Job Description
Role Overview
\nA minimum 6-month hybrid contract role based in London (2-3 days on-site), for an experienced Technology Governance Architect within a large, complex financial services environment. The position is responsible for defining and operationalising the governance assets, standards, and controls that enable consistent technology decision-making across the enterprise. The role is pivotal in transitioning the organisation from manual, opinion-based governance towards standardised, data-driven, and increasingly automated governance processes.
\nKey Responsibilities
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- Develop and maintain enterprise technology standards, architecture principles, design guardrails, and governance guidance, ensuring alignment to strategic direction, regulatory obligations, and industry best practice. \n
- Create and maintain reusable architecture assets including patterns, reference architectures, design templates, and implementation guidance for use across technology domains. \n
- Support architecture governance forums by providing clear governance requirements, decision frameworks, and repeatable assessment criteria to improve consistency and reduce subjective reviews. \n
- Support the implementation and adoption of LeanIX as the enterprise architecture repository, including technology standards, life cycle information, and governance metadata. \n
- Drive governance industrialisation through pattern-based governance, policy-as-code, automated control validation, and AI-enabled governance capabilities. \n
Top 5 Skills
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- Enterprise & technology architecture - Proven experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technology Architecture roles, with a strong understanding of governance frameworks, architecture assurance, and technology life cycle management. \n
- Governance standards & guardrails - Demonstrated ability to develop enterprise technology standards, architectural principles, design guardrails, and reusable governance controls at scale across complex environments. \n
- LeanIX or equivalent EA tooling - Hands-on experience with LeanIX or a comparable enterprise architecture management platform, including standards management, life cycle information, and governance metadata. \n
- Governance automation & modernisation - Experience or strong awareness of policy-as-code, automated control validation, and AI-enabled governance approaches to industrialise and scale architecture assurance. \n
- Stakeholder engagement across functions - Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to engage across architecture, engineering, security, risk, and change delivery communities, balancing governance rigour with pragmatic delivery outcomes. \n
Technical Governance Architect- 6 months - Inside IR35 - Hybrid in London employer: Hamilton Barnes
Hamilton Barnes is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in London where innovation meets opportunity. With competitive salaries, night shift allowances, and a strong focus on employee development through ongoing training, we empower our Field Service Engineers to advance their careers while enjoying a supportive team culture. Join us to be part of a growing engineering team that values your skills and fosters professional growth.
