Oracle Enterprise Architect

Description

Location: Birmingham, UK

Work Mode: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week

Job Type: Contract

Experience: 15+ years

We are looking for an experienced Oracle HCM Enterprise Architect to lead end-to-end technology architecture and governance for a major enterprise transformation programme.

The role requires strong expertise across Oracle Cloud, Azure, integration architecture, security, DevOps, environments, and enterprise technology governance.

The successful candidate will act as the technical authority across multiple workstreams and advise senior programme leadership on architecture decisions, risks, and delivery readiness.

Key Skills & Expertise

• Enterprise Architecture and Technology Leadership
• Oracle Fusion Cloud / Oracle HCM
• Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) and OCI
• Microsoft Azure Architecture
• Microsoft Entra ID and Identity Management
• Integration Architecture – APIs, Middleware and Event-Driven Integration
• Security Architecture and DevSecOps
• Environment Strategy and Management
• DevOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
• Release and Configuration Management
• Performance, Resilience and Disaster Recovery
• Monitoring, Logging and Operational Readiness
• Technology Governance and Architecture Assurance
• Multi-Vendor Programme Delivery

Key Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise technology blueprint, architecture principles, standards, and roadmap.
• Lead architecture governance, design assurance, and technical decision-making across programme workstreams.
• Ensure alignment across Oracle Fusion, OIC/OCI, Azure, Entra ID, Sentinel, ServiceNow, monitoring, automation, and Topaz Fabric.
• Govern environment strategy and readiness across Development, SIT, UAT, Performance, Pre-Production, and Production.
• Define integration standards covering APIs, middleware, event-driven architecture, security, monitoring, and performance.
• Embed security-by-design principles across identity, access management, authentication, encryption, and DevSecOps.
• Assure non-functional requirements including scalability, availability, resilience, performance, and disaster recovery.
• Define CI/CD, automation, Infrastructure as Code, release management, and configuration standards.
• Oversee integration, performance, security, and operational-readiness testing.
• Establish operational architecture, monitoring, runbooks, knowledge transfer, and service acceptance standards.
• Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, architecture deviations, and technical debt.
• Advise the CTO and programme leadership on technology decisions, risks, and delivery readiness.

Essential Experience

• 15+ years in enterprise architecture and technology leadership.
• Architecture leadership on complex ERP or digital transformation programmes.
• Strong Oracle Cloud and Azure/cloud-platform knowledge.
• Expertise in integration architecture and technology governance.
• Working knowledge of security architecture, environments, release management, DevOps, and CI/CD.

Good to Have

• UK Public Sector experience.
• TOGAF certification.
• Azure Architect certification.
• Oracle Cloud Architect certification.
• ITIL Foundation or above.
• Multi-vendor delivery experience.