At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and design innovative IT solutions while shaping AAT's technology landscape.
- Company: Join the Association of Accounting Technicians, a leader in accounting education.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on innovation and mentorship.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on digital transformation and drive architectural excellence.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in enterprise architecture and solution design.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
Company: The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
We're looking for a strategic and technically accomplished Lead IT Architect (Enterprise & Solution) to shape AAT's technology landscape and drive architectural excellence across our organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced architect who enjoys combining big-picture enterprise architecture with hands-on solution design. You'll play a critical role in ensuring our technology and data solutions are secure, scalable, aligned to business strategy, and deliver excellent user experiences.
Working closely with senior stakeholders, delivery teams, and technology specialists, you'll help guide AAT's digital transformation whilst reducing complexity, managing risk, and enabling innovation.
What will you be doing?
As a Lead IT Architect (Enterprise & Solution), you'll combine enterprise architecture leadership with hands-on solution architecture, working closely with business stakeholders, delivery teams, infrastructure specialists, platform owners, security professionals, and data colleagues. You'll provide architectural oversight across programmes and projects, ensuring technology and data solutions align with AAT's strategic objectives, operational requirements, and customer experience standards.
Major objectives:
- Define and evolve AAT's enterprise architecture principles, standards, and technology roadmap
- Lead solution architecture for complex business and technology transformation initiatives
- Design end-to-end solutions spanning applications, data, integrations, security, and infrastructure
- Ensure technology and data solutions align to a coherent, scalable, and sustainable target architecture
- Provide architectural assurance, governance, and design approval across projects and programmes
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to assess options, risks, and strategic trade-offs
- Identify opportunities to modernise, simplify, and optimise AAT's technology estate
- Mentor technical teams and champion architectural best practice across the organisation
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