Lead Enterprise Architect in Abingdon

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Enterprise Architect to design and deliver digital solutions and capabilities for Gigaclear, a provider of fibre broadband services connecting rural Britain.

With a strong customer focus, you will design a target state and architecture roadmap, lead a team of solution architects, and identify new and emerging technologies to transform and optimize the business.

• Key Accountability & Responsibilities
• Define and lead the enterprise architecture vision, aligning it with business strategy and programme objectives
• Act as the technical authority for our technology stack, providing architectural direction and technology roadmap evolution
• Lead a team of solution architects to provide architecture solutions to drive key business outcomes
• Deliver technical thought leadership, driving innovation, standardisation, and adoption of best practices across BSS/OSS layers
• Establish and enforce technical governance frameworks and architecture principles across the technology teams
• Ensure architecture artefacts, decision logs, and design documentation meet compliance, quality, and audit requirements
• Facilitate architecture reviews, design assurance, and risk management activities with internal and external stakeholders
• Lead the design of scalable, modular, and resilient BSS/OSS solutions, integrating with legacy systems and modern platforms
• Oversee solution architecture workstreams across multiple delivery teams and ensure consistency with target state architecture
• Translate business and operational requirements into technology designs that are deliverable within resource constraints
• Document and communicate the technology designs to the delivery teams and provide support in the execution of the delivery of the programme
• Engage and influence client stakeholders, third‑party vendors, and system integrators to drive architectural consensus
• Present complex technical solutions in clear, compelling ways to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Knowledge & Skills
• Experience in enterprise architecture roles, with recent experience in telecoms sector
• Proven success in leading architecture for large scale BSS/OSS initiatives
• Strong understanding of telecom standards, protocols and technologies (including Salesforce Commscloud and integrated tools and systems)
• Strong capability in architecture governance, enterprise frameworks (eg. TOGAF), and agile or hybrid programme delivery
• Experience in driving end‑to‑end integration and managing cross‑functional architecture inputs
• Exceptional communication, negotiation and leadership skills
• Strong knowledge of both on‑premise and cloud infrastructure, Dev Ops and security
• Deep experience in data architecture and technology implementation

Benefits

• Generous employer pension; up to 8% matched contribution
• Income protection & life assurance
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), holiday purchase scheme and Yay Days!
• Health cash plan, 24/7 remote GP access and Employee Assistance Programme including counselling & legal advice
• Unlimited access to online training and development content via our Learning Management System
• Long service benefits and monthly employee recognition
• Enhanced maternity and paternity provisions
• Flexible working environment
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives and company funded social events
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