Senior Enterprise Architect at Crown Commercial Service converting business strategy into technical roadmaps. Responsible for technical governance, architecture alignment, and ensuring solution resiliency.
About the role
- Enterprise Architect responsible for architectural leadership in technology strategy. Shaping execution and influencing executive decisions within a complex technology landscape.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve enterprise architecture strategies that underpin the Group’s technology north star.
- Develop architecture roadmaps, guardrails, and patterns that enable simplification, modernisation, and composability.
- Lead the formulation of technical direction across cloud, data, infrastructure, and application domains.
- Apply deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures (Azure, GCP, AWS), microservices, API gateways, CI/CD, and containerisation to guide solution design and delivery.
- Monitor and assess emerging technologies (AI, Digital Assets, Composability) and industry trends to inform strategic decisions and future-proof the Group’s technology landscape.
- Engage with senior stakeholders across CTO, GEC, and IT Board to shape investment decisions and ensure architectural coherence across programmes.
- Translate complex technical detail into executive-level narratives and strategic recommendations.
- Represent the CTO vision in external forums, contributing to industry dialogue and reinforcing the Group’s position as a digital leader.
Requirements
- Proven experience in enterprise architecture and engineering within large-scale, complex organisations (preferably minim 2 years in Financial Services, or Consulting-background)
- Strong understanding of modern architecture principles, software design patterns, and scalable solution delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to lead strategic technology initiatives and influence senior stakeholders.
- Deep technical expertise across cloud platforms, infrastructure, security, and application architecture.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to influence and drive strategy across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Ability to synthesise complex technical detail into executive-level narratives and strategic recommendations.
- Commercial acumen and strategic thinking, with a track record of delivering value through technology.
- Awareness of regulatory environments and ability to anticipate implications for architectural decisions.
Benefits
- Up to 15% pension contribution
- Annual bonus (subject to Group performance)
- Share schemes, including free shares
- Benefits you can tailor to your lifestyle
- 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- Generous parental leave and wellbeing support
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