Enterprise Architect - 12-Month Contract
Location: Hybrid - Salisbury / Fareham
Contract Length: 12 Months
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead strategic architectural direction and drive organisation-wide transformation. This role is ideal for a senior architecture professional who can translate business strategy into effective change, influence cross-functional delivery, and provide authoritative guidance across business, data, and technology domains.
Key Responsibilities
As an Enterprise Architect, you will:
Define and own the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap across business, technology and data domains (covering 'as is', 'to be', and transitional states)
Identify priorities for change and enable delivery at pace
Lead and influence the delivery of cross-cutting capabilities that support organisational change
Understand the organisational ecosystem, its interdependencies, and relevant reference architectures
Provide strategic oversight across all architecture domains, portfolios, and programmes
Recommend scalable, sustainable and value-for-money architecture approaches
Establish and maintain architectural principles, policies, and standards
Provide architectural assurance and ensure alignment with enterprise strategy
Collaborate with stakeholders to support decision-making and resolve cross-team challenges
Build and support the architecture community
Conduct horizon scanning to identify industry trends and assess their organisational impact
Skills & Experience
Architecture for the Whole Context
Assess industry and societal trends and their organisational impact
Anticipate policy changes and build architectural resilience
Coach others in trend awareness and strategic thinking
Architecture Communication
Engage effectively with senior technical and non-technical stakeholders
Mediate complex architectural discussions
Secure support for high-impact architectural initiatives
Mentor colleagues in architecture communication
Commercial Perspective
Understand contractual frameworks and supplier selection
Evaluate and select appropriate suppliers
Community Collaboration
Resolve cross-department issues at senior level
Mentor teams in collaboration, team dynamics, and conflict resolution
Architectural Decision-Making
Lead high-risk, high-complexity architectural decisions
Manage organisation-wide architectural risks
Develop and lead architectural governance and assurance
Enterprise Architecture
Design and guide architectures covering technology, people, process, and organisation
Influence structures and ways of working beyond your immediate team
Ensure alignment between organisation-wide change and architecture strategy
Problem Definition & Shaping
Lead framing of complex or high-risk problems
Coach others in challenging assumptions and shaping solution options
Qualifications
Required:
TOGAF or ISEB (Information Systems Examination Board)
One of the following:
ITIL Certification
IT4IT Certification
COBIT Certification