Technical Architecture Leader

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced technical professional to join our team in a leadership role. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving architectural governance and design, providing assurance, and designing change based on customer business and technical requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture Authority: Providing Governance and Assurance (both pre and post sales) designing change after analyzing customer business and technical requirements
  
• Responsible for solutions design integrity & architectures being defined and deployed conform to policies wherever possible
  
• Ensure design approvals are achieved
  
• Identify gaps with respect to existing & relevant solutions & services
  
• Responsible for peer review and quality control, a design authority mitigating risks of projects and programs
  
• Leverage Industry specific engineering & delivery capabilities
  
• Maintain awareness of developments in our technical strategy and innovation processes as they evolve and apply them to the specific needs of the account
  
• Responsible for solutions & architectures being defined and deployed conform to policies
  
• Support CDE/SDM resolving Major Incidents if required, and inputting to post incident analysis
  

Planning, Selling and Client Engagement

• Establish a trusted advisor relationship with clients. Lead or technically support client and account engagements as required
  
• Gather information about clients' landscape, pain points, and strategic imperatives
  
• Be a key contact for all stakeholders for purposes of technical architecture and transformation
  
• Cooperate with other functions within our organization and ecosystem to support the development of commercial bids
  
• Support account pre-sales activities providing specific technical expertise as required
  

Portfolio Development

• Account feedback – Support Account Client Executive Partner to identify aspects for further development in Industry and Horizontal portfolio, feeding back requirements (with definitions) and customer insights, inhibitors and wishes
  
• Support PoCs/PoVs/Co-development in Account as deemed appropriate
  
• Support the Account CEP for Industry to identify & prioritize account technology investments
  

People Management

• Lead change, strengthening customer centricity, motivating teams to achieve success
  
• Help attract, reskill and retain talent with Industry knowledge & expertise, digital skills and critical competencies
  
• Review performance of architects, technical specialists and other selected team members
  
• KPI's
  
• Atos Community / Portfolio Enhancement
  
• Opportunities Identified,
  
• Quality of designs,
  
• Documentation,
  
• Innovation,
  
• Customer NPS, meeting client expectations
  
• Account Margin
  

Reporting Lines

• Reporting to Head of Operations
  
• Stakeholders Internal Client Executive Partner, Client Delivery Executive, Regional CTO, Technical Specialists, Business Line technical architects and specialists
  
• Stakeholders External Client key Technical Stakeholders, Technology Partners
  

Attributes

• Embody our organisation's values in all day-to-day activity
  
• Uphold appropriate behaviour and performance
  
• Demonstrated ability to maintain relationships with internal stakeholders
  
• Commitment to deliver results
  
• Takes a positive approach to dealing with change
  
• Making decisions at appropriate times
  
• Demonstrated ability to understand business processes and procedures and relationships
  
• Ability to manage own time effectively, including handling multiple demands and effective prioritisation
  
• Ability to take action to improve personal skills and competencies
  
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team or independently
  
• Focus on reducing organisational, project and program related risk
  
• Manage and adhere to the organisational standards
  
• Mentor junior or less experienced staff to ensure appropriate skills transfer of a high-performance team
  
• Manage interdependence and balance competing demands to ensure objectives are delivered
  

Workplace Health and Safety

• Take all reasonably practicable steps to care for own health and safety and the health and safety of other people who may be affected by your conduct in the workplace.
  
• Ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that the workplace and anything arising out of it are without risks to health and safety.
  
• Required Leadership Competencies
  
• Demonstrate personal integrity and strong work ethic
  
• Confidentiality
  
• High level organisational skills
  
• Ability to plan and schedule allocated work
  

Minimum Relevant Experience

• 3-5 years' experience in Architect roles working in medium-large customer environments
  
• Experience in Architectural domains including Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud, Networking Storage and Backup, Data, Cybersecurity, Integration, Infrastructure, Industry knowledge
  
• Have a comprehensive understanding of emerging AI technologies
  
• Ability to understand and design complex technical environments
  
• Understanding and ability to apply industry standards where necessary and appropriate
  
• Strong understanding of Public Cloud infrastructures including AWS and Azure
  
• Industry experience across public and private sectors
  

Why Work with Us

• A company that truly values diversity and inclusion
  
• Fun and nice colleagues to work with, with celebrations organised regularly
  
• A potential to grow your career, with support for horizontal or vertical moves
  

Employee Lifecycle

We want all of our employees to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. Our employee lifecycle processes are designed to prevent discrimination against our people regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique.

Job Details
Seniority Level

• Not Applicable
  

Employment Type

• Full-time
  

Job Function

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
  

Industries

• Computer and Network Security and IT Services and IT Consulting
  

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