Data & Asset Enterprise Architect — Strategic Tech Leader

New Zealand Government; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Five weeks annual leave

Income protection

Critical illness insurance

Professional development

Collaborative and inclusive culture

Job summary

NZ Transport Agency | Waka Kotahi (NZTA) seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect, Data and Asset to lead architecture across Data and Asset technology domains. This strategic role blends enterprise thinking with practical delivery, guiding platforms, services and standards for digital products and services across NZTA.

You will shape target architectures, roadmap development and guidance in collaboration with the Head of Data & AI, influencing investment decisions and ensuring architecture

Qualifications

• Significant experience in enterprise, solution or technology architecture.
• Strong knowledge of data platforms, information management, analytics and emerging AI capabilities.
• Experience developing technology strategies, target states and architecture roadmaps.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, technology leaders and investment decisions.
• Experience working across complex product, platform and delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture direction for the Data and Asset technology domains.
• Develop target states, architecture roadmaps and strategic technology guidance.
• Partner with the Head of Data & AI to shape NZTA's enterprise data and AI capabilities.
• Guide the direction of data platforms, information management services, analytics capabilities and asset technology ecosystems.
• Identify opportunities for standardisation, simplification and reuse.
• Provide strategic domain guidance to solution architects and delivery teams.
• Influence technology investment decisions and organisational priorities.
• Ensure enterprise architecture principles are reflected in product and platform development.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Technology strategy

Stakeholder influence

Product/platform delivery

Systems thinking

Data and AI knowledge

Strategic direction

Communication skills

Job description

NZ Transport Agency | Waka Kotahi (NZTA) seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect, Data and Asset to lead architecture across Data and Asset technology domains. This strategic role blends enterprise thinking with practical delivery, guiding platforms, services and standards for digital products and services across NZTA.

You will shape target architectures, roadmap development and guidance in collaboration with the Head of Data & AI, influencing investment decisions and ensuring architecture