Enterprise Architect in the Retail industry Title: Enterprise Architect - RetailLocation: London / RemoteDuration: 6 month contractIndustry: Omnichannel Retail FMCGSalary: £850 inside ir35Role Purpose The primary focus of the role is to be the principal Enterprise Architect across the company application technology landscape (domain). This includes all our customer touch points, our commercial fulfilment and serve tech landscape. The role will be focused on owning the architectural roadmap for these areas, sharing opportunities to transform, consolidate & optimise, to drive customer, colleague & business benefit.The role will require someone who has expert experience in Enterprise application architecture within an extremely complex retail landscape. The successful candidate will need to have excellent stakeholder management, communication & influencing skills, as you will be required to work across a range of teams (business & tech) and at all levels (incl. C-suite).Required Skills & ExperienceExpert within their domain and can give guidance on which direction should be taken, whilst being appreciate of current and emerging technologiesExperience of working within a complex technology transformation, within a significant retail business (or similar)Proven experience of developing a credible and practical target architecture for the domain, which supports the Business and IT strategyExceptional written and oral communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas in a focused, simple, and commercially relevant manner to a senior audienceExceptional influencing skills, with the ability to advise and recommend with real credibility at all levels and manage complex stakeholder relationshipsProven critical analysis and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work alongside other Tech SMEs and the business to develop creative technology strategies for rapidly changing, highly ambiguous challenges and opportunitiesConsiderable experience in Web UX Architecture, including but not limited to Adobe & Salesforce.Experience with SAP Technology and Ecosystem preferredBroad understanding of Micro Services and SOA in the Digital Age and appropriate standards, topologiesExperience of POS online and within stores and PCI complianceExperience of introducing a Cloud First Approach with AWS, Azure or Google;CertificationsDegree educated in an IT or related disciplineSeveral years of relevant Architecture experienceIdeally 3 years or more Enterprise Architecture experience within the domainCertified in a relevant Enterprise Architecture framework (e.g. TOGAF)