Business Systems Architect

Career Opportunities: Business Systems Architect (18664)

Requisition ID 18664- Posted -  United Kingdom -  Cowes

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

As a Centre of Excellence (CoE) Architect, you will act as a skilled and knowledgeable team member whose role is to provide the business global support and deliver best practices around the analysis and design of applications and solutions in line with the business requirements.

Working as a member of the global CoE team, the CoE Architect will play a role in provisioning 'build' and 'run' to continuously improve and support their designated application area within the agreed SLA.

The CoE forms part of the wider IT applications team, an integral part of the global IT organisation. You will be a trusted partner to the business in providing applications and solutions in line with the IT operating model, working alongside the IT business partners, project management office, security and IT operations teams.

Job Responsibilities

Typical responsibilities will include:

• Working as part of a global team of subject matter experts to deliver support within agreed SLAs
• Working alongside the other global IT functions (including IT operations, security, project management office and IT business partners) to support the delivery of the IT strategy in line with the IT operating model.
• Ensuring the business/function are aware of the latest capabilities and drive standard application best practice.
• Ensuring IT security requirements are observed and designed into future demand/requirements.
• Providing structured training for business/function(s) for maximum effectiveness.
• Performing other related duties as assigned by management/team leaders.
• Supporting the implementation of global IT standards.
• Being a trusted partner to the business in providing fit for purpose applications and solutions.
• Supporting annual IT budget.
• Being aware of the latest capabilities and driving the use of standard tools and processes in the system arena.
• Liaising with external parties (e.g. consultants, software vendors, auditors etc.) where required.
• Generating a unified definition of a target landscape based on functional and non-functional requirements to determine solution and environment selection.
• Gathering functional and non-functional requirements of systems, processes and business models.
• Communicating global standards and guidelines to specialists and developers.
• Supporting the implementation of new solutions, upgrades and/or enhancements to existing ones.

Job Qualifications

Suitable candidates must be able to demonstrate:

• Previous experience working within technical project management in an information technology environment.
• Experience working with manufacturing and/or business systems.
• Available to start on Monday 3rd July, 2024
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.