Role Overview
As an Enterprise Architect, you will operate as a strategic leader, translating complex business strategies into effective technical solutions. Your expertise will drive enterprise-wide initiatives, aligning technology, data, and organisational goals. The role involves shaping architectural visions, managing standards, and ensuring the organisation’s resilience and compliance within a dynamic security environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Define and lead the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmaps, including current (‘as is’), future (‘to be’), and transitional states.
* Identify priorities for change to support rapid delivery and enable strategic initiatives.
* Collaborate effectively with stakeholders across business and technical domains, ensuring architectural consistency and alignment with organisational objectives.
* Establish and govern architectural principles, policies, and standards.
* Lead horizon scanning to identify emerging industry trends and assess their impact and opportunities.
* Manage the Architecture Management Office, triaging work and providing architectural support across teams.
* Promote community development within architecture teams, encouraging best practices and knowledge sharing.
* Guide decision‑making in complex, high‑risk scenarios, ensuring sustainable and scalable solutions.
* Maintain engagement with external partners to inform policies and strategic frameworks.
Qualifications
* TOGAF certification, or an equivalent framework, with demonstrable application experience.
* Confirmation of current SC security clearance.
* Experience with ISEB, ITIL, IT4IT, or COBIT certifications is highly desirable.
Skills & Competencies
* Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging with technical and non‑technical audiences.
* Strong leadership and stakeholder management abilities.
* Strategic thinking with the ability to anticipate policy, technological, and societal changes.
* Proficiency in architectural governance, risk management, and problem shaping.
* Experience in managing architecture communities and facilitating cross‑departmental collaboration.
Details & Next Steps
This opportunity is inside IR35, with a day rate ranging from £600 to £706 (ex VAT). If you are ready to leverage your expertise in a high‑impact environment, we invite you to submit your application.
At Evodia Limited, we are committed to a transparent recruitment process, supporting you at every step in securing a role that matches your skills and ambitions. Join us and lead pivotal enterprise architecture initiatives within an innovative and secure setting.
Note: Evodia Limited acts as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* IT System Design Services
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