Transform

Principal Enterprise Architect

Transform

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudCyber Security

About the role

  • Define, implement and govern enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, and standards across client engagements
  • Lead the development of target operating models, capability maturity assessments, and transformation roadmaps
  • Ensure alignment between business goals, IT strategy, and solution delivery through architecture governance
  • Act as a senior advisor to client executives, helping them navigate change and technology evolution
  • Collaborate with sales and account teams to identify enterprise-level challenges and shape transformational architecture strategies
  • Lead architecture visioning and strategy sessions with client executives and technology leaders
  • Develop high-level enterprise architectures, capability maps, and transformation roadmaps during pre-sales engagements
  • Contribute to proposals, RFP responses, and executive presentations that clearly articulate enterprise value
  • Develop and enhance enterprise architecture methodologies, tools, and reusable templates
  • Mentor consultants and architects, internally and in clients, in enterprise architecture best practices and advocating architectural practice
  • Contribute to the development of consulting offerings related to architecture strategy, governance, and transformation
  • Lead internal knowledge-sharing forums and communities of practice focused on enterprise architecture

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in solution/enterprise architecture or a combination of strategic IT leadership and architecture roles.
  • Strong background in developing enterprise-wide architecture strategies, reference architectures, and capability models.
  • Proven experience aligning technology with business strategy across large, complex organisations, and delivery of architecture projects to achieve strategic goals.
  • Helping build organisational maturity in architecture practice from varying current levels of capability and internal team skills.
  • Led or been involved in TDA (Technical Design Authorities) to define infrastructure, technology architectures, networking and industry security standards and compliance. Depth in some domains with working knowledge in all.
  • Understanding across architecture domains including business, data, application, technology and infrastructure architecture.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, especially with C-level audiences.
  • Strong consulting background with experience in client-facing delivery and strategic advisory roles
  • Familiar with ISO27001, ITIL V4 and Cyber Essentials+ from an enterprise architecture perspective
  • Architecture mapping, as-is to-be and led architect design from discovery to implementation
  • Has provided strategic direction and overseen the integration of emerging new technology platforms including cloud platforms, new enterprise applications, big data platforms and tools for advanced analytics including AI/machine learning/data science that drive business value
  • Desirable
  • Experience with enterprise architecture tools (e.g., Bizzdesign, Sparx EA, etc)
  • Familiarity with TOGAF, DAMA, or other recognised architecture frameworks
  • Industry-specific architecture knowledge (e.g. public sector (GDS Service standard), utilities, healthcare)
  • Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS/Azure, or business architecture certifications
  • Experience leading enterprise transformations involving cloud migration, data strategy, or operating model redesign
  • Experience across a range of related technology disciplines such as Agile, Product Management, DevOps, Cyber Security, User Centred Design, Design Thinking amongst others – we are looking for someone to connect and add value across disciplines and teams skill sets
Benefits
  • - Holiday entitlement, 28 days with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
  • - Day off (on or in the week of) your birthday
  • - Pension eligibility, up to 5% matched contributions
  • - Private healthcare
  • - Life assurance
  • - Enhanced maternity and enhanced paternity and shared parental leave
  • - Cycle to work & electric car schemes
  • - Gym & retail discounts
  • - Regular social events/activities
  • - A range of other benefits from our flexible benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
enterprise architecturesolution architecturecapability maturity assessmentsarchitecture governancearchitecture methodologiesarchitecture mappingcloud platformsbig data platformsAImachine learning
Soft Skills
stakeholder engagementcommunication skillsstrategic advisorymentoringcollaborationleadershipconsultingchange managementproblem-solvingorganizational maturity
Certifications
TOGAFAWSAzurebusiness architecture certifications