Lead Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure & Platforms

Lead Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure & Platforms

Fulltime – Hybrid

Derby

What you will be doing 

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.  

Rolls Royce operates within an increasingly complex environment that is subject to security, regulatory and compliance standards that must be embodied in the technical environment. 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.

Responsibilities 

• 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

Why Rolls-Royce? 

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference. 

We offer excellent development, 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. 

Who we’re looking for 

• 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

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business. 

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to  

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade. 

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.   

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. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. 

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Grade:  Management Level B

For further information, please contact:  Alison Connaughton