Enterprise Architect

Location: Hybrid - Salisbury / Fareham
Contract Length: 12 Months

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.

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

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

Required:

• TOGAF or ISEB (Information Systems Examination Board)

• One of the following:

  • ITIL Certification

  • IT4IT Certification

  • COBIT Certification