Negotiable
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Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Enterprise Architect will lead the design and implementation of the Aero Technical Publication platform, focusing on transforming legacy systems into a modern digital ecosystem for aerospace documentation workflows. This role requires deep expertise in enterprise architecture and aerospace documentation standards, with responsibilities spanning architecture development, platform modernization, governance, and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will collaborate with various teams to ensure alignment with industry standards and organizational goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and drive the future state architecture for the Aero Technical Publication platform.
- Develop architecture blueprints that align with Civil and Military aerospace industry standards.
- Lead the transition and migration from current systems to interoperable platforms.
- Architect solutions for content authoring, publishing, and delivery using modern technologies.
- Ensure seamless integration with engineering systems and digital twin environments.
- Establish architecture governance frameworks for consistency and compliance.
- Define data models, metadata standards, and content lifecycle policies.
- Ensure adherence to cybersecurity, regulatory, and quality standards in aerospace.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, IT, and documentation teams to gather requirements.
- Present future state architecture vision to senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Mentor solution architects and technical leads for architectural alignment across projects.
Key Skills:
- Strong knowledge of aerospace documentation standards (S1000D, S2000M, ATA iSpec 2200).
- Familiarity with content management systems and digital publishing tools.
- Familiarity with authoring tools and publishing engines.
- Working knowledge with logging & monitoring and Data Ingestion Transformation Analytics.
- Effective communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to transform complex business requirements into technical design specifications.
- Experience in a Global delivery environment.
- Expertise in TOGAF, ArchiMate, and other EA frameworks (preferred).
- Experience with cloud platforms, microservices, and API-led integration (preferred).
- Familiarity with IETP/IETM tools (preferred).
- Systems Architecture experience (preferred).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Derbyshire
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Job Description: We are seeking a visionary Enterprise Architect to lead the design and implementation of the future state architecture for our Aero Technical Publication platform. This role will be instrumental in transforming legacy systems into a modern, scalable, and standards-compliant digital ecosystem that supports aerospace documentation workflows. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in enterprise architecture, aerospace documentation standards, and digital transformation.
Prime responsibilities - Strategic Architecture Development
- Define and drive the future state architecture for the Aero Technical Publication platform with consideration for Conceptual, Logical and Physical architecture.
- Develop architecture blueprints that align with Civil and Military aerospace industry standards (e.g., S1000D, S2000M, ATA iSpec 2200).
- Lead the transition and migration from current systems (COTS or Custom) to interoperable platforms.
- Platform should be scalable/extensible to other division/ customer organizations.
Platform Modernization & Integration
- Architect solutions for content Authoring, CSDB, Publishing and delivery to IETP/IETM using modern technologies (XML, DITA, CMS).
- Ensure seamless integration with engineering systems (PLM, ERP) and digital twin environments.
Governance & Compliance
- Establish architecture governance frameworks to ensure consistency, scalability, and compliance.
- Define data models, metadata standards, and content lifecycle policies.
- Ensure adherence to cybersecurity, regulatory, and quality standards in aerospace.
Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
- Collaborate with engineering, product, IT, and documentation teams to gather requirements and align architecture goals.
- Present future state architecture vision to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Mentor solution architects and technical leads to ensure architectural alignment across projects.
You will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.
Qualifications Basic
- Technical bachelor's degree (mathematics, scientific or information technology field of study) and typically 20 or more years' related work experience or a master’s degree with typically 18 or more years'
Must have skills
- Strong knowledge of aerospace documentation standards (S1000D, S2000M, ATA iSpec 2200, ASD-STE100).
- Familiarity with content management systems (Alfresco, Oracle CMS, Continum RSuite, Open Text Documentum), XML/DITA, and digital publishing tools
- Familiarity with authoring tools Fonto Web, RMS, RapidAuthor, Arbotext, Oxygen, etc
- Familiarity with publishing engines viz. XML Professional Publisher, Framemaker Publishing, Oxygen Publishing, etc
- Familiarity with business workflow mgmt. tools – BREX, Schematron, Activiti, etc
- Working knowledge with logging & monitoring and Data Ingestion Transformation Analytics
- Effective communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to transform complex business requirements into technical design specifications.
- Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment.
Preferred skills
- Expertise in TOGAF, ArchiMate, and other EA frameworks.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), microservices, and API-led integration.
- Familiarity with IETP/ IETM tools – Nivomax viewer, RWS LiveContent, CORENA IETP, Pinpoint, etc
- Systems Architecture experience