Job Description

Enterprise Architect: Compute, Hosting and Cloud  

Full time  

Derby/Hybrid 

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Enterprise Architect to join the Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure & Platforms team, based in Derby.   

As an Enterprise Architect, you will be responsible for the Cloud and On-Premise hosting layer of the enterprise architecture to ensure that it supports integrated, effective, and compliant operation of business processes. 

You’ll be researching new tools and technologies and defining our forward-looking strategy that will shape the future of our business. We’ll actively support your development and your path to professional accreditation, as well as offering flexible working. 

 

Why Rolls-Royce? 

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.  

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.  

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey. 

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference. 

 

What we offer 

 

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. 

  

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week. 

 

What you will be doing 

 

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to: 

Create and take ownership of the infrastructure layer of the Enterprise Architecture model, with specific focus on Compute, Hosting and Cloud. 

Define the technology strategy for Compute, Hosting and Cloud, incorporating public cloud, on-premise hosting, servers and storage. 

Own the 5-year roadmap of investments for Compute, Hosting and Cloud, including indicative costs, timescales, and development of supporting business case. 

Define and communicate capable Reference Architectures and other Architecture Building Blocks (ABB) for use in the design and delivery of solutions. 

Identify new technologies and products for exploitation across the enterprise, and opportunities for optimisation. 

Liaise with other internal Rolls-Royce teams and stakeholders, including Enterprise Architecture, IT Solution Teams, and IT Security, as well as outsourced service providers to enable the execution of the strategy. 

Who we are looking for: 

 

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. 

To be successful in this role you will need: 

Extensive IT Architecture experience with proven track record of developing and defining enterprise scale strategies. 

Strong domain knowledge of Compute, Hosting and Cloud, including data centres, public cloud, servers and storage and extensive experience of building enterprise-scale hosting capabilities across a global estate. 

Demonstrable knowledge of compute and storage technology stacks (Microsoft, Linux, VMware, Dell EMC), and public cloud technologies, such as Microsoft Azure, SaaS, IaaS and PaaS. 

Broad technical knowledge of current, emerging, and future technology market trends and their impact on the business. 

Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to adapt style to audience. 

Ideally TOGAF Certified, with Infrastructure related architecture certification (e.g. VCP) or equivalent experience. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. 

  

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background. 

  

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce 

 

Closing Date: Sunday 17th November 2024. 

Job Category

Information Technology

Posting Date

04 Nov 2024; 00:11

Posting End Date

17 Nov 2024