Chief Enterprise Architect
Lead the design and governance of our enterprise architecture across IT, operational technology (OT), and business systems. Develop and maintain a holistic view of the enterprise ecosystem, ensuring technology investments align with business goals, operational resilience, and information security & regulatory compliance.
Main Duties, including but not limited to:
- Define, evolve, and govern the enterprise architecture framework encompassing IT systems, Operational Technology, data flows, applications, and infrastructure
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to understand business objectives and translate them into architectural designs and roadmaps
- Lead architectural design for new data centre developments and upgrades.
- Ensure enterprise architecture supports resilience, scalability, sustainability, and compliance (e.g. ISO 27001, NIS2, GDPR)
- Collaborate across the IT & Data Leadership Team to deliver on solution requirements
- Establish architecture standards, patterns, and guidelines to support consistent delivery and system interoperability
- Facilitate solution architecture for complex programmes, including mergers, acquisitions, and cloud transformation
- Provide leadership on technology governance, supporting investment planning and technology transformation decisions
- Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams to ensure systems are secure by design
- Maintain an enterprise-wide view of technology risk, technical debt, and transformation priorities
Qualifications and Experience:
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect or Senior Solution Architect within a critical infrastructure environment
- Ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels from board-level engagement to solution-level detail
- Deep understanding of architectural frameworks and methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, ArchiMate).
- Demonstrated experience with enterprise integration, application rationalisation, and digital transformation
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to influence at all levels of the organisation
- Familiarity with relevant regulatory and compliance environments (e.g. ISO standards, NIS, Cyber Essentials Plus)
