Head of Architecture & Digital Security Strategy

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is recruiting a Lead Architect to establish and run a brand-new architecture function, providing grip and governance across our technology estate. You’ll lead enterprise, solution and technical architecture to ensure digital decisions are coherent, secure and aligned with strategic goals.

You’ll chair the Technical Design Authority, advise service leaders on digital, data, cyber security and emerging technologies, and coach a team of five to modernise

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading enterprise, solution or technical architecture.
• Professional certification in TOGAF, ITIL or ISO 27001.
• Experience designing and governing end-to-end technology solutions across cloud services, applications and data integration.
• Strong secure-by-design and zero-trust knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run architecture function.
• Lead enterprise, solution and technical architecture.
• Chair the Technical Design Authority and advise the Strategic Architecture Board.
• Coach and develop a team of five.
• Guide legacy modernization and cloud migration.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud architecture

Security governance

Leadership & mentoring

Education

TOGAF certification

ISO 27001 training

ITIL training

Job description

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is recruiting a Lead Architect to establish and run a brand-new architecture function, providing grip and governance across our technology estate. You’ll lead enterprise, solution and technical architecture to ensure digital decisions are coherent, secure and aligned with strategic goals.

You’ll chair the Technical Design Authority, advise service leaders on digital, data, cyber security and emerging technologies, and coach a team of five to modernise