Remote Principal Enterprise Architect, Financial Services

Intelance; United Kingdom; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct engagement partner

Remote within UK

Flexible working days

Potential for more assignments

Job summary

Intelance helps organisations make practical decisions about technology, costs and change. We are looking for a freelance Principal Enterprise Architect to lead detailed architecture work within financial services assessments.

You will work directly with Intelance’s engagement partner, who remains accountable for the overall engagement, and the work is primarily remote within the UK with some client meetings.

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise architecture assessments in financial services or a closely related regulated environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Azure, data platforms and system integration.
• Able to connect technical choices with business priorities, supplier arrangements and cost.
• Experience producing both current state maps and practical future designs.
• Clear writing and confident discussion with senior business and technology leaders.
• Pensions administration experience is useful but not essential. TOGAF or equivalent practical architecture experience is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Review application inventories, architecture diagrams and existing technology assessments.
• Interview technology and business owners and test the evidence behind their current setup.
• Map key systems, data flows, dependencies and ownership.
• Develop practical future architecture and compare delivery options.
• Estimate the work, costs and dependencies behind proposed changes.
• Write clear findings and recommendations for technology leaders and executive audiences.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Azure

Data platforms

Cost and budgeting

TOGAF (or equivalent)

Job description

Intelance helps organisations make practical decisions about technology, costs and change. We are looking for a freelance Principal Enterprise Architect to lead detailed architecture work within financial services assessments.

You will work directly with Intelance’s engagement partner, who remains accountable for the overall engagement, and the work is primarily remote within the UK with some client meetings.