Kirtana consulting is looking for Oracle HCM Enterprise Architect for 6months rolling contract in Warwick.

Job description:

Role Title: Oracle HCM Enterprise Architect

Role Purpose

Accountable for defining, governing and assuring the end-to-end technology architecture across the C3 Programme. The role ensures Oracle, Azure, integrations, security, identity, environments, DevOps, testing, monitoring, data and operational tooling operate as one coherent, scalable, secure and supportable ecosystem. It bridges architecture and delivery, acts as the technical authority across workstreams, and advises the CTO on technology decisions, risks, dependencies and readiness.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential

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

Desirable

NHS or public-sector experience

TOGAF certification

Azure Architect certification

Oracle Cloud Architect certification

ITIL Foundation or above

Multi-vendor delivery experience

Key Accountabilities

Enterprise Architecture & Governance: Own the technology blueprint, principles, standards and roadmap; chair design assurance; review major designs; approve exceptions; drive standardisation, reuse and cross-workstream alignment.

Platform & Workstream Integration: Assure common patterns and dependency alignment across Oracle Fusion, OIC/OCI, Azure, Entra ID, Sentinel, ServiceNow, monitoring, automation and Topaz Fabric.

Environment Strategy & Readiness: Govern the life cycle and readiness of Sandbox/CRP, Development, SIT, UAT, Performance, Training, Pre-Production and Production environments, including refresh, capacity, configuration and build consistency.

Integration Architecture: Set standards for APIs, Middleware, event-driven integration, interface security, monitoring, error handling and performance.

Security by Design: Partner with Security Leads to embed identity, access, authentication/federation, privileged access, encryption, DevSecOps controls and technical security assurance throughout the life cycle.

Non-Functional Requirements: Assure performance, scalability, availability, resilience, disaster recovery and supportability, including monitoring, alerting and diagnostics.

DevOps, Release & Testing Assurance: Define CI/CD, automation, Infrastructure as Code, release patterns, promotion controls and configuration management; provide oversight for integration, performance, security and operational-readiness testing.

Operational Readiness & Transition: Define operational architecture, logging and monitoring standards, runbook and knowledge-transfer requirements, and service-acceptance criteria with Service Management and Transition teams.

Technology Risk & Dependencies: Maintain a consolidated view of integration, environment, security, infrastructure and vendor dependencies, along with technical debt; resolve or escalate material risks.

Key Interfaces

CTO; Programme and Delivery Leadership; Oracle, Azure, Integration, Security, Environment, DevOps, Testing, Service Management and Transition leads; infrastructure/platform teams; and relevant vendors.

Success Measures

Architecture decisions are timely, traceable and consistently adopted across workstreams.

Cross-platform dependencies and technology risks are identified early and actively governed.

Environments, releases and non-functional requirements are demonstrably ready for programme milestones.

The delivered solution is secure, resilient, scalable, operable and supportable through service transition.