Enterprise Architect

AtkinsRéalis; Little Heath; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services firm in the UK is seeking an Enterprise Architect to lead the Digital Transformation of the M25 project. This role involves developing an enterprise architecture strategy, engaging with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with technical solutions. Candidates should have robust experience in enterprise architecture frameworks like TOGAF and strong skills in data platforms. Competitive salary and benefits offered along with a hybrid working culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee rewards

Flexible holiday allowances

Qualifications

• Experience running enterprise architecture in organizations.
• Understanding of established architectural frameworks.
• Ability to present updates at complex governance forums.

Responsibilities

• Deliver enterprise architecture processes and principles.
• Develop and update enterprise architecture methodology.
• Capture and manage architecture decisions and risks.

Skills

Enterprise architecture experience

Technical proficiency in data platforms

Engaging senior stakeholders

Education

Experience with architectural frameworks (TOGAF)

Information Security knowledge

Tools

AWS Redshift

MS SQL Server

Power BI

SQL

Python/R

Job description

Overview

Enterprise Architect to play a vital role in the delivery of the Digital Transformation of the M25 joint venture (busiest motorway network in Europe) - being instrumental in strategic change programmes and identifying innovative solutions to business needs. Accountability for IT architecture for the M25 IT systems and a roadmap of activity, aligned to architecture principles, to improve the longer‑term architecture. Ensure development and adoption of a consistent structured methodology for enterprise architecture on the M25, reporting progress, developing, and managing an enterprise architecture plan and implementing appropriate governance. Working with the Project Managers and business leads so that the portfolio of projects progress to plan and any concerns are escalated as required to the Head of Business Transformation and Senior Leadership Team. Work with wider Business Transformation team, sharing architectural principles, logic of architectural decisions and impact for projects, IT service and Information Security. In addition, build strong relationship with communications, HR, Business Planning & Performance, Asset & Network Planning, Asset Delivery and Network Operations to ensure that they are aware of the architectural process, roadmap and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of enterprise architecture processes and principles.
• Development of an enterprise architecture methodology, including key artefacts.
• Capture enterprise architecture decisions, providing logic and proposing plans to mitigate these impacts.
• Regular updates on progress made and status reporting to the Head of Business Transformation and Business Planning Director.
• Running and managing the Technical Design Authority (TDA) to review all proposed technical solutions and focus on bespoke solutions to ensure they have been coded effectively and considered security as part of their development.
• Supporting key governance forums, such as the Change Board and providing regular contributions to the Portfolio Review Meeting.
• Identification, reporting and tracking of architecture risks, issues, and dependencies. Escalating as required.

Qualifications

• Successfully running enterprise architecture for small and medium size organisations.
• Understanding of established architectural frameworks.
• Supporting delivery of technical solutions and ensuring compliance with business requirements.
• Presenting updates at complex governance forums.
• Engaging senior level stakeholders and obtaining buy‑in.
• Developing an enterprise architecture strategy organisation wide, along with roadmap, and communicating this to the business.
• Shaping of enterprise architecture initiatives and activities.
• Understanding of M25 business, digital technology and its application.
• Engaging third party suppliers to understand their technical solutions and their development roadmaps.
• Interdependency identification and tracking.
• Management of technical debt.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
• Technical proficiency in data platforms (e.g., AWS Redshift, MS SQL Server), BI tools (e.g., Power BI), and scripting (SQL, Python/R).
• Information Security experience and understanding of NIS (Network and Information Systems) regulations and ISO27001 accreditation.

About the Company

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.