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Job Specifications

An outstanding educational institution is seeking a new Chief Enterprise Architect to join their team permanently.

We are partnering with a top education sector organization that is hiring a permanent Chief Architect role. They need a visionary, highly skilled systems leader to drive the planning and execution of scalable, secure, and modern solutions across their entire platform. This individual will function as a top-level technology strategist, guiding the team and collaborating with various departments to ensure the integrity of the architecture is maintained and aligned with all major business goals.

Role Details:

Job Title: Enterprise Architect
Work Location: Greater London Area (Hybrid)
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 (Slight flex for right person)
Contract Type: Full-Time Employment
Reporting Structure: Reports to CIO
Working Hours: 35 hours per week standard
Anticipated Start: Immediate opening

Core Responsibilities:

Create organization-wide IT design frameworks and documents to inform and direct leadership decisions.
Outline the long-term technical environment and craft technology roadmaps detailing the progression from the present setup to the desired future state.
Implement and run the organization's Architecture Policy and Oversight process.
Manage the comprehensive enterprise strategic blueprint and oversee its influence on individual projects and initiatives.
Identify necessary improvements and suggest effective operational shifts through enhancing technology, information handling procedures, team structure, and job roles.
Balance conflicting priorities like features, service reliability, financial efficiency, and necessary system management.
Provide mentorship to technical personnel on important choices regarding architecture, tooling, and data management strategies.
Ensure full adherence to security, data privacy, and all relevant statutory mandates.
Translate complex technical concepts into clear language for non-technical leadership

Critical Background & Expertise:

Experience creating and maintaining transition plans/roadmaps to guide the journey from the current system to the ideal future environment.
Proven ability to use architectural frameworks to genuinely influence alterations in the organizational structure, workflows, data management, business applications, and infrastructure.
Track record of building roadmaps for migrating software components to public cloud services.
Experience in supporting the transfer of major business platforms (to SaaS or cloud-hosted models).
Establishing governance, rules, and best practices for the selection of specific solution design elements.
Deep familiarity with data protection and privacy regulations, including GDPR and specific UK data laws, to ensure complete legal compliance.

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