Strategic Data & Asset Enterprise Architect | Flexible Work

Marketplace; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the architecture direction across the Data and Asset technology domains. This strategic role sits between enterprise strategy and delivery, shaping platforms, services and standards to support digital products and services across NZTA.

You will partner with senior technology leaders to enable practical, future-focused delivery, balancing strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery to achieve outcomes

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.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders, technology leaders and investment decisions.
• Experience working across complex product, platform and delivery environments.
• Strong systems thinking, analysis and problem-solving capabilities.

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 investment decisions and priorities.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Data platforms

Information management

Analytics

AI capabilities

Stakeholder influence

Systems thinking

Communication

Job description

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the architecture direction across the Data and Asset technology domains. This strategic role sits between enterprise strategy and delivery, shaping platforms, services and standards to support digital products and services across NZTA.

You will partner with senior technology leaders to enable practical, future-focused delivery, balancing strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery to achieve outcomes