Duration: 12 Months Rate: £712 (Inside of IR35) Location: Hybrid, 60% on-site Bristol Start Date: ASAP Clearance: Must Have Active SC Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure, Applications & Cyber Security Key Responsibilities Leading a team of Architects across multiple disciplines (Infra, Apps, Cyber) Define, maintain, and evolve enterprise-level conceptual architecture designs covering infrastructure, applications, and cyber security domains. Translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-effective architectural solutions. Provide strategic direction on on-premise infrastructure strategies. Cyber Security & Secure by Design Embed Secure by Design principles throughout the product lifecycle. Ensure architecture and solution designs comply with NIST controls, regulatory requirements, and internal cyber security policies. Collaborate with Information Architecture, Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to assess architectural risk and apply appropriate mitigation measures. Lead architectural governance forums, ensuring all solutions align with enterprise standards and security frameworks. Establish and maintain an architecture governance model that promotes alignment, traceability, and transparency in decision-making. Act as a design authority in major programmes, ensuring consistency and quality across project workstreams. Stakeholder Engagement Influence and advise senior client stakeholders (including CxOs) on architectural decisions, trade-offs, mitigations and implications. Prepare and present complex technical arguments in a clear, compelling, and business-aligned manner. Serve as a trusted advisor to both technical teams and business leaders. Continuous Improvement Monitor emerging technologies, security trends, and architectural best practices. Drive innovation and continuous improvement in architecture methodologies, frameworks, and tooling. Mentor solution architects, engineers, and junior team members to elevate architectural maturity within the organisation. Essential Skills and Experience Experience in enterprise architecture roles, ideally in complex, regulated environments. Expertise in IT infrastructure architecture (eg networks, servers, storage, virtualisation), application architecture (eg integration, APIs, data), and cyber security architecture (eg identity & access management, threat modelling, security controls). Strong working knowledge and application of NIST Risk Management Framework, Secure by Design, and architecture standards. Proven experience leading architecture governance in large-scale transformation programmes. Demonstrated ability to engage and influence C-level and senior stakeholders through clear communication and strategic thinking.