Enterprise Architect

Education Authority NI; Northern Ireland; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional education provider in Northern Ireland is seeking an Enterprise Architect to lead transformative ICT initiatives. The ideal candidate will inspire change, guide organizations through transformation, and possess strong analytical and relationship-building skills. Applicants need a degree in computer science or extensive experience in enterprise architecture disciplines. This full-time position offers a chance to make a significant impact on education services.

Qualifications

• Hold a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and four years' experience in an Enterprise Architect role.
• Have seven years of experience in an Enterprise Architect role in a large organization.
• Experience in at least three enterprise architecture disciplines.
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate alignment between business and IT.
• Engage business and IT stakeholders.
• Analyse trends and disruptions and assess their impact.
• Support various project and product-centric operating models.

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Enterprise Architect

Job Reference: 25005213

Location: Northern Ireland

Contract Type: Permanent

Status: Full-Time

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week

Vacancies: 1 Post available

Grade/Scale: Education Officer | NJC pts 53 - 56 | £65,226 - £68,475 per annum

Additional Information:

Shape the Future of Education in Northern Ireland

The Education Authority is a regional body with responsibility for the provision and delivery of education services in Northern Ireland. Our services for over 1,100 schools and 350,000 children and young people are the cornerstone of a successful society, growing educated and confident children and young people.

Our growing ICT team is responsible for enabling digital transformation of our services to meet the technology needs of the organisation and improve outcomes for children and young people. With our ambitious plan to drive change, we are seeking an Enterprise Architect to shape and lead transformative ICT initiatives that directly support the delivery of high-quality education and youth services across the region.

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for driving change?

We are looking for someone to inspire through visionary thinking, strategic foresight, and the ability to communicate complex ideas with clarity and influence. You will possess personal qualities, such as intellectual curiosity, ethical leadership, and the ability to build relationships, which will enable you to guide organisations through transformation with both technical excellence and human-centred values.

This is your opportunity to influence strategic direction, champion innovation, and help shape the digital future of education. Join us and make a lasting difference.

Job Purpose

The Enterprise Architect proactively and holistically helps and guides the EA’s leaders, product managers, product owners and distributed product delivery teams through transformation and optimisation initiatives, supporting the formulation of business strategy, outcomes and capabilities. They focus on development of the business and IT strategy and enterprise architecture of the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate alignment between business and IT, and across the IT landscape.
• Engage business and IT stakeholders, building and maintaining relationships.
• Adapt to changing business and operating models.
• Analyse trends and disruptions, and assess their impact on targeted business outcomes.
• Tell stories to visualise the future state and trigger long-term planning.
• Support various project-centric and product-centric operating models.
• Communicate the value of enterprise architecture, and its portfolio of services.
• Drive the evolution of the Enterprise Architect services and operating model.
• Coach and mentor other architects, product owners/managers and business stakeholders to instil architectural thinking, providing effective leadership to the Technical Design Authority.

Essential Criteria

• Hold a bachelor’s degree (QCF Level 6) or an equivalent or higher qualification in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study and four years’ demonstrable experience in an Enterprise Architect role in a large multidisciplinary organisation.
• OR
• Have seven year’s demonstrable experience in an Enterprise Architect role in a large multidisciplinary organisation.
• Have seven or more years of experience in at least three enterprise architecture disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment, in the context an organisation of similar size and scale to the Education Authority.
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
• Knowledge of information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks.
• Knowledge of various operating models such as project-centric and product-centric and different types of agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level.
• Knowledge of existing, new and emerging technologies, and processing environments.
• Knowledge of all components of enterprise architecture, business & IT principles and processes.
• Flexible working outside normal office hours may be required to meet the requirements of the post.
• The successful candidate will be required:

1. To have access to a suitable vehicle (appropriately maintained and insured for Education Authority business) that will enable them to carry out the mobility requirements of the post in an efficient and effective manner and thus meet this essential criterion;
2. OR
3. Be able to provide sufficient information on the application form that will satisfy the employer that he/she has access to an appropriate alternative form of transport that will enable them to carry out the mobility requirements of the post in an efficient and effective manner and thus meet this essential criterion.

The above criteria is an extract from the job person specification, for a full list of criteria please follow the details below on the method of application.

Travel across EANI sites will be required in order to attend meetings, participate in projects and fulfil full range of duties and responsibility. Base location to be agreed with the Head of Service ICT Projects.

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Closing Time: Friday 17 October 2025 at 23:59

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