Enterprise Architect

Zohorecruit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit in London seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and drive global technology strategy, bridging business goals with technical execution across cloud, data, and applications.

The role focuses on AWS-led cloud transformation, modern architecture patterns, governance, and international stakeholder engagement, with occasional travel to Dubai.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience with 5+ years in senior Enterprise/Principal Architect roles
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/IT/Engineering or related field
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud, hybrid/multi-cloud setups
• Hands-on with event-driven architecture, microservices, DDD, API gateways, and CI/CD automation pipelines
• Excellent executive communication and ability to influence senior stakeholders across regions

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise target operating model and multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Lead cloud governance for AWS landing zones, core services, and multi-cloud strategies.
• Drive modernization across applications, data platforms, and integrations.
• Partner with DevOps, Cloud Infra, and FinOps for high availability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Translate technical concepts into business outcomes for global stakeholders.

Skills

AWS cloud architecture

Enterprise architecture

Microservices

API governance

Leadership & mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Cloud cost optimization

DevOps collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tooling

iPaaS

Job description

London, United Kingdom | Posted on 05/10/2026

We are seeking an experienced and vision-driven Enterprise Architect to define, shape, and drive global technology strategy and architectural roadmaps. In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex business strategy and technical execution, ensuring application, data, digital, and cloud ecosystems are scalable, secure, and aligned with overall business growth.

You will lead the continuous evolution of technology landscape, with a heavy emphasis on enterprise cloud transformations (primarily AWS), application modernisation, and data integration across diverse business divisions.

Location: London, UK (Hybrid)

Travel: Occasional international travel (Dubai, UAE).

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Architectural Vision & Roadmapping

Formulate and execute the enterprise-wide target operating model and multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with global corporate strategic objectives.

Analyse complex business requirements, market trends, and emerging technologies to make authoritative technology investment and modernization recommendations.

Rationalise, standardise, and optimise legacy technical estates to reduce complexity, eliminate technical debt, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

Cloud & AWS Technical Governance

Lead the architectural design and governance of high-scale cloud platforms, with primary accountability for AWS landing zones, core platform services, multi-cloud strategies, and cloud security patterns.

Provide design authority for cloud migrations, microservices adoption, serverless architectures, and API-first integrations across internal and external applications.

Partner with DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, and FinOps teams to ensure workloads are well-architected for high availability, security resilience, cost efficiency, and performance.

Governance, Standards & International Stakeholders

Define enterprise reference architectures, policies, patterns, and principles across business, application, data, and infrastructure domains.

Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior executive stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and aligning regional initiatives with central enterprise standards.

Qualifications & Skill Requirements

Experience & Location

Location & Mobility: Based in or within commuting distance of London, with the willingness and flexibility to travel to Dubai and other international offices as needed.

10+ years of progressive IT experience, with at least 5+ years in a senior Enterprise Architect or Principal Architect capacity within a global, matrixed organization.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Technical Expertise

Cloud Architecture: Deep expertise in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem. Experience in hybrid or multi-cloud setups is a plus.

Modern Architecture Patterns: Hands-on background in event-driven architecture, microservices, domain-driven design (DDD), API gateways, and CI/CD automation pipelines.

Data & Integration Platforms: Familiarity with modern enterprise data architectures (Data Lakes/Mesh, ETL/ELT pipelines, business intelligence tools) and enterprise application integrations (iPaaS, Message Queues).

Enterprise Frameworks: Strong practical application of enterprise governance methodologies.

Executive Communication: Exceptional verbal and written presentation skills with a demonstrated ability to influence senior non-technical business partners across diverse cultural and geographic regions.

Commercial Acumen: Strong financial awareness to evaluate ROI, cloud cost control, and vendor licensing models.

Leadership & Coaching: Proven ability to mentor solution architects, promote architectural best practices, and drive collaborative consensus across disparate business units.