Enterprise Architect

Confidential; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking an Enterprise Architect for Cybersecurity Data in Sheffield (with Birmingham 2-3 days a week). The role defines the enterprise architecture for data capabilities, platforms, and governance services, translating cybersecurity strategy into data products and decision-grade insight.

You'll lead target-state architectures, set data standards, and provide architectural governance while mentoring other architects and engineers across global teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive enterprise architecture experience in a large, complex, regulated organisation across business, data, application and technology domains.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into capability models and sequenced roadmaps.
• Strong data strategy, architecture and governance experience for enterprise-scale data services.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architectures, capability models, and transition roadmaps for Cybersecurity's data domain.
• Set data strategy, architecture, and governance standards for global big data services and shared data products.
• Provide architectural authority and assurance across major decisions and investment priorities.
• Align Cybersecurity functions, central data/technology teams, platform owners, and delivery programmes.
• Identify capability gaps, duplication, and technical debt; build cases for consolidation or investment.
• Mentor solution architects and design engineers.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Regulated environment

Architectural governance

Job description

Enterprise Architect – Cybersecurity Data

Sheffield, Birmingham (2-3 days a week)

A senior strategic architecture role defining the enterprise architecture for Cybersecurity's data capabilities, platforms, and governance services. You'll translate Cybersecurity strategy into coherent business, data, and technology architectures and roadmaps — turning security telemetry into trusted, governed, reusable data products and decision-grade insight across the function.

What you'll do:

• Define target-state architectures, capability models, and transition roadmaps for Cybersecurity's data domain
• Set data strategy, architecture, and governance standards for global big data services and shared data products
• Provide architectural authority and assurance across major decisions and investment priorities
• Align Cybersecurity functions, central data/technology teams, platform owners, and delivery programmes
• Identify capability gaps, duplication, and technical debt; build cases for consolidation or investment
• Mentor solution architects and design engineers

What you'll bring:

• Extensive enterprise architecture experience in a large, complex, regulated organisation (business, data, application, technology)
• Proven track record translating strategy into capability models and sequenced roadmaps
• Strong data strategy/architecture/governance experience for enterprise-scale data services
• Deep cybersecurity domain knowledge — risk, controls, regulatory obligations, and how trusted data enables detection and response
• Strong grasp of large-scale data platforms, cloud/on-prem tech, integration, lineage, quality, and access control
• Exceptional communication skills, confident engaging executives, design authorities, and senior technical leaders

Ideal for: a senior architect who can operate at strategic altitude while staying credible on the technical detail, and who thrives aligning multiple functions and programmes around common standards.