Cyber Transformation Enterprise Architect

Jobe Title: Cyber Transformation Enterprise Architect

Location: Bristol (Flexible Home Working)

Job Purpose/Overview

The Cyber Transformation Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining and maintaining the Cyber Target Operating Model, capability architecture, and strategic roadmap required to support cyber objectives and long-term operational requirements.

This role provides enterprise architecture leadership across the cyber transformation programme, developing a clear view of current capabilities, technologies, processes, information, and organisational structures, while defining the future-state architecture needed to enable sustainable cyber operations.

Working across People, Process, Technology, and Data domains, the Enterprise Architect ensures cyber transformation initiatives, operational capabilities, and technology investments align with a common vision and support wider business objectives.

The successful candidate will shape the evolution of the cyber capability landscape, providing strategic direction to ensure the cyber function develops as a cohesive and effective enterprise capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and evolve the Cyber Target Operating Model, capability architecture, and strategic roadmap.
• Develop current-state, transition-state, and future-state architectural views across People, Process, Technology, and Data domains.
• Provide enterprise architecture leadership across cyber transformation programmes.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, and governance frameworks that enable consistency, scalability, and interoperability.
• Maintain a strategic view of the cyber capability and technology landscape, identifying opportunities for optimisation, integration, and capability enhancement.
• Collaborate with cyber, digital, operational technology, and business stakeholders to align cyber capabilities with business objectives and operational needs.

Skills & Experience

• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and technical teams.
• Experience operating in Enterprise Architecture, Cyber Architecture, or Strategic Architecture roles within complex organisations.
• Proven experience defining Target Operating Models, capability architectures, strategic roadmaps, and transformation strategies.
• Strong understanding of technology ecosystems, systems integration, organisational change, and capability development.
• Experience working across business, cyber, digital, and operational technology environments.
• TOGAF certification (or equivalent Enterprise Architecture qualification) is essential.
• Experience with architecture modelling tools and methodologies such as ArchiMate is desirable.
• Strong knowledge of cyber security frameworks and standards including:
  • ISO 27001
  • NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF)
  • IEC 62443 (Operational Technology environments)
• Understanding of governance, risk, and compliance requirements within regulated industries.
• Experience with Engineering Change Management and complex IT/OT integrations is desirable.

Ideal Background

This role would suit a senior Enterprise Architect, Cyber Architect, Transformation Architect, or Strategic Architect with experience leading large-scale cyber transformation programmes and defining enterprise-wide operating models within complex or highly regulated environments.

Location: Bristol (Flexible Home Working)
Working Pattern: Hybrid/Flexible Home Working Available.