Enterprise Architect Contract-to-Hire (6 months)

Job Description

What you’ll be doing

• Design and support implementation of Agile Enterprise architecture services across various Digital Products and Data initiatives in lines with established technical principles, standards and practices.
• Work with technical teams, businesses and end-users to successfully design modern applications, APIs, Data platforms. Help to choose correct technologies based on business strategy, capabilities and requirements, including application, data, technology and integration architecture.
• Lead the analysis and documentation of the current application and integration landscapes, creating future state architectures and roadmaps.
• Creation and management of architecture artefacts and lower-level components.
• Perform application demonstrations and technical presentations
• Provide technical expertise to design scalable ETL, data lake and data warehouse solutions, including addressing and resolving complex technical issues
• Leading data architecture and design, data strategy to help support business objectives
• Provide formal technical guidance and informal assistance to engineering teams

The successful candidate

• Experience with investment management platforms, associated data ecosystems and delivery of advanced modelling and forecasting capabilities.
• Prior experience working for asset management companies and divisions
• Experience with client reporting systems, sales and CRM ecosystems such as Salesforce, in depth awareness and knowledge around fund modelling, forecasting and portfolio management systems such as Argus, Anaplan
• Expertise in data architecture and data governance
• Experience supporting critical infrastructure / data center environments Have an excellent technical and commercial understanding in the creation of technology solutions and outcomes for customers.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communications skills; you will often find in situations where you have to describe problem statements, solution options, your analysis and recommendations to a mix of technical and non-technical, and use strong influencing skills to gain consensus and an agreed way forward.
• Ability to approach design with timeliness, cost and quality factors in mind. Risk identification and mitigation, quantification, and qualification non-functional and functional requirements.
• Deep application of data architecture, data design, data modeling, including conceptual, logical, and physical models
• Ability to analyze business needs and translate them into technical requirements for data management systems
• Ensure data security and compliance with all relevant regulations.
• Driven digital transformation, roadmaps, target operating models, cost reduction, performance improvement
• Proactive in identifying problems early and help the team to prioritise deliverables
• Self-motivated, smart and quick to learn
• Interest in, and focus on, customers and passionate about creating good user experiences
• Good knowledge of agile software development processes

Required skills

• Minimum bachelor’s degree qualification, with strong quantitative background (STEM education background (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) AND/OR an MBA preferred)
• Deep knowledge of  cloud architecture platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Familiarity with data center or critical infrastructure technology ecosystems is a plus
• Familiarity with CRE Advisory ecosystem (Capital Markets, Leasing, Valuations) technology needs is a plus
• Technical proficiency, including: (
  • Must Have)
    • 8+ years of deep solution architecture, enterprise architecture experience
    • 5+ years of AWS/Azure data services,
    • 2+ years of implementing Web application preferably using React and NodeJS.
    • 4+ years of database architecture with Relational database, preferably Postgres
    • 4+ years in data platforms and ETL, preferably, Snowflake, Snaplogic, Collibra, Allation, Informatica
    • Demonstrable experience in data architecture and design is mandatory
    • Demonstrable experience establishing and influencing Enterprise Architecture,  particularly in a new or evolving domain is highly valued
  • Desirable
    • 3+ years working in an Agile development environment pairing DevOps with CI / CD pipelines
    • 3+ years of exposure to modern technologies such as EV, VR, AR, MXR, Hyperautomation