Enterprise Architect - Cloud & Compute

About the role:

• The "Enterprise Architect Cloud & Compute " role will report into the Enterprise Architecture Security & Network Domain Lead and will be focused on developing the target architecture, standards and roadmaps to achieve Diageos business goals through a multi-cloud strategy.
• This role will partner closely with the Cloud, Security and Functional Architects along with key stakeholders from Enterprise Services team. A trusted advisor to senior leadership in the Digital & Technology function, the successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong influencing and communication skills to ensure that the strategic EA perspective gains the support required to allow it to become a reality.

Role Responsibilities:

• Strategic thinking to take business strategies into architecture
• Collaborating with business stakeholders to develop Diageos strategic vision for IT/OT and future-state business/technology architecture, developing 3-5 year roadmaps to achieve our business ambitions through technology with key focus on Cloud and Compute Architecture
• Providing thought leadership to architect next generation cloud, providing technical direction to D&T leadership around emerging trends and integrating cutting edge technical solutions for products and services
• Creating the target and interim architectures that support the roadmap, leading the review of the maturity assessment of current-state capabilities and the technology selection process for new capabilities
• Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure alignment to the architecture strategy, vision and principles
• Governing the changes in Cloud and Compute to ensure they are strategically aligned, provide value for money, and are fit for purpose, whilst managing architectural risk and debt
• Champion adoption of architecture roadmap by working closely with the Enterprise Services team
• Influence portfolio investments for key technology solutions in line with our roadmaps
• Building and maintaining relationships with technology vendors and suppliers
• Maintaining knowledge of external trends and business priorities to proactively identify transformation opportunities in our data centre and cloud technologies

Experience / skills required:

• Demonstrated expertise with architecting, designing and implementing solutions in a global enterprise environment
• In-depth knowledge and proven experience in developing capability models, reference architecture and technology roadmap artefacts.
• Significant experience in the development of strategy and enterprise architecture to enable modern Cloud and Compute capabilities, including:
• Strong track record of designing and implementing Azure and/or AWS services in a variety of distributed computing environments.
• Experience with service-oriented architecture for cloud-based services.
• Deep knowledge on the tools for the security, deployment, implementation, management, monitoring and reporting of Cloud workloads.
• Experience with public cloud automation DevOps tools and techniques
• Demonstrated experience delivering automation and other optimization techniques to modernize legacy infrastructure
• Experience in evaluating and implementing appropriate storage and container solutions
• Experience with infrastructure automation technologies
• Successful track record selecting and evaluating new network technology that provide the foundations for innovative and scalable enterprise practices
• Expert working knowledge of both Information Technology (IT) and Operations Technology (OT) environments.

Leadership:

• Bold and strategic thinker able to develop stretching and ambitious future vision
• Fantastic communicator able to articulate and sell the vision to senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to deliver integrated Business-IT strategy, establishing a high level of trust among both business and technical stakeholders
• Building International and cross-functional relationships to drive engagement
• Experience working with executive sponsors and senior business leadership teams developing and delivering strategy and operating plans with demonstrated competency