Senior Enterprise Architect - CTO - Cloud, Infrastructure & Engineering Architecture
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Shape the future of cloud architecture and make a real impact for millions of customers.
About This Opportunity
We’re looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to join our Chief Technology Office (CTO – Cloud). This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll influence strategy, guide transformation, and collaborate across the Group to deliver resilient, modern platforms. You’ll work with senior stakeholders and engineering teams, balancing technical depth with business outcomes to accelerate change.
Day to Day, You Will:
* Define and evolve cloud and platform strategies that align with Group priorities.
* Lead transformation initiatives to deliver secure, scalable platforms across public and private cloud.
* Accountably influence, challenge, and support the Enabling Platform teams to build and align strategic roadmaps.
* Create clear architecture roadmaps and standards, providing governance and technical leadership.
* Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and technical teams to influence decisions.
* Champion modern engineering practices including microservices, DevOps, and event‑driven design.
* Drive innovation and continuous improvement while mentoring colleagues and sharing expertise.
What You’ll Need:
* Strong communication and storytelling skills to engage senior stakeholders.
* Deep knowledge of architecture principles and modern technologies, with a solid understanding of on‑premise and cloud‑native technologies.
* Proven application‑level architecture and engineering experience focused on Cloud Native solutions with modern development languages.
* A desire to maintain, balance and deepen your technical and engineering skills alongside your architectural capabilities.
* Awareness of emerging tech like Gen AI and Quantum, with the ability to assess business impact and architectural implications.
* A track record of driving innovation and continuous improvement in complex environments.
* Experience in large, regulated organisations (financial services preferred).
Desirable:
* Shaping enterprise‑scale cloud strategies and roadmaps.
* Influencing platform teams to deliver customer‑focused outcomes.
* Designing for non‑functional requirements and performance at scale.
* Executive‑level stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
Benefits:
* Up to 15% pension contribution.
* Annual performance bonus.
* Share schemes including free shares.
* Flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.
* 30 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays.
* Wellbeing initiatives and family‑friendly policies.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, providing flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns.
Ready to start growing with purpose? Apply today.
We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and offer reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities. We guarantee inclusive recruitment.
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