Enterprise Architect for Technology Layers

**Requisition ID**: 18678
**Region**: Europe (HQ)
**Contract type**: Open-ended contract
What we do

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action in response to emergencies and at the same time promote respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral organization, and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation in order to ensure a concerted, rational and rapid humanitarian response to the needs of the victims of armed conflict or any other situation of internal violence. We direct and coordinate the international activities conducted in these situations.

Purpose of the position

The Enterprise Architect role supports institutional strategy-business-resource alignment, helps business leaders enable their future-state business capabilities, provides decision-making support, supports harmonization and best practices, and identifies opportunities for efficiency gains and cost reductions.

This Enterprise Architect role will be focused on the Technology Layers of the Enterprise Architecture.

Main duties and responsibilities

Helps develop, promote, and enforce enterprise architecture best practices;
Helps develop, promote, and enforce architecture standards for the artefacts on the Technology Layers;
Ensures the reference, As-Is, and To-Be architectures on the Technology Layers are maintained up to date;
Helps develop to-be architectures for the Technology Layers;
Monitors quality of the information in the Enterprise Architecture repository for the Technology Layers;
Participates in the IT Architecture Review Board assessing all projects with an IT component, and provides support to project teams in preparing the assessments;
Participates in conducting As-Is assessments of IT Solution and technical landscape;
Promotes the value of the Enterprise Architecture practice to stakeholders;
Promotes the understanding of Enterprise Architecture as a service which supports strategic decision-making, planning, accountability and transparency;
Provides user support;
Supports the Chief Enterprise Architect in tasks such as stakeholder management and metamodel analysis.
Scope & Impact

**Remit**: global. Provides enterprise architecture expertise on the Technology Layers across all the organization’s lines of business.

Relationships

Internally, interacts with roles including but not limited to Heads of Unit, Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Information and Communication Technologies, various ICT roles, Project Management Office Advisors, Project Managers, Change Advisors.
Externally, interacts with service providers and other enterprise architects in the humanitarian aid sector.
Education required

Master's or Bachelors’ in computer science, information systems management, systems engineering, or other field of study related to IT or enterprise architecture.

Experience required

Minimum 10-12 years’ overall professional experience.
Minimum 5 years’ experience working with enterprise architecture tools and methodologies.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in large scale, transversal projects.
Desired profile and skills

Strongly motivated by humanitarian work
Strong team player
Enterprise architecture skills
Must demonstrate expertise in enterprise architecture concepts
Must demonstrate experience enterprise architecture in repository management
Must be able to support architecture standards definition and help ensure they are applied
Must have strong analytical skills, be able to understand both big picture and detailed perspectives
Technical architecture skills
Must have a strong technical background.
Must be able to have a high-level understanding of the different technical layers (IT Solution, infrastructure, database), and especially, must be able to connect the dots.
Soft skills
Communication and Collaboration — Must be a strong listener, communicator and collaborator. Must be able to communicate and adapt to different stakeholder groups. Must be able to facilitate group work sessions. Given the scope of enterprise architecture, the person must be able to create strong collaborations and trust relationships in order achieve EA program goals.
Presentation — Must have strong presentation skills and be able to adapt to the audience.
Leadership — Must be a catalyst for change and be a thought leader. The person must resist the urge to execute “business as usual” and push the organization to use EA effectively.
International and multicultural — Experience in a complex and diverse international environment is a plus.
Language

Strong English (written and spoken) is a must
French is a plus
Additional information

**Location**: Geneva
**Type of contract**: Long-term assignment
**Duration of assignment**: Open-