A pivotal role within the team and critical to delivery of the Chief Data Officer’s strategy for Micro Focus. At the enterprise level ensuring that Micro Focus has a cohesive technical capability and roadmap to drive efficient data solutions across the business. Within each element of the data landscape the Data Solutions architect will work with the team to draw out long term solutions to them. The role will have a balance between governing the overall architecture, designing individual elements to fit that wider view, and managing growth and expansion needs for each component as new requirements from the business arise. The role will centre on understanding the challenges and technical gaps faced by the company and providing solutions fit for purpose to drive out efficiency.
Key Tasks / Accountabilities
On behalf of the Director of Architecture, own the overall design of the Micro Focus Data Solution Architecture
Create and maintain the overall Architectural picture
Assess any new additions or changes
Ensure that it is in line with the company’s overall Enterprise Architecture strategy
Act as a critical interlocutor to the IT organisation
Technical lead for Existing and new Data Solutions.
Accountable for the overall design of new data systems
Ensure that new solutions add to the whole in line with the enterprise view
Provides full transition support into production for successfully proven capabilities
Will provide architectural oversight for products in development and production
Defines and monitors best practice on the usage of current and strategic technology solutions in operation
Act as the interface into EA and the IT department at the operational and systems levels
Translates business requirements into functional and technical specifications and design documents
Measures of Performance
Complete and up to date architectural view of the data systems
High quality solutions created with high rate of end user satisfaction
Generate and maintain a view as to the options available to provide solutions to the current and future opportunities for Micro Focus to drive efficiencies and exploit data
Author architecture artefacts that establish the specific standards and patterns that will be used by development teams.
Work with the business to define solution and technology roadmaps
Knowledge Skills and Experience
Strong technology background with particular focus on Data Warehouse, Analytics, MDM and Data Integration
Ability to simplify & standardise complex concepts / processes
Ability to work in a fast paced change environment. The successful candidate will be comfortable setting out a course of activity with imperfect information and driving hard with limited resources.
Excellent communications and presentation skills, both written and oral
Working knowledge, practical experience or skills in following technology areas:
Data Modelling
Data Migration
Data integration technologies
Database technology
Data cataloguing and governance
Business Intelligence technologies
Linux and Windows operating systems
Experience creating and reviewing detailed solution architectures and associated design documentation based on functional and technical requirements. Assessing solutions for architectural integrity, scalability and sustainability including adoption and use of Micro Focus and industry best practice.
Technical Solution Architecture and frameworks e.g. TOGAF/Zachmann
Informatica solutions – EDC / Axon / MDM / IPC / IDQ
Industry best practice including Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
stakeholders
CDO department heads
Enterprise Architecture team
Head of Technical Infrastructure
Head of Application Development (IT)
Finance Systems Lead
Go To Market Systems Lead
Global Process Owners
Data Owners and stewards
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