Enterprise Architect Job Description: Top Duties and Qualifications

An Enterprise Architect (EA), or IT Business Analyst is responsible for ensuring that a company’s business strategy achieves its goals through the proper architecture of its technology systems. Their duties include regulating the technology environment, increasing flexibility and reducing costs.

 

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Enterprise Architect duties and responsibilities

Enterprise Architects are masters at systems architecture and IT management. They also use their knowledge in business administration to assist with the decisions in a company’s IT investment policy. Their main duties include:

  • Determining the technology system architecture and functional design needed to support and meet company business goals
  • Setting the context, defining common elements and creating patterns and standards to apply the details at a project level
  • Assisting management and stakeholders in evaluating the business’ mission and ensuring that the company uses its IT assets effectively
  • Documenting the process using multiple architectural models
  • Generating graphic representations and abstracts of the system architecture models
  • Evaluating existing IT systems for exposure or weaknesses that could compromise performance, security or efficiency
  • First-hand experience developing and building models based on The Enterprise Framework
  • Implementing shared infrastructure to optimise information management systems

 

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Example 1

Location: Sheffield Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week/flexible days and/or hours (Mon-Fri) Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum maximum depending on experience Benefits package: 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell holiday 15% employer pension contribution Discretionary bonus and group income protection Flexible working, cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan and life assurance Paid voluntary day, maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave Various other benefits to suit your lifestyle and wellbeing THE ROLE The Enterprise Data Architect is responsible for setting the strategy for the bank’s data architecture and providing technical architecture direction for delivery of the target state. You will be an integral member of the Enterprise Architecture Team and will be responsible for the design and implementation of the enterprise wide data strategy, ensuring the strategy supports the current and future business needs. Reporting to the Head of Enterprise Architecture, you will apply your knowledge of good architecture practice, architecture documentation and data technologies to comprehensively capture the Bank’s current state holistic data architecture and oversee target state design and implementation. You will collaborate with the Business Data Management Office and internal and external IT stakeholders at all levels to ensure the enterprise data strategy and associated implementation is adding value to the business. It is essential that you substantial knowledge of developing progressive information management solutions and end-to-end development life-cycle support and ADLC processes. You will have experience of delivering information management solutions to large numbers of end users with extensive experience in architecting and implementing enterprise data warehouse, Master data Management, data integration, BI & analytics, content management and data management platforms. You will have excellent problem solving and data modelling skills (logical, physical, sematic and integration models) including normalisation, OLAP / OLTP principles and entity relationship analysis. As a Senior Manager at the Bank it is expected that you will role model candour and integrity, you will support the wellbeing of colleagues, encourage diversity of thought, and strive for continuous improvement. You will be collaborative, celebrate differences and inspire a culture of inclusion. You will have excellent communication skills and you will be confident in building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships. View the full job description. ABOUT US The British Business Bank is a unique and exciting institution. Its mission is to make finance markets work better so smaller businesses across the UK can prosper and grow. Established in 2014, it is a 100% economic development bank but independently managed. To deliver its programmes, the Bank works through more than 200 delivery partners such as high street, digital, specialist and challenger banks, venture capital and private debt funds and fintech platforms. Currently, we employ around 440 people, split between offices in Sheffield and London. Please note all candidates applying for this role should have the right to work in the [website]

Example 2

A career within Salesforce Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients leverage Salesforce technology to enhance their customer experiences, enable sustainable change, and drive results. We focus on understanding our client's challenges and developing custom solutions powered by Salesforce to transform their sales, service and marketing capabilities by exploring data and identifying trends, managing customer life cycles, strategically building and leveraging online communities, driving employee engagement and collaboration, and connecting directly with channel partners to share goals, objectives, and activities in a secure, branded location. Responsibilities As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Senior Managers and above Be involved in the financial management of clients Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical acumen Develop strategies to solve complex technical challenges Assist in the management and delivering of large projects Train, coach, and supervise staff Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand The role Our Salesforce Technical Architects understand the full extent of the solution, integration components and how they fit into the enterprise architecture. They collaborate effectively with colleagues from other disciplines to define technology objectives, assess technical options and provide sound advice to achieve both strategic business goals and meet operational requirements. Working with our clients and technology colleagues, our Salesforce Technical Architects, prepare the technical blueprints for cost effective and efficient Salesforce solutions across the platform, taking a leadership role throughout design and delivery, to help ensure that technical solutions continue to meet business requirements and follow the organisation’s strategic vision. Our Salesforce Technical Architects also act as technology leaders within our wider digital and technology practices, providing thought leadership, guidance and coaching to more junior members of our team. The successful candidates would be joining a new Salesforce.com team which would work across industries on strategy, transaction services, CIO advisory and delivery types of engagements. These candidates are likely to have a technical architecture background in Salesforce.com and any other CRM platform from the following: CRM; MS Dynamics CRM and SAP CRM, but now wish to build further on their Salesforce skills and expertise. You will not only receive the opportunity to work with top-class clients, but also the chance to receive high quality training related to the role. There is a requirement for the individual to be mobile in terms of travel as business needs require (up to 80%). We are seeking to fill this Manager level role as soon as possible. The essentials: Ideally educated to Degree level or equivalent, we are open to strong candidates from all relevant educational backgrounds but ideally from a technology, science, engineering or business background; Consulting experience, gained with a leading professional services or systems integration firm; Good knowledge and understanding of digital trends and challenges across industries, gained through project experience, contribution to thought leadership, articles, client recommendation, etc. Proven experience in providing technical support on digital and front-office transformation initiatives; Some experience in architecting digital technology solutions, covering all layers of the technology stack; Demonstrable track record of helping to shape successful business development of digital and other front office business transformation initiatives. Have a minimum of Salesforce Platform App Builder and Salesforce Platform Developer I certifications.

