Senior Enterprise Architect (Data Platform Technology) - Birmingham Regional Centre - Arena Central About the job Job summary Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether youre seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what its really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. Data is at the heart of everything we do at HMRC. As a Senior Enterprise Architect within the EA Data Platform Technology team, youll shape the future of HMRCs data landscape, helping to deliver one of the UKs largest and most complex data transformation programmes. The EA Data Platform Technology team resides across multiple office locations and forms part of the wider Enterprise Architecture team within the Chief Technology and Design directorate. Job description As part of the team, youll play a critical role in defining and driving HMRCs Data Technology Strategy, championing modern technologies and guiding the evolution of our enterprise data platforms. Working closely with senior leaders, architects and business stakeholders, youll influence strategic technology decisions that support the organisations long-term objectives. This is an opportunity to operate at enterprise scale, providing architectural leadership across reporting, analytics, AI and machine learning capabilities, data pipelines, and data storage platforms that support millions of customers and billions of transactions. Key Responsibilities * Define and maintain enterprise-wide data architecture strategies, principles, standards and roadmaps. * Provide expert guidance and governance to solution architects, ensuring technology designs align with HMRCs strategic direction. * Lead architectural thinking across enterprise reporting, analytics, AI/ML platforms, data ingestion, transformation and storage technologies. * Engage with senior stakeholders across HMRC and wider government to influence technology strategy and investment decisions. * Identify emerging technologies, industry trends and innovations, assessing their value and applicability to HMRC. * Promote scalable, sustainable and reusable solutions that deliver value for money and support future business needs. Person specification Essential Criteria * Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture or senior architecture roles, with a strong background in large-scale data platforms and enterprise technology environments. * Experience developing and implementing architectural principles, policies, standards, reference architectures and technology roadmaps. * Ability to identify emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on organisational strategy. * Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. * Experience influencing strategic technology decisions, articulating options, risks and trade-offs, and making evidence-based recommendations. * Ability to understand enterprise-wide impacts and balance immediate business needs with longer-term strategic objectives. Technical Expertise Youll have demonstrable knowledge and practical experience in one or more of the following areas: * Cloud-native data services and platforms. * Data integration, transformation and metadata management technologies (such as Talend, Informatica or similar). * Analytics and business intelligence tooling (such as SAS, Power BI, Pentaho or equivalent). * Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions, including customer insight, behavioural analytics and segmentation capabilities. Desirable Criteria * Experience contributing to discussions relating to commercial contracts, procurement and technology sourcing strategies. * Experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms supporting operational, analytical, AI and machine learning workloads. * Professional architecture qualifications such as TOGAF, CITP, or a willingness to work towards them. Further Location Information Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a Further Location Preferences (optional) field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application. Office Closures If your location preference is for one of the following sites, its important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations (opens in a new window) These sites are: * Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle * Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage. Leeds Location Moves Adjustment
Senior Enterprise Architect (Data Platform Technology) - Birmingham Regional Centre - Arena Central employer: HMRC
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