Senior Enterprise Architect

UCL; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global university is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to shape and drive its strategic architecture for digital strategy. This role involves working across various university areas, particularly in the student domain. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in large organizations and a strong understanding of cloud platforms and IT disciplines. Great benefits include 41 days holiday, defined benefit pension scheme, and more.

Benefits

41 Days holiday

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site gym

Relocation scheme

Qualifications

• Broad experience operating across large, complex organisations.
• Ability to define and communicate architecture principles and standards.
• Experience working across multiple IT disciplines: technical architecture, application development, etc.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to see both the big picture and the detail.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, integration patterns, and the full technology stack.

Responsibilities

• Shape and drive the strategic architecture for UCL’s digital strategy.
• Set architecture principles, lead design, and govern change.
• Work across different areas of the university, initially in the student domain.

Skills

Experience in large organizations

Clear architecture principles

Multiple IT disciplines

Analytical mindset

Cloud platforms knowledge

Job description

Information Services Division (ISD) is the primary provider of IT services to UCL. We support and enhance learning, teaching, research and administrative processes by providing information- and technology-related services to over 50,000 staff and students of UCL and associated institutions.

Within ISD, Architecture works broadly across UCL to understand the organisation and its strategies. Analysing gaps, deficiencies or opportunities then co-designing vision. Architecture ultimately works with the UCL delivery community to establish road maps to a common understanding of the future state.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to shape and drive the strategic architecture that underpins UCL’s digital strategy. You’ll work across different areas of the university, initially focusing in the student domain, ensuring our technology landscape is robust, scalable, and aligned with our mission to deliver world-leading teaching and research.

This is a strategy-led role, where you’ll set architecture principles and standards, lead solution design, and govern change, while also experimenting with new technologies to benefit staff and students. You’ll have the opportunity to influence at the highest level and help modernise the digital foundations of a globally recognised university.

About you

• Broad experience operating across large, complex organisations, with the ability to understand business drivers, capabilities, and how technology can enable strategic goals
• Ability to define and communicate clear architecture principles, standards, and road maps
• Experience working across multiple IT disciplines (e.g., technical architecture, application development, infrastructure, operations)
• Analytical mindset with the ability to see both the “big picture” and the detail
• Ability to quickly understand new technologies and apply them to evolving business needs
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, integration patterns, and the full technology stack
• Experience in leading communities of practice and facilitating knowledge sharing is a plus

Join us and help shape the future of digital strategy and enterprise architecture at a leading global university.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: ·

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 day's annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women

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