Enterprise Architect

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience working as an Enterprise Architect in complex organisations
• Experience delivering enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps, and target architectures
• Experience working in public sector or large multi-stakeholder environments is highly desirable
• Strong experience assessing current technology landscapes and identifying improvement opportunities
• Experience with technology consolidation, system rationalisation, and integration design
• Good understanding of business architecture, capability models, and linking business needs with technology solutions
• Experience with data architecture, data governance, and modern data management practices
• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and data platform technologies
• Experience with application integration approaches, APIs, and enterprise system connectivity
• Understanding of CRM and case management system consolidation
• Experience creating architecture standards, governance frameworks, and decision‑making processes
• Knowledge of cyber security architecture and technology risk management
• Ability to translate business strategies into practical technology solutions
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical information to non‑technical stakeholders
• Ability to work with senior leaders, delivery teams, and external partners
• Comfortable balancing immediate project needs with long‑term strategic technology direction
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment with 2 days per week in the Bristol office

Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of our Digital and Data Strategy by creating enterprise architecture plans, target architectures, and technology roadmaps
• Assess our current technology and data environment to identify gaps, duplication, risks, and opportunities for improvement or consolidation
• Develop clear architecture roadmaps to support short‑term delivery needs and long‑term technology goals
• Create and maintain business capability models, ensuring business capabilities align with our strategic priorities and transformation plans
• Define enterprise data architecture, including data platforms, data flows, integration patterns, data governance, and data management approaches
• Work with Data Architects to improve data quality, data standards, our business glossary, and the management of structured and unstructured data
• Review and manage application portfolios, identifying opportunities for application rationalisation, replacement, and consolidation
• Develop application and integration architecture, including API‑first approaches, integration standards, and decision frameworks
• Support CRM and case management system consolidation activities
• Create technology improvement plans and support the development of security and cyber architecture roadmaps
• Define enterprise architecture standards, principles, governance processes, and technical guardrails
• Establish and support architecture review processes to provide guidance and assurance for projects and programmes
• Provide architecture advice for technology decisions, procurement activities, and digital transformation initiatives
• Define non‑functional requirements and ensure solutions meet business, security, and technical standards
• Develop guidance and governance for AI tools, integration approaches, and architecture decisions
• Help establish long‑term Enterprise Architecture capability by embedding effective processes, governance, and ways of working
• Work closely with senior leaders, technical teams, and business stakeholders to ensure technology decisions support our organisational goals

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• Architect
• Azure
• CRM
• Databricks
• Support
• Security
• Cloud

More:

We are seeking an Enterprise Architect on an interim fixed‑term contract for 6 months, based in Bristol at 70 Redcliff (BS1 6AL), with hybrid working of 2 days per week in the office. This role is full‑time, working 37 hours per week, with an ASAP start. The position offers a PAYE rate of £800.00 per day and provides the opportunity to shape our Digital and Data Strategy, influence enterprise‑wide technology decisions, and help build long‑term architecture capability across our organisation.