About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="margin:0.0px">Job Summary</H2> </div><div><p>As a Centre of Excellence (CoE) Architect, you will act as a skilled and knowledgeable team member whose role is to provide the business global support and deliver best practices around the analysis and design of applications and solutions in line with the business requirements.</p> <p>Working as a member of the global CoE team, the CoE Architect will play a role in provisioning ‘build’ and ‘run’ to continuously improve and support their designated application area within the agreed SLA. </p> <p>The CoE forms part of the wider IT applications team, an integral part of the global IT organisation. You will be a trusted partner to the business in providing applications and solutions in line with the IT operating model, working alongside the IT business partners, project management office, security and IT operations teams.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="margin:0.0px">Job Responsibilities</H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Works as part of a global team of subject matter experts to deliver support within agreed SLAs</li> <li>Works alongside the other global IT functions (including IT operations, security, project management office and IT business partners) to support the delivery of the IT strategy in line with the IT operating model.</li> <li>Ensures the business/function are aware of the latest capabilities and drive standard application best practice.</li> <li>Ensures IT security requirements are observed and designed into future demand/requirements.</li> <li>Provides structured training for business/function(s) for maximum effectiveness.</li> <li>Performs other related duties as assigned by management/team leaders.</li> <li>Supports the implementation of global IT standards.</li> <li>Application lifecycle management.</li> <li>Be a trusted partner to the business in providing fit for purpose applications and solutions.</li> <li>Supports annual IT budget.</li> <li>Be aware of the latest capabilities and drive the use of standard tools and processes in the system arena.</li> <li>Liaising with external parties (e.g. consultants, software vendors, auditors etc.) where required.</li> <li>Ability to generate a unified definition of a target landscape based on functional and non-functional requirements to determine solution and environment selection.</li> <li>Gathers functional and non-functional requirements of systems, processes and business models.</li> <li>Communicates global standards and guidelines to specialists and developers.</li> <li>Supports the implementation of new solutions, upgrades and/or enhancements to existing ones.</li> <li>Supports the change request process during implementation performing an impact assessment where required, and collaborate on compliance monitoring post-implementation (plan-do-check-act).</li> <li>Assist in determining time and cost estimates for assigned projects.</li> <li>Identifies options for potential solutions and assessing them for both technical and business suitability.</li> <li>Documenting processes and procedures (and maintaining them).</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="margin:0.0px">Job Qualifications</H2> </div><div></div></div></div>