The mission of the Enterprise Architecture team is to craft strategies, roadmaps, and technical standards that set the foundation for the firm's global IT platform and associated technologies. The Enterprise Architect enables this mission by ensuring architecture meets business needs for practical, robust, scalable and cost-effective technologies. This position uses technical and non-technical skills to understand applications technology requirements, design infrastructure and applications architectures to modern standards, and craft strategies and roadmaps that enable other teams to deliver appropriate solutions. This role requires an excellent understanding of the business of law, the ability to engage with legal, IT and information security staff to understand collective requirements, and a solid foundation of architecture principles and best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Architectural Design, Principles and Standards

• Act as a design authority for assigned aspects of new IT initiatives and craft high-quality architecture documents based on business needs and architecture best practices.
• Socialize architectural principles across the department and to project stakeholders.
• Capture, maintain and improve the overall IT Architecture for the firm.
• Capture, manage and own artefacts and architectural roadmaps.
• Ensure global compliance to required architecture standards through suitable technology and business processes.
• Work with IT staff world-wide to assist with practical guidance in meeting local and regional technology needs.
• Provide technical advice and recommendations to IT management and senior leadership teams.
• Assist IT management and work closely with technical SMEs in creating / reviewing solution architectures, technical strategies, and roadmaps to enhance and develop current and future IT services and key technologies.

Architecture Technical Leadership and Business Collaboration

• Co-host the Architecture Board meeting in conjunction with the CTO, providing review of technical proposals and guidance on new IT requests and their impact on existing technology; participate in and run design authority meetings for the technical aspects of new IT initiatives.
• Speak with key stakeholders to identify needs and facilitate technical solutions that meet the firm's strategic objectives.
• Identify and work with key technology (infrastructure, applications, data, or legal technologies) owners to help mentor them to meet a clear architectural vision for the firm.
• Design initiatives to enable a more mature approach to managing firm-wide technologies.
• Advise project delivery teams and technical leads on measures to deliver high-quality support services and identify the best products for the Firm.
• Present architectural principles and standards to both IT and non-IT staff in a business-consumable manner and in a way which enables both technical and non-technical persons to understand.

Architecture Project Support and General Responsibilities

• Understand vendor offerings in the market and the role they could play in improving IT services for the firm.
• Provide input into technical requirements for both operational and project-specific budgets.
• Assist IT management in identifying the correct technical and non-technical resources to be aligned for project activity.
• Act in technical governance advisory capacity for global projects and advise IT, Finance, projects and technical teams.
• Participate in project governance activities and liaise with managers, senior leadership, and technical leads to ensure solutions and implementation are in alignment with enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps and technical standards.
• Participate in designing project plans and task assignment for new initiatives.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in an architectural role with technical leadership, ideally within a law firm or professional services firm
• A diploma, degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field preferred.
• Any of the following accreditations / certifications are highly regarded: MCSE, ITIL, TOGAF, Prince2, Cisco, BCS Practitioner, Zachman

Technical Leadership

A key influencer across IT and the broader business; deep knowledge of infrastructure and applications standards and global applications design patterns; strong business acumen and ability to work with all levels, both within and outside IT, to build technology roadmaps aligned to the business' needs and vision; ability to conduct conversations combining both business and technical topics in a manner in which all involved understand the topics and outcomes.

Technical Skills

Extensive experience working with various technologies such as:

• • Identity and Access Management
  • Access controls (multisite)
  • SQL database systems
  • Data management tools (backup, archiving, monitoring)
  • MI/BI reporting toolsets, such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc.
  • Windows server platforms
  • Windows Desktop
  • Server virtualization
  • Storage platforms and converged infrastructure
  • WAN/LAN
  • Mobile Device Management
  • Cloud services, including Azure IaaS and PaaS
  • Microsoft and other SaaS solutions
  • Productivity suites, such as Office 365
  • Integrations between on-premises and cloud systems
  • Document management systems
  • Templating and Document Automation
  • Legal Case Management systems
  • Practice management systems
  • Business process systems

Communications

Strong communication and inter-personal skills; strong listener; capable of understanding business needs and translating them into business consumable documents and architectural standards; able to work in team settings; able to write and deliver concise, descriptive, technically-sound and high-quality architecture documents with few errors; able to translate complex data and architectural concepts and principles into easily-understood information consumable by others; ability to design and deliver architectural presentations to other members of IT, senior leadership, and business partners, adjusted into business consumable language.

Critical Thinking

Analytical and logical approach to problem-solving. Must be able to frame and recommend solutions that are best for Clyde, even where that may not be technically "best practice".

Teamwork

Able to work across lines, both within IT and outside IT; approachable and willing to receive input and constructive feedback.

Work Ethic

Self-motivator; proactively tackles issues and keeps work moving.

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional developments opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assist them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

• Technical Excellence
• People and Team
• Client/Stakeholder Relationships
• Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
• Personal Effectiveness

Clyde & Co shifted to virtual work for the majority of our lawyers and business services team with the global outbreak of Covid-19. This precaution was taken to help protect our people, clients and communities. It is likely that this role will start virtually while the firm continues to evaluate the situation.

-Principals Only-

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