IT Architect

In this IT Architect role within the Enterprise Architecture team, you will support governance, standards and risk management across IT services. You’ll work with Solution and Technical Architects to shape design from due diligence to implementation, addressing work outside the planned programme and material risks. You’ll help maintain and enforce non-functional standards, and ensure Architecture Board processes and documentation stay current and complete. This position offers a chance to influence IT governance and enablement at a large university, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, compliant solutions.

• Support solution design from due diligence through implementation and support
• Address unplanned IT work and risk to the organisation
• Develop, maintain and enforce IT standards and patterns (non-functional requirements)
• Maintain architecture repository (BizzDesign) with outputs and inputs
• Ensure Architecture Board operations evolve and are well-documented
• Coordinate with Solution, Technical Architect and Technical Service Owners
• Collaborate with stakeholders outside IT to define required IT work

• Experience in enterprise architecture, solution design and risk management
• Ability to develop and enforce standards and patterns
• Familiarity with architecture repositories and governance processes
• Collaborative mindset with cross-functional teams
• Strong documentation and communication skills

• collaboration
• stakeholder management
• problem-solving
• BizzDesign
• architecture governance
• non-functional requirements design