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ReferenceIRC554855
RecruiterNetworkrail
Industry SectorBusiness Analyst jobs, IT jobs in Rail, IT Manager vacancies, Other IT jobs
SalaryNegotiable
LocationsMilton Keynes, Rail jobs in UK
Contract TypePermanent
Date Posted14 January 2012

Job Description

Department & how it relates to the role

As Information Management, our purpose is to deliver World Class information, technology & business solutions that add value across Network Rail in the most cost-effective and efficient way. To achieve this, we aim to have the right people, information, tools & services in place. In recognition of our achievements we have recently been awarded ‘Best Place to work in IT: 2009’ across the Government & Public Services sector by Computer Weekly.

About the role (External)

Role

We require an Enterprise Architect to deliver technical architectures able to accommodate the current and future needs of the business, taking input from the Enterprise Architects – Business. To rationalise potential overlaps and dependencies into coherent programmes of work to deliver common business services.

Key Accountabilities

1. Own at least one of, and otherwise contribute to, the definition and development of the IM strategy data, application, integration, technology infrastructure and security architecture as a cohesive and coherent set of architectures that support the business needs and policies.
2. Evaluate proposed changes to these architectures such that risks to the business are mitigated.
3. Research, evaluate, define and maintain corporate data and information policies, processes, standards, tools and repositories necessary for the successful use and/or re-use of data and information models.
4. Support the maintenance of these architectures to reflect changes to the IM strategy for new requirements, emergence of technology innovations and changes to the business.
5. Provide expert consultancy advice and guidance on the architecture areas and on integration issues through the Solution Architects to provide projects within IM, business and industry partners with a clear understanding of the framework. Maximise opportunities, taking full account of commercial, technical and financial implications of the risks.
6. Validate that suppliers and partners support the IM strategic direction through communication, influence and relationship building.

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• Extensive experience of managing data and/or information architectural development at an enterprise level
• Substantial experience of systems analysis and requirements specification
• Substantial experience working at the business and IS Strategy level
• Knowledge of enterprise integration concepts and technologies e.g. EAI, Web Services
• Knowledge of web concepts and technologies (including Internet, Intranet, Extranet, Portals, EJB, Web Servers, Application CASE/Modelling tools (ideally, Systems Architect)
• Knowledge and understanding of Hardware and Network Infrastructure concepts and technologies

Desirable

• Substantial experience of corporate process architecture development and deployment
• Broad experience of the use of modelling, data management, simulation, workflow and end-user analysis tools
• Proficiency of database technologies especially Oracle ERP (11i) and messaging including IBM (MQ) and Oracle (AQ) and broad XML experience
• Data Management concepts & technology (e.g. Data warehousing, DBMS’s e.g. Oracle)
• Process Management and workflow concepts and technologies (e.g. Oracle Workflow)
• Development lifecycles and notations covering structured, object and component based approaches (e.g. IE, SSADM, DSDM, RUP, UML)
• Software Infrastructure/Middleware concepts and technologies
• Information Security Concepts, Standards (BS7799/InfoSec), Infrastructure and Technologies
• Document, Content and/or Digital Asset Management concepts and technologies (e.g. Documentum)

• Experience of the use of Enterprise Integration Architecture (EAI) methodologies and tools covering 3 or more of: Oracle ERP, IBM Middleware, Web Portals, Data Warehousing, GIS, Document Management, HP, IBM, Midrange (Unix) and Microsoft based desktop and server environments
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