Enterprise Architect

This role defines a high-level enterprise-wide IT Architecture, focusing on the mapping of I/T capabilities to business needs. The focus is on defining the relationships, flows and implementation of business (processes/activities/functions, information), applications, data and technology in the enterprise and the transitional process necessary for implementing technology in response to changing business needs.

The responsibilities and duties

• Find ways in which to improve our IT department’s functions so they support our future goals
• Create business architecture models that reflect our strategies and goals
• Evaluate our systems engineering, talent recruiting and accounting models for discrepancies or vulnerabilities
• Locate ways to reduce costs in IT and business leadership
• Identify ways to increase employee knowledge and skills to support future growth
• Conduct research in the talent management industry to find ways in which to improve our operations
• Provide business architecture and systems processing guidance
• Create and implement a business vision and multi-year plan
• Translating or mapping Business strategy into IT strategy.
• Aligning local and group business initiatives with the Enterprise Architecture
• Participation in the development of IT strategies
• Developing strategy to improve the current IT Landscape. Developing high level roadmap for implementation, modernization and replacement of IT systems
• Developing architectural and technological standards
• Developing Data architecture principals
• Monitoring and review new IT solutions for compliance with the current and future Enterprise architecture and IT strategy, architectural and technological standards

Qualifications and Skills

• 2+ years’ experience defining and implementing strategies under a CIO or equivalent
• MBA preferred but not required
• Extensive experience with enterprise architecture best practices and goals
• Federated Enterprise Architecture Certification required
• Excellent leadership and motivational skills
• theoretical and practical skills with well-known IT architecture frameworks, TOGAF preferred;
• understanding of middleware purposes and best practices as Enterprise Service Bus, API management, etc.
• knowledge of hardware layer organizations: principals, best practices;
• familiar with overall principals of computers networks and IT Security management;
• work experience in Agile environment;
• excellent communication, negotiation, meeting facilitation skills;
• English upper-intermediate level

We offer

• Join a large international company that provides possibilities for professional and personal growth
• Involve into challenging, large-scale projects which have an impact for our customers
• Knowledge sharing in our Group wide IT community including 14 Raiffeisen Banks
• Flexible working schedule, 28 days of paid vacation, official employment, attractive social package, distant work possibilities
• Competitive salary
• The Bank provides health insurance from a local insurance company