Enterprise Architect

ZipRecruiter; Dunstable; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Associate Enterprise Architect to support a well-known UK university in reshaping its digital landscape. This role involves strategic oversight of application, integration, and data architecture, collaborating with teams to enhance service delivery and drive transformation goals. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in Enterprise Architecture, particularly within the Higher Education sector.

Qualifications

• Strong track record in Enterprise Architecture.
• Previous experience in the Higher Education sector is a bonus.
• Familiar with enterprise tooling and architecture maturity modelling.

Responsibilities

• Establish architectural oversight across application and integration.
• Define high-level roadmaps to deliver meaningful business impact.
• Provide coaching and mentorship for internal capability uplift.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication

Process Design

User-Centric Service Design

Tools

Bizdesign

LeanIX

Ardoq

Visio

Job description

Job Description

Associate Enterprise Architect

Location: Hybrid (Remote + 2-3 days Onsite) - Herts/Beds/Bucks

Contract: Initial 3 Months (Outside IR35)

Start: August / September

Day Rate: Competitive, aligned to experience

The Opportunity

Entasis Partners is supporting a well-known UK university as they reshape their digital landscape and move towards a more integrated, insight-driven operating model.

Following a significant restructure, our client is building an architecture capability from the ground up, and they’ve asked us to help them land it well. We’re now looking for a versatile and experienced Enterprise Architect to join Entasis Partners as an associate.

The Enterprise Architect will assess, shape, and steer strategy across core domains: application, integration, data, tooling, and process.

You’ll be working alongside a newly hired permanent Solution Architect, reporting into the Director, and embedding best practice into an environment moving from reactive siloes to proactive, joined-up delivery.

Key Focus Areas for the Enterprise Architect

• Establish architectural oversight across application, integration, data, and tooling estates
• Define high-level roadmaps and prioritise architecture effort to deliver meaningful business impact
• Support the university’s digital transformation objectives with a focus on user-centric service design
• Advise on architecture tooling (e.g., Bizdesign, LeanIX, Ardoq) and build early-stage maturity using pragmatic approaches (e.g., Visio-based modelling)
• Collaborate with internal BAs, developers, and delivery teams to land fit-for-purpose designs and integration strategies
• Help assess and define the future state for CRM and internal product platforms, focusing on longevity and adaptability
• Provide coaching and mentorship to support internal capability uplift (especially around the new Solution Architect role)

What We’re Looking For from the Enterprise Architect

• Strong track record in Enterprise Architecture across the application and integration space
• Previous experience within or alongside the Higher Education sector is a bonus
• Able to work across strategy and delivery, you're comfortable in ambiguity but structured in approach
• Familiar with enterprise tooling and architecture maturity modelling, but pragmatic enough to start small and scale
• Strong communicator and stakeholder engager – able to build trust and influence in complex, change-heavy environments
• Comfortable working in hybrid models, ideally able to attend key workshops or meetings onsite when needed

Why Entasis Partners?

We specialise in Strategy & Architecture – it’s all we do.

We work with organisations going through real change and help them shape what’s next.

You’ll be part of a trusted network of expert architects and strategists, no fluff, just good people doing great work.

If this Enterprise Architect position is of interest, please submit your application for further information.