Alan Behrsing
South Shields,United Kingdom
Summary
Seasoned professional in enterprise and solutions architecture with focus on technology integration and process improvement. A wealth of experience in a variety of market sectors and organisations will prove invaluable. Can deliver innovative and sustainable technology solutions, leveraging unique abilities in strategic planning, technical analysis, and leadership. Committed to driving business growth through robust, secure, and scalable architecture designs.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Solutions Architect
Newcastle Building Society
Wallsend, North Tyneside
02.2022 - Current
- Worked with savings clients to develop integrated solutions and led detailed architectural dialogues to facilitate delivery and evolution of a digital savings platform which is hosted in Azure.
- Delivered NICE CXone and Microsoft Teams Contact Centre as a Service solutions and to replace a legacy Avaya telephony system. These cost-effective solutions were delivered on time and are delivering a much improved experience for the front and back office users.
- Created business cases for Core Banking Transformation, Automation and Service Transformation that were presented to the board. These were all approved and programmes initiated for 2026 to deliver these directives.
- Procurement responsibility, direction and implementation of LeanIX for enterprise architecture tooling. LeanIX is being used today to inform enterprise and domain roadmaps as well as application portfolio management and technology risk and compliance.
IT Architect
Accenture
Wallsend, North Tyneside
01.2017 - 02.2022
- Architected multiple digital services on government client's cloud platform, enhancing PAYE, National Insurance and Customs systems.
- Developed Statement of Work for NHS Finance System adhering to TOGAF 9 standards, receiving exceptional client feedback.
- Produced Architecture Vision presentation and Cloud and Architecture Strategies for UK Housing Organisation's Digital Transformation initiative, achieving high client satisfaction.
- Designed strategy and roadmap for transforming monolithic banking application into Microservice architecture for another government department, which is now successfully implemented.
IT Architect
Virgin Money
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
01.2016 - 10.2016
- Full technical end-to-end accountability for various mortgage-related projects including: mortgage broker community portal; ratings platform; and find broker platform. Ensured necessary documentation completed architectural governance and that each project was successfully accepted into service.
- Lead architect on Network Segmentation project with responsibility for creating various architectural blueprints for modelling inter and intra-zonal traffic flows. This work significantly enhanced security posture of Virgin Money's core networks.
- Conducted proof of concept looking at how to create and manage test environments in Azure as part of IT Modernization programme.
Enterprise Architect
BT
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
07.2004 - 09.2015
- BT Chief Technology Officer working with major Scottish Government Agency. Technical accountability for securely hosted platform developed by BT as well as main technical contact working closely with client. Won several bid extensions.
- Technical accountability for range of bids with budgets ranging from £20 million to £200 million. Instrumental for winning several bids and was praised by BT Chairman.
- Security Architect with technical responsibility for Threat Monitoring platform ensuring protection of BT platforms and systems.
- On Protect BT Programme produced security roadmap which recommended future capabilities for introduction into business. Approach adopted used combination of OODA, TOGAF and ITIL concepts.
- Established Shared Service Operations Centre (SSOC) in Hawthorne Building in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear providing first and second line support to several Local and Devolved Government customers.
- Technical Design Authority on platform migration project for large government organization. This involved migrating infrastructure from their existing site in North West of England to new Data Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Technical Design Authority on Back-Office Production System project for large devolved government customer. Led large team of developers and testers and ensured successful system implementation.
Education
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne 09.1984 - 06.1987
Harton Comprehensive School
South Shields, South Tyneside 09.1977 - 06.1984
Skills
- Enterprise architecture frameworks and tooling including TOGAF, Archimate, LeanIX and Ardoc
- Cloud computing expertise including Microsoft Azure and AWS architecture and design
- Strategic visioning and roadmaps
- Stakeholder management with 3rd party suppliers, C-Suite, clients, customers and internal colleagues at different levels
- Architectural leadership
- Solutions architecture and design
- Cybersecurity best practices
- Technical architecture in different domains such as applications, software, security, networks, infrastructure and data
- Knowledge of programming languages including Java, NET, Python, C, C, PowerShell, SQL etc
- Innovative problem solving
Certification
- TOGAF 9 Certified Enterprise Architect.
- ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
- ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).
- ITIL V3 Foundation.
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900).
Affiliations
- Hiking.
- Sports.
- Reading.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Solutions Architect
Newcastle Building Society
02.2022 - Current
IT Architect
Accenture
01.2017 - 02.2022
IT Architect
Virgin Money
01.2016 - 10.2016
Enterprise Architect
BT
07.2004 - 09.2015
Newcastle University
09.1984 - 06.1987
Harton Comprehensive School
09.1977 - 06.1984