Enterprise Architect - #2083680

Greetings

We are Hiring Enterprise Architects in Multiple Locations for the one of premiere banks

Contract

6+ Months

Hybrid Model

Manchester

CTO Hubs

Leeds

Edinburgh

Leeds

Leeds

Manchester

LTC

LTC

Edinburgh

Bristol

Bristol

Leeds

Manchester

Bristol

The Enterprise Architect will provide enterprise architecture capability within the CTO Insurance, Pensions & Investments (IP&I) organisation. Working within agreed architectural direction, the role supports the development, documentation, and assurance of end‑to‑end architectures across multiple IP&I domains. This includes shaping solution designs, supporting feasibility assessments and roadmaps, producing architectural artefacts, identifying cross‑domain dependencies and risks, and contributing to architecture governance.

The role works closely with delivery, platform, and engineering teams to maintain architectural coherence while enabling pragmatic delivery.

The role requires strong technical architecture skills across applications, integration, data, infrastructure, and cloud platforms. This includes hands‑on capability in defining hybrid cloud and hosting architectures, API‑led and event‑driven integration patterns, and non‑functional design covering security, resilience, availability, and regulatory requirements. The Enterprise Architect is expected to produce and assess solution designs, architecture decision records, and target-state models, applying sound engineering judgement and trade‑off analysis. Success in the role depends on the ability to engage deeply with engineering teams, understand modern delivery practices, and working within technology guardrails from across the broader organisation

• Cover multiple vacancies/secondments & mat leave cover within the CTO Architecture functions

• Produce highlevel architecture, future/north star and emerging technology views and roadmaps - with a view to start implementing 'ARchitecture as Code'

• Provide architectural guidance, including external expertise on trends and best practice for strategy, principles, standards and guardrails.

• Help with transition states, designs and architecture delivery

• Embedded within the programme and work with workstreams leads to help drive scope, requirements, archiecture and design roadmaps

• Stakeholder engagment both Internal and External involved in the programme

• Responsible for delivering designs, tooling strategy and data delivery patterns