Enterprise Architect Integration - London

Monitise plc is a technology and services company delivering mobile banking, payments and commerce networks worldwide with the proven technology and expertise to enable financial institutions and other organisations to offer a wide range of services to their customers in developed and emerging markets. Our technology platform is used by millions of consumers around the world to securely interact with their money via their mobile phones. 

With live services in the UK, the US, India and Africa, the company is working with international partners to extend trusted and secure mobile banking, payment and commerce services in territories worldwide, including Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.  Monitise has a global alliance agreement with Visa Inc. and strategic partnerships with Visa Europe, RBS Group and FIS. Other leading partners and clients include RBS, NatWest, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, First Direct, FIS, U.S. Bank, Ulster Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Travelex, Vocalink, Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile, 3 UK, Research In Motion, Best Buy Europe, The Carphone Warehouse, First Eastern, Astra, JETCO and PCCW mobile.

Listed in London, we have more than 400 staff based throughout our field of operations, and as we embark on ambitious plans to grow our reach and the next phase of our growth, we now seek an Enterprise Architect.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Enterprise Architecture, focusing on applications and integration
• Delivering standards and guidance for projects in the form of architecture principles, standards and guidelines
• Develop and maintain current, future and roadmap architecture blueprints
• Providing architectural quality assurance for project deliverables
• Ensuring that appropriate governance is applied to delivery projects
• Technology recommendations
• Delivery of key architecture projects and artefacts 

Experience:

• Experience of using TOGAF
• Experience with Java EE5 architectures
• Experience defining architecture strategy (vision, blueprints, roadmaps)
• Practical experience with Service Orientated Architectures
• Experience using Sparx Enterprise Architect or an equivalent modelling tool would be beneficial
• Experience in the payments and financial industries would be a bonus

 Qualifications:

Preferably TOGAF Certified

Oracle Certified Master, Java EE5 (formerly Sun Certified Enterprise Architect) would be beneficial

Skills & Competencies

• Knowledge of architecture frameworks – e.g. TOGAF, COBIT, Zachman, etc
• Deep knowledge of Service Orientated Architectures
• Broad knowledge of development methodologies – e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Rational Unified Process, etc

Knowledge of:

• Integration Architecture
• Infrastructure Architecture
• SOA integration concepts
• SOA governance

Soft skills

• Customer facing
• Documentation to a high standard
• Ability to provide technological leadership
• Proactive