Enterprise Hybrid Platform Architect (Advisory) - Manager - National Security in Manchester

About the Role

Enterprises, when starting on their modernization journey, often imagine that they will simplify their environment. The reality for many, however, is that adoption of technologies such as cloud adds additional technologies and capabilities, drives divergence in operating models, often splits business processes across multiple tech stacks in different landing zones and, overall, adds significant complexity to the enterprise estate.

As a Manager at KPMG we will expect you to…

• Have strong hands‑on skills in a relevant technical area
• Be comfortable running technical workstreams within larger projects
• Provide highly credible and informative thought leadership, based on real‑life experience.
• Design roadmaps, implementation strategies, transformation plans and solution architectures.
• Provide broad and detailed insight across a range of technology areas including integration and hybrid hosting scenarios.
• Work with colleagues to maximise the use of our knowledge and experience.
• Leverage your overarching expertise and network to generate new client opportunities.
• Drive the development of propositions and assets, bringing a National Security perspective to them.
• Share knowledge – coaching and advising colleagues.
• Develop strong client relationships with client stakeholders, to understand their business problems, and identify commercial opportunities for KPMG.

The role will preferably be based at our London, Manchester, or Bristol offices, though other locations will be considered. Client constraints may result in a requirement to be on client site for a significant proportion of the week, and significant travel within the UK may be required.

The platform architect must make sense of this new complexity, and be able to tame it through judicious use of both old and new technologies coupled with “hybrid” processes that address the needs of both the legacy and the new platform environments. They must have a strong knowledge of both the traditional enterprise landscape, as well as a thorough appreciation of the major cloud platforms and the opportunities, capabilities and pitfalls they present.

Qualifications & Experience

• You have proven experience in helping clients to shape and deliver technology‑enabled change that delivers value, security, agility and efficiency.
• You have developed enterprise‑level technology strategies and contributed to the definition of the associated programs of work.
• You have experience of delivering complex architectural solutions on cloud or hybrid environments and also the integration of new platforms into the wider enterprise.
• You should have experience across disciplines, for example: business analysis, systems thinking, solution architecture, technical architecture, data architecture, and data science.
• You have knowledge of a variety of systems thinking and systems integration approaches and techniques, and the ability to apply them to understand, frame and solve problems.
• You must have a strong knowledge of traditional platform delivery approaches, technologies and operating models, and a thorough appreciation of the capabilities of the major cloud platforms – Azure, GCP, with particular depth, skills and experience in AWS.
• You understand, and can balance, the trade‑offs in using “one size fits all” vs “landing zone specific” solutions.
• You must understand the importance of both enterprise MI, for long‑term decision making, and (near) real‑time observability for operations.
• You should have an appreciation of different operating models associated with both legacy and cloud environments, and be able to contribute to op model design and implementation.
• You can manage technical reviews and assessments of platform strategy, roadmaps, data models, cloud integration and migration tools.
• You are a team player that thrives in a diverse culture, inspiring and motivating others.
• Ideally you will hold recognised industry qualifications appropriate to the role and your seniority.

Industry Focus

This role will be aligned to our well‑established National Security team, and is a key contributor to the growth of the sector over the next three years.