture

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 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. Accenture is recognized worldwide for business performance and commitment to inclusion and diversity.

Team & Mission

Joining the team means becoming part of a community of Enterprise Architects that serve Accenture's clients with the best and brightest insights regarding business and technology architecture. Our mission is to architect and drive industry and enterprise re invention, powered by Technology and Data. We collaborate closely with experts globally to bring the best to our clients every day and stay relevant to their changing needs.

Responsibilities

• Assess the impact of the business strategy on the enterprise architecture, including organisation, applications, data, infrastructure, and operations.
• Stay abreast of industry dynamics and the impact of trends on an organisation to identify and formulate the need for change in enterprise architecture.
• Co create a client's Enterprise Architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring it aligns with business objectives.
• Develop recommendations and translate them into actionable roadmaps for complex and large technology environments using Lean and Agile enterprise principles.
• Develop value cases to support executive decision making for investment in proposed transformation roadmaps, aligned with client's strategic planning cycles.
• Lead the creation of Enterprise Architecture blueprints, demonstrating the e2e technology landscape including applications, integrations, and data.
• Conduct end to end vendor assessments across technology, vendor and/or data platforms.
• Work between the business and technology client & 3rd party stakeholders to effectively formulate, communicate and conclude key architectural decisions.
• Provide EA governance to clients throughout their transformation programmes to ensure that new initiatives comply with the set guidelines, without jeopardising business objectives.
• Lead in designing and governing enterprise data platform capabilities including integration and automation.
• Lead the creation of Enterprise Architecture Operating model definition and implementation roadmaps.
• Complete Enterprise Architecture maturity assessments.

Qualifications

• Experience working within secure UK Government environments such as Defence, Public Safety and/or National Security.
• Work within or across one of the architectural domains: Business, Application, Data and Technology.
• Experience working on large complex digital reinvention and/or transformation programmes.
• Inquisitive and keen to explore emerging technologies such as AI, Data, Quantum, Robotics, Cloud, etc.
• Experience working with major technology platforms: SAP, Workday, Oracle, Salesforce.
• Experience working with major hyper scalers: Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft Azure.
• Proven stakeholder management and communication skills, leveraged to influence and persuade on key architectural decisions.
• Ability to work and present across different levels of architecture abstraction.
• Ability to work across multi disciplinary teams.
• Experience designing AI solutions.

Desired Attributes

• Depth of knowledge within the secure UK Government sector and associated underlying technology architectures, emerging technology trends, etc.
• Previous consulting experience.
• Knowledge of the Government Service Manual, Technology Code of Practice (TCoP) and UK Digital/Data Strategies.
• Experience as a solution architect, enterprise architect or technology strategist.
• Experience in major enterprise architecture engagements such as application optimisation/rationalisation, re platforming, modernisation of enterprise data architecture.
• Experience in business capability and process taxonomies, maturity assessments and alignment of gaps to enabling technology solutions.
• Appreciation/Experience in designing and governing data platform architectures.
• Appreciation of and interest in attaining end to end data skills such as data quality, metadata, data mesh, data security, privacy and compliance.
• Experience with Enterprise / platform / application (e.g. cloud/SAP) / data architecture.
• Understanding of public and private cloud architectures.
• Knowledge of leading enterprise architecture tools such as LeanIX, Avolution, Orbus, Bizzdesign, etc.
• Certified in COBIT, TOGAF, DCAM and/or AWS/Azure/GCP solution architecture.
• Knowledge of DAMA DMBOK.
• Full proficiency of the English language.

What's In It For You

Extensive benefits package including 30 days' vacation per year, private medical insurance, and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice.

Flexibility and Mobility

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.

Locations

London
Edinburgh
Manchester

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race,