We are the people behind Ireland’s electricity grid. We operate the power system with world leading levels of variable asynchronous renewable generation, ensuring that everyone has power when they need it. But that’s not all, we are now transforming the power system for future generations. And that’s just the beginning of our story. We have a critical purpose. That purpose is to transform the power system to enable our society to reduce our carbon emissions and meet our climate change and net zero ambitions. Be part of the transformation!
The Team
We’re an IT intensive business and we operate state-of-the-art, specialised business-critical systems, 24/7. As we transition to a low-carbon energy future, this is an opportunity to make a real impact. The role sits within the Architecture team in the Transformation and Technology Office, which has responsibility for IT strategy, architecture and solution design.
The Opportunity
The successful candidate will be responsible for steering IT projects down the right technical paths, managing not only the technical architecture choices but the impact of those choices on the overall solution approach. You will be responsible for ensuring that technology and application platforms are scalable, extensible and cost effective in line with IT strategy and customer needs. You will lead the creation of solution designs and roadmaps across EirGrid Group’s IT estate. You will provide thought leadership and advocate industry best practices and principles.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the development of solution designs and supporting technical design documentation in compliance with architectural standards and principles.
* Lead the engagement with business and technical IT stakeholders to define and design solutions to meet current and future business needs.
* Develop solution options and influence strategic direction to ensure that the solutions designed are architecturally aligned.
* Grow an in-depth understanding of the specific business areas to which you are aligned and understand organisational interdependencies to ensure an enterprise view when designing solutions.
* Working with the Enterprise Architect, define roadmaps, ensuring that the appropriate technology capability benefits are identified and quantified.
* Identify the key investment decision points on existing technologies, ensuring that the appropriate technology capability benefits are identified and quantified.
* Support the establishment, definition, maintenance and communication of architecture guidelines, principles, standards and best practices.
* Develop high-level estimates and impact assessments for key technology initiatives.
* Analyse technology industry and market trends and deliver objective and impartial technology and application assessments to support informed decision making.
About You
* Degree or higher in a relevant discipline.
* The ability to figure out how technology can be used to solve business problems, translating sometimes ambiguous requirements into solutions within an overall architecture.
* The ability to identify and unblock solution dependencies and obstacles and make judgement calls between pragmatism and an ideal target state.
* Experience across multiple architecture domains, e.g. application architecture, data architecture, integration architecture, infra, security, development, operations etc.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain and “sell” the concepts and objectives to the business, as well as technical leadership.
* Knowledge of the constraints and challenges of supporting a secure high-availability IT environment
Closing date for applications
05/11/2025
We\'re dedicated to diversity and inclusion at Eirgrid. We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and the importance of a supportive culture for all our people to achieve their potential. Our diversity and inclusion networks have been designed to create an inclusive culture that enables our people to feel a sense of belonging at work.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process
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