Lead Enterprise Architect | Cloud | DevSecOps

Basic Function

Wolters Kluwer requires Lead Architects to have a technical depth of a single technical domain such as network, security, compute (Public/Private), automation and storage, to have the technical breadth across the other technical towers to define its own towers position within the overall system architecture. 

Our Lead Architects are required to be Subject Matter Experts within their field of Information Technology, can translate highly technical and complex subjects to business and senior stakeholders, whilst engaging, steering, and guiding the aligned engineers in delivering their architecture definitions.

Our Lead Architect’s primary focus is to define their domains target architecture definition against the scope defined within a set of high level requirements.  They are required to gather and translate a set of business requirements and develop target definition visions complete with roadmaps, high-level business case, design patterns, reference architectures, standards and to ensure the delivery of this vision is met through predefined set of governance processes. 

Our Lead Architect’s will leverage a standard set of enterprise wide artefacts such as Design Patterns, Standards and follow guiding Design Principles ensuring their developed architecture vision is aligned with delivering GBS strategic intent and ensures we leverage any pre-defined services within our service catalogue.

Essential Duties and responsibilities

Strategy and Architecture:

• Uses appropriate tools, including logical models of components and interfaces, to contribute to the development of systems architectures in specific business or functional areas. Produces detailed component specifications and translates these into detailed designs for implementation using selected products. Within a business change program, assists in the preparation of technical plans and cooperates with business assurance and project staff to ensure that appropriate technical resources are made available. Provides advice on technical aspects of system development and integration (including requests for changes, deviations from specifications, etc.) and ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) are applied correctly.
• Applies a variety of analytical and visualization techniques, in consultation with experts if appropriate, and with sensitivity to the limitations of the techniques.
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of specific specialisms and provides expert advice regarding their application. Can supervise specialist consultancy. The specialism can be any aspect of information or communication technology, technique, method, product or application area.
• Takes responsibility for the design, procurement, installation, upgrading, operation, control, maintenance (including storage and communication of data, voice, text, audio and images) and effective use of IT infrastructure components and monitors their performance. Provides technical management of an IT operation, ensuring that agreed service levels are met and all relevant procedures are adhered to. Schedules and supervises all maintenance and installation work. Ensures that operational problems are identified and resolved. Provides appropriate status and other reports to specialists, users and managers. Ensures that operational procedures and working practices are fit for purpose and current.
• Contributes to the creation and review of a systems capability strategy which meets the strategic requirements of the business. Develops models and plans to drive forward the strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance. Takes responsibility for investigative work to determine requirements and specify effective business processes, through improvements in information systems, data management, practices, procedures, organization and equipment.
• Provides expertise and support on use of methods and tools.

Development and implementation:

• Recommends/designs structures and tools for systems which meet business needs and takes into account target environment, performance  security requirements and existing systems. Delivers technical visualization of proposed applications for approval by customer and execution by system developers. Translates logical designs into physical designs, and produces detailed design documentation. Maps work to user specification and removes errors and deviations from specification to achieve user-friendly processes.
• Specifies and designs complex hardware components/ systems. Selects appropriate design standards, methods and tools, consistent with agreed enterprise policies, and ensures they are applied effectively. Reviews others' designs to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use o