IT Enterprise Architect - AGP in London

As an Enterprise Architect you will be joining a well-established and growing Strategy and Architecture team. You will be responsible for analysing and documenting the current state technology landscape, including the identification of risks and opportunities within the technology landscape, and supporting the development and implementation of the target state technology landscape, including transition states. You will also be working with both business and IT stakeholders to enhance the current business capability model and look for opportunities for application rationalisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing Group architecture principles, standards and reference models.
• Contribute to creating Enterprise Architecture strategy and roadmap to help improve Enterprise Architecture maturity within Ardagh Group.
• Ensure solution designs are appropriate, innovative and compliant with Group architecture principles, standards and reference models.
• Contribute to developing Ardagh’s IT strategy, the long‑range plan and other assessments across capability & technology areas.
• Contribute to documenting and validating Ardagh’s current, target and transition states architecture while providing architecture support/oversight to ongoing projects and programs across Ardagh Group.
• Support the enhancement of the current business capability model and roadmap, including looking for opportunities for application rationalisation.
• Share insight into areas for improvement, mitigation of risks, dependencies and opportunities to generate business value while encouraging cross‑regional and functional collaborations.
• Provide strategic oversight, planning, governance and direction to a global virtual team of Solution Architects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Significant experience in an Enterprise Architectural role within a global team.
• Experience in executing or working with TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) or an equivalent architecture framework.
• Proven experience in developing architecture roadmaps, standards, and blueprints.
• Experience in developing end‑state architecture, mapping architecture to business capabilities, and creating a path to achieve the end state using industry‑standard frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Advanced skills in the Microsoft technology ecosystem, cloud services (Azure preferred), integration, and enterprise service bus architecture.
• Experience in using Enterprise Architecture tooling – preferably LeanIX.

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world’s leading brands. We trace our roots back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 20,000 people with revenues of almost $10 billion and operate across Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and has a reputation for innovation. We push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, design techniques and ways to recycle and save energy. Our aim is to reduce any negative environmental impact while remaining economically sustainable and socially responsible. We believe that the success of our business depends on the success of our people. We strive to create working environments where our employees feel valued, can work to their full potential, and where their achievements are celebrated. Here at Ardagh, we offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team – you’ll enjoy the journey!