Architect and IT Strategist recruitment

Our client, a top tier Investment Bank based in the city requires an Architect / IT Strategist.

The role will require the following:

• Setting out the key drivers, objectives and targets

• Oversee and guide the development of individual meter IT master plans, ensuring compatibility of structure, scope and methodology, and the consistency of those master plans with reference to the overall plan.

• Develop, maintain and communicate IT principles, policies and standards in collaboration with metier IT organisations

• Perform architecture reviews of major IT projects and programmes in accordance with the required processes and methodologies.

• Develop IT Control dashboards, aggregating and presenting key control and compliance metrics from the entire IT landscape.

• Manage the relationship between IT and key technology vendors, ensuring that the product strategies and roadmaps are understood and reflected in the IT Master Plan.

You will have:

• Experience in IT architecture, strategy or management within an Investment Bank

• Deep experience of complex IT architectures of investment banking

• Knowledge of the architecture of complex, high performance systems and should understand best practice design and engineering principles.

• Ability to think and work at both a low level of detail and a high level of abstraction, with an understanding of the interactions and benefits of each.

• Working knowledge and experience of one or more architecture methodologies such as TOGAF or Zachman;

• Implementation experience of high-performance, highly-available, distributed systems

• Experience with enterprise data warehousing and business intelligence technologies and architectures.

In order to be successful for this role you must have proven track record as an Architect within Investment Banking. You must have excellent communications skills and able to work to tight deadlines and under pressure

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