Contract Enterprise Architect: IT/OT & GxP Architecture

Ekco

Billingham

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career progression

Diversity & inclusion

Security-first MSP culture

Job summary

Ekco is seeking an Enterprise Architect to define, govern, and evolve the site technology architecture for a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. You will lead across IT, OT, automation, MES, QMS and lab systems to ensure compliant, secure, and resilient production.

Responsibilities include developing target architectures, governance, and channeling strategy into practical roadmaps while collaborating with Quality, Manufacturing, Validation, and Cybersecurity teams to protect product

Qualifications

Degree-level understanding of IT/OT architectures and pharmaceutical regulatory needs.
Experience with validated manufacturing environments and lifecycle governance.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain site architecture vision, principles, standards, reference architectures, integration patterns, and roadmaps across IT, OT, automation, manufacturing, laboratory, quality, engineering, warehouse, serialisation, utilities, and enterprise platforms.
Translate site strategy and regulatory expectations into target-state architectures and practical transition plans.
Provide architecture governance for site GxP systems ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, GMP controls, data integrity, and cybersecurity.