Senior Enterprise Architect
London, UK
Contract
As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will be the strategic lead behind designing and delivering scalable, future-ready solutions that align technology with business vision. You’ll define architectural standards, guide complex integrations, and ensure alignment across systems, platforms, and teams.
This role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to translate business needs into robust technical strategies. You’ll play a key role in driving digital transformation and influencing enterprise-wide decisions. Expertise in cloud, data architecture, and enterprise frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.) is essential. If you're ready to architect impactful change and shape future innovation, this role is for you.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of the organization’s transition and target architecture, with a focus on critical business functions such as Billing Systems, ensuring scalability, resilience, and efficiency.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and optimize data flows, business process flows, and capabilities, aligning technology initiatives with broader business goals.
- Develop high-level enterprise and cloud solutions on AWS and Azure, ensuring seamless integration across hybrid environments while adhering to industry standards and best practices.
- Establish enterprise-wide standards and governance frameworks for cloud infrastructure and solutions, ensuring consistency, security, and operational excellence.
- Create a multi-year roadmap for cloud, infrastructure, and enterprise systems transformation, driving innovation and modernization across the organization.
- Design and implement cloud solutions that balance cost efficiency, performance, and scalability, while continuously seeking opportunities for cost reduction.
- Integrate security best practices into all architecture designs, ensuring full compliance with industry regulations and internal security policies.
- Partner with engineering, DevOps, IT, and business teams to ensure that enterprise and solution architecture align with both technical and operational objectives.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to architects and engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, effectively communicating complex architectural strategies in clear, business-friendly terms. Serve as the main point of contact for all architecture-related discussions and decisions.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields:
Computer Science,
Information Technology,
Software Engineering.
Master’s degree in IT, Business Administration (MBA with tech focus), or Enterprise Architecture
Desirable Skills
Enterprise Architecture Frameworks – Proficiency in TOGAF, Zachman, or similar.
Cloud Architecture Expertise – Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Systems Integration & Solution Design – Ability to design scalable, secure, and interoperable systems.
Stakeholder Management & Strategic Thinking – Strong communication and alignment across business and tech teams
How to Apply
Please submit your resume, a cover letter, and any relevant work samples or project descriptions to using the apply section. Ensure that your documents demonstrate how your experience aligns with the requirements of this position.