Enterprise Architect

Job Description

Job Title: Enterprise Architect 

Location: Dublin 2

Contract: Long term FTC Minimum 12 Months 

Start date: 8th Nov

It is a mandatory requirement, that the candidate has the equivalent of 7 years’ experience in a similar technical architectural role.

Key Deliverables: 

The following non-exhaustive list of Key Deliverables are applicable to this Role. 

• Conducting reviews of and generating detailed documentation of the existing technical architecture and toolsets in use, including assessment of existing support levels and issues. 
• Providing input and expertise to initiatives reviewing the existing data architecture and data flows. 
• Advising on best practice and appropriate governance standards for the Department's operating context. 
• Reviewing the requirements for future developments. 
• Drafting proposal for future architecture to meet business needs and strategic goals. 
• Coordinating working groups and workshops with relevant internal and external stakeholders. 
• Drafting proposal document outlining implementation plan for future architecture for the department and agencies. 
• Establishing a knowledge base for division staff including advice on appropriate staff training. 
• Drafting technical design documentation. 

Key Experience/Competencies/Skillsets 

The following Experience/Competencies/Skillsets are applicable to this Role. 

• Application of Enterprise Architecture principles, including.
• conduct analysis of current state and future state 
• the creation of architectural diagrams and outputs 
• the selection of appropriate architecture and development platforms to meet business specific operational requirements. 
• Proven knowledge of. 
• Modern Identity and Access Management standards and implementations 
• API architecture models and application integration patterns 
• Software architecture and software engineering principles 
• Innovation and digital transformation enablement including the architecting of legacy applications to decoupled, interactive, API-driven models. 
• Proven familiarity with the concepts and the implications of on-prem, cloud, multi-vendor cloud and hybrid cloud architectures and the impacts on application and data security, development, deployment, and interoperability. 
• Proven ability to gather information from and provide accurate complex technical information to a wide range of stakeholders 
• Experience of an application development environment with operating constraints such as specific legislation and regulations, Information Security, GDPR.