Senior Enterprise Architect

The Role: Senior Enterprise Architect Location: Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, Bristol, UK Position Type: Contract Inside IR35 Remote work option Available: Hybrid – 2 Days Onsite Job Description: 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 organization. Your responsibilities: • Produce high-level 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 ...