Enterprise Architect

YNV Group is seeking a talented Enterprise Architect to oversee the creation and integration of IT systems solutions. You will be responsible for providing guidance and insight into the development of effective IT strategies designed to fulfil key business needs.

You will deliver high-level designs for addressing these needs and will collaborate with senior business leaders and technical staff to ensure their completion. This role is an excellent opportunity for an architect with a proven track record to increase their level of responsibility and the scope of the impact their work can have within a global enterprise.

Helping people thrive and grow in the modern digital world

YNV Group is a holding company that began as a highly successful tech support start-up. In just a few years, we grew into a multi-brand group of companies serving global enterprise clients and governments. Today, our brands include TeKnowledge, Monifai, Smart Factoring, Everty and Sandglass and operate across the tech, real estate, and financial services sectors.

Responsibilities

• Delegate individual tasks to architects and third-party providers while developing the end-to-end architecture for specific areas of operation.
• Maintain a detailed understanding of a range of functional domains and supporting technologies, and of YNV’s IT architecture while contributing to its strategic development.
• Identify cost-effective, impactful and agile architecture solutions to meet YNV’s needs. Collate input from the business and from technical specialists to understand requirements and solution options before utilising these to better advise stakeholders in adopting best practice approaches.
• Develop design proposals, support and guidance for business and IT initiatives and act as the design authority within given functional areas. Create, deliver and document IT designs, communicate proposals to senior stakeholders, and then work with stakeholders to resolve and reach agreement upon any design issues. Review the application and integration of those designs to ensure compliance with established blueprints.
• Ensure design compliance with YNV’s applications architecture and that designs meet usability, maintainability, reliability, security and performance requirements.
• Maintain an up-to-date industry knowledge base and coordinate the evaluation of new products and services for use within YNV.
• Report any architectural issues and approaches to the rest of the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Mathematics, or another related field.
• 12-15 years of experience in IT development and architecture roles, including at least six years in technical development/ delivery and six years in a senior architecture role. Skilled in technical development design and implementation in a complex environment.
• Proven success in developing high-level designs and managing end-to-end processes and solutions for complex tech services or in a telecoms environment.
• Deep understanding of large-scale IT strategy development and familiarity with structured ADM’s such as TOGAF.
• Significant experience in application integrations and various modern technologies for machine-to-machine communication, including expertise in at least two of the following areas: Sales and marketing, order management, contact centers, case and workforce management, or billing. Experience in Microsoft Dynamics is also preferable.
• A natural leader with excellent project management skills who is comfortable working within a matrix environment. Good commercial skills and an ability to identify and present commercial opportunities.
• Excellent communication skills and professional fluency in both written and spoken English.

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