Enterprise Architect

teHire Ltd.; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteHire Limited. is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to drive an enterprise-wide AI transformation, focusing on AI foundations, governance, and secure cloud architecture within Microsoft Azure.

You will guide architectural strategy, governance, security, and infrastructure to enable scalable AI adoption across the organisation. The role emphasizes governance and strategic direction over hands-on development, with strong collaboration across multiple tech teams and senior stakeholders

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as an Enterprise Architect in complex environments.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud architecture.
• Proven ability to establish enterprise architecture governance, standards and frameworks.
• Experience translating target-state architecture into practical plans.
• Solid understanding of AI platforms and enterprise adoption needs.
• Experience coordinating decisions across multiple teams and domains.
• Knowledge of cloud security and architectural risk management.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience supporting enterprise-wide AI transformation or AI platform adoption.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement enterprise architecture governance, standards and processes for AI platforms and services.
• Support the transition from target-state architecture into implementation and adoption.
• Provide architectural oversight across Microsoft Azure, cloud infrastructure and AI platforms.
• Coordinate architectural decisions across multiple technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Review technical designs, challenge proposed solutions and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
• Establish architectural controls, decision‑making frameworks and ways of working.
• Identify and manage architectural risks, dependencies and security considerations.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure AI platforms are scalable, secure and aligned with business objectives.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Azure / Cloud Architecture

Governance frameworks

Stakeholder management

Architecture governance

Security & risk management

Azure AI services

Leadership

Job description

Working Hours: Full-time
Job Type: Contract - Inside IR35
Contract Length: Initial 3 Months (Potential Extension to 6 Months)
Daily Rate: Up to £750
Location: Hybrid – 1 day per week in Edinburgh
Office Attendance: 1 Day Per Week

About the Role

Our client is looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to support a major enterprise-wide AI transformation programme, with a particular focus on AI platforms, cloud architecture and architectural governance.

The organisation is progressing three key AI initiatives: AI-enabled software delivery, agentic workflows and the development of enterprise AI foundations.

This role will primarily focus on AI Foundations, establishing the architecture, governance, security and infrastructure required to support AI adoption across the organisation.

With the initial architectural assessment and target-state design completed, the programme is now moving into implementation. You will play a key role in establishing the processes, governance and technical direction needed to translate architectural strategy into practical delivery.

This is a strategic architecture role rather than a hands-on AI development position, requiring strong Enterprise Architecture, Microsoft Azure and cloud platform expertise.

Responsibilities

Define and implement enterprise architecture governance, standards and processes for AI platforms and services.

Support the transition from target-state architecture into implementation and adoption.

Provide architectural oversight across Microsoft Azure, cloud infrastructure and AI platforms.

Coordinate architectural decisions across multiple technical teams and business stakeholders.

Review technical designs, challenge proposed solutions and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles.

Establish architectural controls, decision‑making frameworks and ways of working.

Identify and manage architectural risks, dependencies and security considerations.

Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure AI platforms are scalable, secure and aligned with business objectives.

Essential Experience & Technical Skills

Extensive experience working as an Enterprise Architect within complex enterprise environments.

Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure and cloud architecture.

Proven experience establishing enterprise architecture governance, standards and frameworks.

Experience translating target-state architecture into practical implementation plans.

Strong understanding of AI platforms, infrastructure and enterprise adoption requirements.

Experience coordinating architectural decisions across multiple teams and technology domains.

Strong knowledge of cloud security, architectural risk management and technical assurance.

Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge senior technical leaders.

Experience supporting enterprise-wide AI transformation or AI platform adoption programmes.

Familiarity with agentic AI, AI-enabled software delivery or AI infrastructure.

Experience working with Azure AI services and associated cloud technologies.

Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.

Experience establishing architecture governance within large, complex or regulated organisations.