Associate Enterprise Architect

Location: The Acre, London - Hybrid working

Type: Permanent

We are hiring an Associate Enterprise Architect to support the Enterprise Architecture function within the IT directorate’s Enterprise Architecture Team. You will help shape the application architecture landscape, manage application portfolio, produce architectural artefacts, analyse data, and communicate with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining, promoting, and encouraging adoption of enterprise architecture policies, standards, guidelines, strategies and templates.
• Day‑to‑day management and continual improvement of the architecture repository, promoting adoption and reuse of assets; building and modifying assets as needed.
• Responsible for monitoring the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies, products, services, methods, and techniques (especially relating to AI and sustainability).
• Contributes to reports and technology roadmaps that articulate the direction of BSI.
• Contributes to the assessment and testing of new products/services for BSI.
• Responsible for maintaining databases relevant to our technology landscape.
• Builds knowledge of organisational objectives, issues, and opportunities, and considers how IT should be embedded to support, address, and exploit them.
• Supports the development of an application strategy, building on understanding of business needs, existing IT capabilities, and future requirements.
• Contributes to the creation of IT and business strategies, specifying requirements, highlighting best practice, and conducting options appraisals.
• Reviews new applications and services, identifying constraints, costs and expected benefits.
• Responsible for communicating and promoting the enterprise architecture function and architectural artefacts internally.
• Keeps in touch with developments in enterprise architecture practices within BSI and the wider industry.
• Provides reactive and proactive expert advice to those engaging in activities where enterprise architecture is applicable within IT.

Qualifications and Experience

• Previous experience within architecture.
• Knowledge of platform‑based architecture, data modelling, MDM, data governance, integration patterns, API architecture.
• Experience supporting systems of record and maintaining accurate records.
• Experience aligning an organisation's technology strategy with its business mission, strategy, and processes using, e.g., architectural models and roadmaps.
• Experience identifying and assessing emerging technologies, products, or services and integrating them into an organisation.
• Experienced in analysing and proactively managing business demand for new or changed services.
• Ability to work independently, using own initiative to effectively manage tasks.
• Experience creating meaningful relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior management, internal clients, and vendors.

Please note: BSI is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this vacancy.

Benefits: Flexible working, 27 days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity/paternity/parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. BSI is committed to ensuring the diversity of our workforce reflects that of our clients and the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to create a sense of belonging for all employees by providing opportunities to develop, grow, and engage with our global organization all while having fun doing great work.

If you require any reasonable accommodations to be made on account of a disability or impairment throughout our recruiting process, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner.