Oracle HCM Enterprise Architect 6Months- Warwick

Kirtana Consulting; Warwick; On-site; GBP 129,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirtana Consulting in Warwick seeks an Oracle HCM Enterprise Architect for a 6-month rolling contract. You will define and govern the end-to-end technology architecture across the C3 Programme, integrating Oracle, Azure and related tooling.

You will advise the CTO on risks, readiness and dependencies, chair design assurance and drive standardisation across workstreams. This role requires deep ERP/transformations experience and strong security, DevOps and release management knowledge.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise architecture and technology leadership.
• Strong Oracle Cloud and Azure/cloud-platform knowledge.
• Expertise in integration architecture and governance.
• Working knowledge of security architecture, release management, DevOps and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology blueprint, principles, standards and roadmap; chair design assurance; review major designs; approve exceptions.
• Assure common patterns and dependency alignment across Oracle Fusion, OIC/OCI, Azure, Entra ID, Sentinel, ServiceNow, monitoring and automation.
• Govern Sandbox/CRP, Development, SIT, UAT, Production environments including refresh and capacity.
• Set standards for APIs, middleware, event-driven integration, interface security and monitoring.
• Partner with Security Leads to embed identity, authentication, encryption and DevSecOps controls.
• Ensure performance, availability, resilience and disaster recovery; oversee testing readiness.

Skills

Enterprise architecture leadership

Oracle Cloud

Azure/cloud-platform knowledge

Integration architecture

Governance

Security architecture

DevOps & CI/CD

Tools

Oracle Fusion

OIC/OCI

Azure

Entra ID

Sentinel

ServiceNow

Topaz Fabric

Job description

Kirtana consulting is looking for Oracle HCM Enterprise Architect for 6months rolling contract in Warwick.

Job description:

Role Title: Oracle HCM Enterprise Architect

Role Purpose

Accountable for defining, governing and assuring the end-to-end technology architecture across the C3 Programme. The role ensures Oracle, Azure, integrations, security, identity, environments, DevOps, testing, monitoring, data and operational tooling operate as one coherent, scalable, secure and supportable ecosystem. It bridges architecture and delivery, acts as the technical authority across workstreams, and advises the CTO on technology decisions, risks, dependencies and readiness.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• 15+ years in enterprise architecture and technology leadership Architecture leadership on complex ERP or digital-transformation programmes Strong Oracle Cloud and Azure/cloud-platform knowledge Expertise in integration architecture and technology governance
• Working knowledge of security architecture, environments, release management, DevOps and CI/CD

Desirable

• NHS or public-sector experience
• TOGAF certification
• Azure Architect certification
• Oracle Cloud Architect certification
• ITIL Foundation or above
• Multi-vendor delivery experience

Key Accountabilities

Enterprise Architecture & Governance: Own the technology blueprint, principles, standards and roadmap; chair design assurance; review major designs; approve exceptions; drive standardisation, reuse and cross-workstream alignment.

Platform & Workstream Integration: Assure common patterns and dependency alignment across Oracle Fusion, OIC/OCI, Azure, Entra ID, Sentinel, ServiceNow, monitoring, automation and Topaz Fabric.

Environment Strategy & Readiness: Govern the life cycle and readiness of Sandbox/CRP, Development, SIT, UAT, Performance, Training, Pre-Production and Production environments, including refresh, capacity, configuration and build consistency.

Integration Architecture: Set standards for APIs, Middleware, event-driven integration, interface security, monitoring, error handling and performance.

Security by Design: Partner with Security Leads to embed identity, access, authentication/federation, privileged access, encryption, DevSecOps controls and technical security assurance throughout the life cycle.

Non-Functional Requirements: Assure performance, scalability, availability, resilience, disaster recovery and supportability, including monitoring, alerting and diagnostics.

DevOps, Release & Testing Assurance: Define CI/CD, automation, Infrastructure as Code, release patterns, promotion controls and configuration management; provide oversight for integration, performance, security and operational-readiness testing.

Operational Readiness & Transition: Define operational architecture, logging and monitoring standards, runbook and knowledge-transfer requirements, and service-acceptance criteria with Service Management and Transition teams.

Technology Risk & Dependencies: Maintain a consolidated view of integration, environment, security, infrastructure and vendor dependencies, along with technical debt; resolve or elevate material risks.

Key Interfaces

CTO; Programme and Delivery Leadership; Oracle, Azure, Integration, Security, Environment, DevOps, Testing, Service Management and Transition leads; infrastructure/platform teams; and relevant vendors.

Success Measures

Architecture decisions are timely, traceable and consistently adopted across workstreams.

Cross-platform dependencies and technology risks are identified early and actively governed.

Environments, releases and non-functional requirements are demonstrably ready for programme milestones.

The delivered solution is secure, resilient, scalable, operable and supportable through service transition.