What does an Enterprise Architect do?

Enterprise Architects align the technology of a business with its strategy. They have a highly visible job with a significant level of responsibility, they stay aware of new trends in technology. Enterprise Architects abide by strict performance standards and deadlines. They usually operate as an IT visionary, have specific expertise or serve as a generalist IT officer providing high-level oversight and guidance. Typically, they report to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), work full time and spend their day in an office setting in front of a computer. They may travel to other company sites for implementation and synchronisation of technology in the company’s IT system.

 

Enterprise Architect skills and qualifications  

Enterprise Architects visualise and model the current state of the business transformed into the desired shape of the company. A successful Enterprise Architect candidate will have various prerequisite skills and qualifications, that typically include

  • Ability to scrutinise the domains of the enterprise’s structure to improve operations and align the business and technology to be transparent
  • Ability to analyse data and information generated by the enterprise and operational labour structure to identify cost-savings opportunities
  • Skills in developing standards and policies that guide the use of IT assets
  • Excellent communication skills for educating employees on best practices for applying the company’s IT products, resources and solutions
  • Expert knowledge in computer science and IT to research IT solutions and identify ways to enhance existing operations
  • Expertise in cloud computing
  • Efficiency in time management, project management and demonstrative of the company’s service-oriented architecture (SOA)

 

Enterprise Architect experience requirements

The Enterprise Architect needs seven to ten years of experience in IT, information security or a related field. The ideal candidates also have work experience as an apprentice for one to two years. Some employers prefer candidates from the same industry working on familiar systems and strategy. Specialised certifications such as the Systems Engineering Professional, Information Security Auditor or Information Security Professional are also beneficial. Smaller businesses may accept a candidate with ongoing study towards graduation with a bachelor’s degree (BSc) in computer science.

 

Enterprise Architect education and training requirements

Successful Enterprise Architects have a master’s degree in science (MSc) in IT, application or network architecture, computer science or data architecture. Employers also consider candidates with a postgraduate diploma or postgraduate certificate. Bonus certifications include  those from the Certified Enterprise Architect Professional (CEAP), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF®) and The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Some employers require certifications from the International Board of IT Governance Qualifications (BITGQ) and the British Computer Society (BCS). They can also accept certificates from Zachman Framework, Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) or Gartner. A large, complex business may require a PhD in a related principle such as technology or an engineering management doctorate.

 

Enterprise Architect salary expectations

According to Indeed Salaries, the average salary for an Enterprise Architect in the UK is £82,182 per year. Salary may be dependent on experience, location and company.

 

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Enterprise Architect job description FAQs

 

What is the difference between an Enterprise Architect and an IT Business Analyst?

The four domains in system architecture are business, application, data and technology architectures. The Enterprise Architect works with all four. The IT Business Analyst works directly with the business architecture domain. They analyse the business needs of the company and translate them into specific projects and deliverables.

 

What are the different types of Enterprise Architect?

Various types of Enterprise Architects include a data EA who designs large databases with extensive experience in database theory and design. A solutions EA is an advanced programmer dealing with specialised software and a technical EA specialises in hardware and operating systems with a thorough understanding of all the components of IT.

 

Who reports to the Enterprise Architect?

Manager of IT Governance who maintains Standards Management and the Manager of Solution Architects, who performs Architecture Assessments report to the Director of Enterprise Architecture (EA). The Director of Domain Architects overseeing Platform Strategy, the Director of Emerging Technology and the Research Services Coordinator all report to the EA.

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