Systems Architect and Initiative Lead - Remote

About the position

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the stabilisation and modernisation roadmap for critical systems.
• Evaluate existing integrations and spearhead the transition to a modern, API-driven architecture.
• Drive the refactoring of monolithic systems, identifying and prioritising key components for decomposition.
• Align and coordinate architectural efforts across cloud, data, and application teams.
• Lead risk mitigation initiatives and develop remediation plans for high-risk system failures.
• Collaborate with IT, development, operations, and executive leadership teams.
• Coordinate across functional teams to align architecture with business needs.
• Engage with third-party vendors, consultants, and service providers.
• Represent the organisation in external architecture forums or stakeholder meetings.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Systems, Engineering, or Computer Science.
• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.
• 7+ years in enterprise or solution architecture roles.
• Proven track record in leading large-scale system modernisation and stabilisation initiatives.
• Extensive experience in integration architecture, legacy systems, and designing for high availability.
• Strategic thinking with strong systems-level problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficient in architectural modelling, documentation tools, and methodologies.
• Strong leadership and the ability to guide cross-functional teams through technical transformation.

Desired Skills:

• System architecture
• TOGAF
• Enterprise architecture

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree