Senior Enterprise Architect

Position Overview

The Senior Enterprise Architect will work different departments to improve our current IT application infrastructure, set the direction for integrating information technology, developing and implementing architecture approaches and solutions. This might include evaluating business functions, creating architecture models, and developing ways to integrate with the business IT systems across multiple platforms.

This role handles the planning of the overall organisational IT strategy. This role must be able to identify diverse business needs and offer optimal systems solutions to address them holistically. This also requires an effective leader who communicates his ideas effectively.

Role & Responsibilities

Developing Enterprise Architecture Strategy

• Design the enterprise architecture to support healthcare sector directions.   Drive the alignment of the enterprise architecture with the overall business strategy.
• Synthesise diverse enterprise needs and perspectives, conduct business and system reviews, and develop original and fresh ideas, solutions and recommendations.
• Communicate the enterprise architecture to the business and clinical leadership and at multiple levels of the organisation to gain their support.
• Develop a roadmap of projects and initiatives that enable the healthcare sector to gradually achieve the future state architecture. 

Implementing the Enterprise Architecture roadmap

• Build strong partnership with business and IT stakeholders to create ownership to jointly achieve the enterprise architecture goals.
• Influence business stakeholders to shift priorities, resources, and budgets to align with the enterprise architecture roadmap.
• Propose commercially and technically-savvy ways to expedite set up of enterprise systems.  Advise management on the feasibility on potential future projects. 
• Optimise the portfolio of systems and programmes to advance the Enterprise Architecture roadmap.

Setting standards and governing the enterprise architecture

• Develop forward-looking standards and guidelines that continue to be relevant for cloud native technologies, artificial intelligence, IOT and stringent security requirements.
• Drive the acceptance and adoption of enterprise standards and directions by leveraging on strong relationships with the leadership and building trust with implementation teams.
• Provide targeted and architecture guidance at solution and architecture review forums.

Stewardship of IHiS architecture capability

• Develop IHiS’ architecture capability through ongoing coaching, mentoring and career discussions with architects and technical staff.
• Define common goals, direction and accountability among the architects.
• Drive effective performance management practices within department in accordance with company policies and procedures

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics.
• At least 4 years of experience as an architect, and at least 10 years of experience in implementing IT systems.
• Demonstrable knowledge of web based architectures, integration methods and strategies to support non-functional requirements such as agility, resilience and performance.
• Working knowledge of web, mobile and cloud technology.

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