Enterprise Architect

Waystone leads the way in specialist services for the asset management industry._
- Partnering with institutional investors, investment funds and asset managers, Waystone builds, supports and protects investment structures and strategies worldwide._
- With over 20 years’ experience and a comprehensive range of specialist services to its name, Waystone is now serving assets under management in excess of $2Tn. _Waystone provides its clients with the guidance and tools to allow them to focus on managing their investment goals with confidence._

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Strategic Leadership**
- Collaboratively develop and maintain an enterprise-wide technology roadmap in alignment with business and IT objectives.
- Shape the enterprise-level architecture vision through partnership and dialogue, ensuring it supports both immediate and long-term business priorities.
- Evaluate emerging technologies to recommend scalable and future-proof solutions.
- Drive digital transformation initiatives by fostering a shared understanding of enterprise architecture principles and the leveraging of cloud capabilities to support scalable and secure solutions.

**Enterprise Governance**
- Enhance and oversee the Architecture Governance process to support inclusive decision-making and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
- Work collaboratively with stakeholders to evaluate and approve enterprise-level technology decisions, fostering buy-in and transparency.
- Maintain and utilise enterprise architecture tooling to document, track, and manage enterprise architecture artifacts.
- Support the adoption of architectural principles and frameworks that ensure coherence across the organisation while optimising AWS and Azure usage.
- Ensure compliance with organisational standards, industry regulations, and security requirements.

**Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement**
- Act as a strategic partner to business leaders and technical teams, co-creating architecture models and frameworks that address both business and technical needs.
- Promote open dialogue with the IT teams and other stakeholders to ensure alignment while respecting their autonomy in operational delivery.
- Present executive-level reports and proposals that reflect the collective input and vision of the broader architecture and business community.

**Technical Expertise**
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect, with a focus on system integration and cloud migration. Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, APIs, microservices architecture, and middleware.
- Provide enterprise-level insights into cloud architecture optimisation across AWS and Azure environments, driving strategic alignment of performance, security, and cost-effectiveness principles.
- Ensure department and team level architecture is aligned at enterprise level and business objectives.

**Compliance and Risk Management**
- Ensure all architectural decisions align with regulatory frameworks such as DORA, GDPR, and other recognised regulatory or industry standards.
- Promote resilience and scalability by co-developing strategies that integrate regulatory compliance and robust security measures in cloud environments, AWS and Azure.
- Maintain awareness of emerging regulatory and standards requirements, incorporating best practices from frameworks like NIST, SOC2 or ISO27001 to strengthen security and operational governance.

**REQUIREMENTS**
- Proven experience in enterprise architecture, with preferred expertise in frameworks such as TOGAF, SABSA, or equivalent.
- Demonstrated ability to balance the needs of strategic projects and immediate delivery requirements.
- Familiarity with architecture management tools such as LeanIX, Abacus, or similar platforms.
- Strong communication and influential skills to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Analytical mindset with a track record of solving complex problems and delivering pragmatic and effective outcomes.
- Knowledge of regulatory environments and compliance standards, preferably in financial services industry.

**Experience**:

- Experience in the Financial Services industry or other highly regulated environments.
- Strong understanding of business strategy and its integration with technology.
- Mixture of enterprise and small company experience, spanning across multiple IT areas.

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field preferred