Lead Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure & Platforms in Derby

We’re looking for a skilled, strategic Lead Enterprise Infrastructure Architect to join our D&IT Strategy & Enterprise Architecture team. In this role you will be responsible for the Infrastructure layer of the Enterprise Architecture and ensuring that it is capable of supporting effective, efficient and compliant operation of business processes (current and future state).

Rolls Royce has defined a 5 year plan for digital transformation. Critical to the success of the plan is to facilitate the delivery of expected value and assure the technical integrity of the solutions. You will be required to be proactive in leading and developing key strategies that facilitate the delivery of the 5 year plan in accordance with the complex needs of the business and the associated technical transformation.

This role will be required to work with key Stakeholders, Partners and Third Parties to translate business requirements into structured, sequenced Technical Roadmaps. You’ll be researching new technologies and their applications while driving large projects and programmes that will shape the future of our business. You will also be actively engaged with our Partners in building a world class Architecture Capability.

We’ll actively support your development and your journey to professional accreditation as well as offering flexible working. This is an opportunity to be an integral part of an evolving Digital and IT practice that delivers the most efficient and effective combination of processes, data, applications and technology that enables Rolls-Royce to execute its vision, values, and strategy.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey. We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

• Create and maintain the infrastructure and technology layer of the Enterprise Architecture model (e.g. Client, Mobility and Identity, Servers Storage Cloud and Hosting, Connectivity and UC and Shared service platforms) within the enterprise toolset (e.g. Alphabet) and processes (e.g. Architecture Review Board, Investment Committee)
• Lead a team of Enterprise Infrastructure Architects responsible for creating and maintaining the infrastructure and technology layer, design standards and technical roadmaps working with EUX and Infrastructure / Platform & Security Product Managers
• Identify and exploit opportunities for rationalisation and exploitation of infrastructure and technology enablers across the wider enterprise estate
• Define and communicate infrastructure architecture and interface standards to simplify interoperability and rationalisation
• Create infrastructure and technology reference architectures to be used in solution design
• Ensure quality and coherence of the Enterprise infrastructure model for the technology layer
• Be accountable for creating the 5 year list of roadmap investments for End User Experience (EUX), Infrastructure & Platforms
• Create capability to support emerging technology drivers and sponsor innovation to accelerate value delivery within the context of the 5 year plan
• Provide architectural assurance for infrastructure changes, assuring alignment to cyber controls, compliance frameworks and risk management

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Ideally TOGAF Certified, hold a similar Infrastructure related architecture certification (e.g. VCP, CCNA) or equivalent experience
• Demonstrable experience managing, leading developing a team of Infrastructure Architects
• Experience developing roadmaps describing the evolution of infrastructure solutions from current to future state including providing indicative costs and timescales
• Significant Infrastructure Architecture experience
• Strong infrastructure domain knowledge in one or more of the following areas and vendors / technologies: Networking and Network security (Cisco); Client, Identity, Mobility and Unified Comms (Microsoft); Server, Storage, Datacentre and Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) – (HP, Dell EMC, MS Azure); Service Management, monitoring and databases (Oracle / SQL and BMC)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability adapt style to an audience

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce. As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.