Job Title: Enterprise Architect
Location: East Kilbride (Onsite)
Contract: 3 months (initial) | Outside IR35
Day Rate: Competitive
About the role:
Chapman Tate are seeking a senior-level Enterprise Architect to support a strategic engagement with a banking client. Working directly with the CTO, you’ll play a central role in assessing the current technology estate and defining the approach to future capability.
This is a high-impact opportunity to influence enterprise-wide decisions, shape strategic direction, and introduce structure to a growing and evolving tech landscape.
Experience Required:
* Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect in banking or financial services environments.
* Strong track record of working directly with CTOs or senior technology leaders to influence strategic direction.
* Expertise in capability mapping, estate rationalisation, and future-state architectural planning.
* Deep understanding of modern enterprise architecture practices, including cloud platforms, integration, data architecture, and service design.
* Experience navigating early-stage or evolving architecture functions — comfortable bringing structure where there is ambiguity.
* Familiarity with frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or similar is a plus.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills — able to operate confidently at exec level.
Key Responsibilities:
* Work with the CTO to gain control of the current-state architecture, including applications, platforms, infrastructure, and data.
* Identify technical debt, capability gaps, and areas for consolidation or enhancement.
* Develop a target-state capability map, aligned with business strategy, growth plans, and regulatory needs.
* Define and document the future-state architectural approach, considering scalability, security, resilience, and compliance.
* Collaborate with stakeholders across technology, operations, data, and third-party delivery teams.
* Support the introduction of governance frameworks, architectural principles, and tooling where appropriate.
* Act as a trusted advisor to leadership, translating complex architectural concerns into clear strategic guidance.
How to Apply
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