Enterprise Architect – Operational Technology
This role will be based in our Clearwater Court, Reading. However, there is an option for hybrid or remote working.
Who are we?
As the UK’s largest water company, we are taking action for a new world of water - fixing the problems of today and building resilience for tomorrow. In digital transformation, this means leveraging data and technology to transform our organisational capability, drive innovation and deliver impactful change to our customers, communities, and the environment.
The Operational Technology EA is responsible for creating value by analysing business goals and defining the optimum use of technology to achieve successful delivery of these goals. They will drive the engagement of architecture on significant transformation programmes and in support of projects through ideation, design and delivery. They will work collaboratively with architects spanning the different architecture domains and use their experience to guide and mentor less experienced staff. Ultimately, they will define the technology strategy, roadmaps, architecture, and patterns to deliver next-generation customer service for the UK's largest water company.
What you will be doing?
Update and build upon the Operational Technology (OT) and connected asset strategy, developing the technical breadth in the strategy to cover all aspects of the Purdue stack from field device (FD) to the way end user interact with asset data.
• collaborate with other EA disciplines, engineering and operations to improve experiences for our customers, meet cost targets and support regulatory requirements.
• work within the established architectural governance process and work with other architects to improve and develop a compliant governance model
• participate in commercial model development for key On Prem, IaaS, PaaS and SaaS OT platforms
• maintain an architectural repository for the OT domain across the organisation
What you should bring to this role?
Experience of providing enterprise architecture and technical leadership to complex transformation programmes in a customer driven environment, ideally Utilities.
· Extensive (8 yrs+) experience of providing enterprise architecture and technical leadership to complex transformation programmes in a customer driven environment, ideally Utilities.
· Experience of working under a CA Competent Authority for Cyber CNI Critical National Infrastructure
· Cyber security training to CISSP level or equivalent driving security in depth and by design approaches
· Expert understanding of digital trends and challenges in the Utilities industry.
· Demonstrable experience working with business process outsourcing and building relationships with vendors.
· Understanding of data flows from field devices to customer and use of data models to provide customer value
· Network and compute systems including LAN, WAN and forest domain architectures
What’s in it for you?
Our Digital Team is a fun, fast paced environment where no two days will be the same. You will be working with like-minded people who really want to make a difference to our customers. We are committed to giving you great training and will make sure you are confident in helping customers.
We’re proud of the positive ways of working we’ve adopted during the pandemic, creating a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we’re moving to a hybrid approach with various options across working from home, office and our sites.
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career and flexible working arrangements.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
We’re also proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. Find out more about working at Thames Water.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we can’t consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.