Principal Enterprise Architect

Job Description

Why this job matters

Our Digital unit own's BT’s digital transformation, delivering brilliant customer experiences and creating the innovative products and services our customers need.
Across BT we have 1,000s of developers and software engineers, that design, build and test capabilities used by colleagues and customers. Security, productivity, quality and developer experience are therefore critical to BT’s success and how Digital provides the best tools and platforms to assist the software development lifecycle (SDLC) is key.
This job puts you at the forefront of this and our journey to build an amazing internal developer platform, with stand-out developer experience, enabling best-in-class developer productivity and embedding security at all stages.
Securing BT and our customers is extremely important, and so this role will have a dotted line to the Security Architecture Director for BT Group, and you will ensure alignment to the wider security architecture strategy and capabilities, acting as a bridge between the digital and security architecture teams for DevSecOps.

What you’ll be doing

• Sets and drives the enterprise architecture strategy for DevSecOps, leading the road mapping, goal setting, project execution, and roll-out strategy in tight partnership with stakeholders
• Decides the viable architectural frameworks to implement that support long term maintainability, extensibility, and interoperability
• Drives architectural assessments, technology selection, and technology roadmaps
• Manages the alignment with cross-functional teams through the lifecycle to empower decision making
• Operates as an SME within own field of expertise and acts as expert advisor to other teams and senior management on the most complex enterprise architecture related issues and provides consultation regarding opportunities to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in system capabilities
• Leads the development of the conceptualization of innovative services or products within enterprise architecture
• Mentors and coaches experienced professionals to develop current and future team capabilities and ensure performance

Experience you will need

Mandatory:
• 9 + years experience within the IT/Digital industry
• 3-5 years experience of enterprise architecture
• 3+ years experience of software engineering technologies (SCM, CI/CD, BDD/TDD, etc. across the entire SDLC)
Preferred:
• 5+ years experience with technologies such as agile project management, issue/backlog management, collaboration tools, etc.
• Personal experience of software development in an enterprise environment.
• Multi-sector experience, telecommunications is useful but not essential.
• 3+ years architecture experience of software engineering and related technologies.
• DevSecOps practices and capabilities such as SAST/DAST, SCA, SBOM etc.
• Modern software engineering practices and cloud native technologies (Public Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure; Kubernetes)

The Skills you will need

• You will need to use a broad range of Enterprise Architecture skills and techniques across all stages of the architecture lifecycle.
• You will have a deep understanding of modern Software Engineering and Development practices and the full SDLC from inception to operations.
• You will have a background in, or experience of, Solution Architecture and complex software deployment and integration practices on cloud.
• You will be well versed in owning and evolving a Technology Strategy, adapting to rapidly changing external and internal factors.
• You will have a Growth Mindset.
• You’ll need to be effective at Decision Making, able to present rationale and logic behind your decisions and build consensus to support them at senior levels.
• You will be expert in Information Security principles and practices, with a focus on the software development lifecycle.
• You will need to have procurement/commercial experience as you will be at the forefront of vendor selection processes across a broad set of technologies.

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.

Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.

While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.

Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.