Enterprise Architect
8 days ago
Bristol
Salary: £? - ? per year • Proven experience working as an Enterprise Architect in complex organisations, • Experience delivering enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps, and target architectures, • Experience working in public sector or large multi-stakeholder environments is highly desirable, • Strong experience assessing current technology landscapes and identifying improvement opportunities, • Experience with technology consolidation, system rationalisation, and integration design, • Good understanding of business architecture, capability models, and linking business needs with technology solutions, • Experience with data architecture, data governance, and modern data management practices, • Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and data platform technologies, • Experience with application integration approaches, APIs, and enterprise system connectivity, • Understanding of CRM and case management system consolidation, • Experience creating architecture standards, governance frameworks, and decision‑making processes, • Knowledge of cyber security architecture and technology risk management, • Ability to translate business strategies into practical technology solutions, • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical information to non‑technical stakeholders, • Ability to work with senior leaders, delivery teams, and external partners, • Comfortable balancing immediate project needs with long‑term strategic technology direction, • Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills, • Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment with 2 days per week in the Bristol office, • Support the delivery of our Digital and Data Strategy by creating enterprise architecture plans, target architectures, and technology roadmaps, • Assess our current technology and data environment to identify gaps, duplication, risks, and opportunities for improvement or consolidation, • Develop clear architecture roadmaps to support short‑term delivery needs and long‑term technology goals, • Create and maintain business capability models, ensuring business capabilities align with our strategic priorities and transformation plans, • Define enterprise data architecture, including data platforms, data flows, integration patterns, data governance, and data management approaches, • Work with Data Architects to improve data quality, data standards, our business glossary, and the management of structured and unstructured data, • Review and manage application portfolios, identifying opportunities for application rationalisation, replacement, and consolidation, • Develop application and integration architecture, including API‑first approaches, integration standards, and decision frameworks, • Support CRM and case management system consolidation activities, • Create technology improvement plans and support the development of security and cyber architecture roadmaps, • Define enterprise architecture standards, principles, governance processes, and technical guardrails, • Establish and support architecture review processes to provide guidance and assurance for projects and programmes, • Provide architecture advice for technology decisions, procurement activities, and digital transformation initiatives, • Define non‑functional requirements and ensure solutions meet business, security, and technical standards, • Develop guidance and governance for AI tools, integration approaches, and architecture decisions, • Help establish long‑term Enterprise Architecture capability by embedding effective processes, governance, and ways of working, • Work closely with senior leaders, technical teams, and business stakeholders to ensure technology decisions support our organisational goals, • AI, • API, • Architect, • Azure, • CRM, • Databricks, • Support, • Security, • Cloud We are seeking an Enterprise Architect on an interim fixed‑term contract for 6 months, based in Bristol at 70 Redcliff (BS1 6AL), with hybrid working of 2 days per week in the office. This role is full‑time, working 37 hours per week, with an ASAP start. The position offers a PAYE rate of £800.00 per day and provides the opportunity to shape our Digital and Data Strategy, influence enterprise‑wide technology decisions, and help build long‑term architecture capability across our organisation. #J-18808-Ljbffr