Enterprise Architect at Sword creating enterprise-wide architecture solutions for the energy sector. Balancing strategy and delivery in a hybrid work environment.
Responsibilities
Shape and assure end-to-end enterprise solution designs across multiple programmes, ensuring alignment with architectural principles and strategic roadmaps.
Balance long-term strategy with immediate delivery needs, contributing to roadmap evolution and business priorities.
Define and maintain architectural guardrails, including principles, standards, and patterns to support secure and scalable delivery.
Provide architectural governance, ensuring solutions meet security, operational resilience, and compliance requirements.
Collaborate with programme managers, business analysts, service owners, and technical teams to ensure cohesive delivery.
Operate across the full system lifecycle, supporting both agile and waterfall delivery approaches.
Support procurement activities, including defining technical requirements and evaluating supplier proposals.
Govern the use of identity, monitoring, network, and platform technologies in line with enterprise standards.
Ensure alignment between business strategy, customer outcomes, and technical delivery.
Identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement across architecture and service domains.
Engage and influence stakeholders across both technical and non-technical areas to build alignment and confidence.
Requirements
Proven experience in enterprise or solution architecture, with a track record of delivering secure, scalable solutions.
Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and structured approaches (e.g. TOGAF).
Ability to operate at both a strategic and detailed technical level when required.
Experience working in complex or regulated environments such as energy, utilities, public sector, or finance.
Understanding of Operational Technology environments (e.g. SCADA, control systems, remote operations).
Experience with security solutions, networks, virtualization, and real-time systems.
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
Experience supporting procurement processes, including tender specification and supplier evaluation.
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and challenge constructively.
Experience working across both agile and waterfall delivery models.
**It would be great if you also had:**
TOGAF certification.
Experience with tools such as BizzDesign.
Knowledge of Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).
Understanding of OT security principles.
Experience working with critical infrastructure or safety-critical systems.
Benefits
Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.
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