Head of IT Infrastructure Architecture

Job description / Role

The role involves defining high-level solution architecture for new initiatives, ensuring alignment with standards, Data Governance, and business strategies. It also oversees the cloud and infrastructure architecture, delivering solutions that support both business and technology goals across multiple domains.

Client Details

My client is a prominent and one of the largest Financial Institution in Saudi Arabia based in Riyadh and plays a key role in financing major projects in the Kingdom.

Description

* Contribute to the development of divisional strategy and ensure translation and alignment during the development and monitoring of departmental strategy including objectives, targets and initiatives.
* Recommends policy improvements and directs procedure implementation to ensure compliance with requirements while delivering quality, cost-effective service to customers.
* Oversee the development of architecture solutions and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models.
* Lead effort to define EA roadmap to be used in BT Transformational initiatives, developing overall architectural direction for BT's portfolio
* Direct and control the effort to identify and analyse BT business drivers to derive infrastructure architecture requirements

Job Offer

* Opportunity to work with one of the biggest player in the industry
* Permanent opportunity

* Bachelor's Degree in computer Science or equivalent
* 10 to 12 years of relevant management experience in Infrastructure architecture management
* Strong strategic thinking and understanding of BT in Banking domain
* Strong knowledge of emerging technology architecture and trends
* Very good knowledge of banking operations and requirements

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.