DESCRIPTION OF THE TASKS
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- Definition of the overall architectural vision and roadmap for the TAXUD DataLab, covering data ingestion, processing, analytics, and platform components, ensuring alignment with DG TAXUD's digital strategy.
- Preparation of architectural design documents, technical blueprints, data models, and integration patterns to support the development and scalability of the DataLab infrastructure.
- Management of the architectural consistency and interoperability between various data sources, analytics components, and supporting IT systems within TAXUD.
- Development and maintenance of reference architecture models, architectural guidelines, and
governance frameworks to support efficient data operations and platform evolution.
- Coordination and review of solution designs proposed by project teams and subcontractors,
ensuring compliance with architectural standards, data governance principles, and security
requirements.
- Reporting of architecture-related progress, risks, and recommendations to TAXUD management and other relevant stakeholders, ensuring transparency in solution implementation and strategicalignment.
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Assistance with the identification and evaluation of technology choices, architectural trade-offs, and best practices for enhancing data ingestion pipelines, advanced analytics capabilities, and platform performance.
- Interaction with business analysts, users, project leaders, and developers to ensure alignment
between business needs and technical architecture, and to guide throughout the project lifecycle.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Very good knowledge of enterprise data architecture, analytics platforms, data integration frameworks, and data governance models, with demonstrated experience in designing and implementing complex solutions in both on-premises and cloud environments.
- Ability to design, assess, and optimise architectural solutions efficiently and rapidly, drawing on deep technical understanding and strategic thinking developed across multiple high-impact domains (public sector, media, banking, insurance).
- Ability to give business and technical presentations, translating complex architecture concepts into clear and actionable communication for senior stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and executive- level audiences.
- Ability to apply high quality standards in architecture design, documentation, data governance, and platform scalability, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory frameworks such as GDPR.
- Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in data processing platforms, advanced analytics environments, and digital transformation programmes, with practical experience in adapting architectures to evolving needs.
- Very good communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring seamless collaboration between business users, analysts, developers, and project leadership.
- Strong analysis and problem-solving skills, applied to large-scale, multi-stakeholder projects, enabling early identification of technical challenges and proactive resolution.
- Capability to write clear and structured technical documents, including architecture blueprints, data models, integration patterns, and technical guidelines supporting enterprise-wide implementation.
- Ability to participate in technical meetings and provide expert-level input, fostering shared
understanding and alignment across multidisciplinary project teams.
SPECIFIC EXPERTISE
- Excellent knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF, COBIT or
Zachman, demonstrated through the design, implementation, and operationalisation of
architecture models and standards.
- Experience in developing and implementing business architecture roadmaps and multi-year
architecture plans, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals and priorities across
projects and programmes.
- Experience in working under CIO-level or equivalent strategic leadership, supporting
enterprise-wide architecture decision-making and contributing to long-term capability planning.
- Experience in conducting architecture assessments, gap analyses, and system evaluations,
identifying discrepancies, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for technical and operational
optimisation.
- Experience in integrating business, information, and technology architecture layers, ensuring
coherence across domains and alignment with business strategies and management drivers.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to present architecture visions,
lead structured discussions, and promote architectural approaches to diverse stakeholder
groups.
- Strong capability in modelling and abstraction, applying standard representation techniques to
support architecture documentation and engagement across project actors.
- Good knowledge of enterprise architecture notations, such as BPMN and ArchiMate, applied in
modelling business processes and systems dependencies.
- Good knowledge of enterprise architecture tools, such as ARIS or equivalent, used for
capturing architecture artefacts, performing impact analysis, and maintaining architecture
repositories.
CERTIFICATIONS & STANDARDS:
- TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) Certification – recognised standard for enterprise architecture development and governance. xphnsxz
- ArchiMate Certification – supporting standardised modelling of enterprise architecture layers and domains.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) – demonstrating proficiency in designing scalable, secure, and high-performance architecture in cloud environments
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
MASTER