Enterprise Architect
16 hours ago
Salisbury
Enterprise Architect - 12 Month Contract Opportunity - Inside IR35 Location: Hybrid – Salisbury / Fareham (occasional on-site travel required) Security Clearance: SC Clearance required Our client are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to join a dynamic digital transformation programme. In this role, you will be working across multiple levels to translate business strategy into actionable change and technical delivery. Key Responsibilities: • Identify priorities for change and enable delivery at pace, • Lead cross-cutting capabilities that support business transformation, • Own the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap, including “as is”, “to be”, and transitional states, • Collaborate across business units to support decision-making, • Take a strategic view across architectural domains, portfolios, and programmes, • Recommend solutions that promote reuse, scalability, and value for money, • Establish and maintain architectural principles, policies, and standards, • Mentor and develop the architecture community, • Conduct horizon scanning to identify emerging trends and their potential impact Key Skills & Experience: • Strategic Architecture: Assess trends impacting organisations and advise on policy, strategy, and standards, • Communication: Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels; mediate complex architectural discussions, • Commercial Acumen: Evaluate and select suppliers and contractual frameworks, • Collaboration: Resolve high-level organisational challenges, coach teams on dynamics and conflict resolution, • Architectural Decision-Making: Make and guide complex architecture decisions with enterprise-wide impact, • Problem Definition & Shaping: Frame complex problems to create actionable solutions, challenge assumptions, and explore options Qualifications: • Essential: TOGAF or ISEB, • Plus one of: ITIL, IT4IT, or COBIT Certification Please note - candidates for this role must be SC Cleared, or eligible for SC Clearance.