Enterprise Architect - Platform & Cloud

Telent Technology Services Ltd; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days holiday

Car Allowance

Employee Healthcare

Company pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Occupational health support

Telent Reward scheme

Job summary

Telent Technology Services Ltd in Warwick is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to join our Core Engineering division. You will provide strategic technical leadership across IT, applications and business stakeholders to shape our technology roadmap and ensure architectural alignment with business goals.

You'll define standards, governance, and target-state architectures, drive cloud adoption with Azure, oversee data and security architectures, and guide major transformation programmes

Qualifications

• Experience as Enterprise Architect with cross-functional delivery across IT, applications and infrastructure.
• Ability to define standards, governance, and strategy for large transformation programmes.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity, Zero Trust and data architecture principles.
• Proven track record in leading architecture reviews and setting technology roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap aligned with business strategy.
• Establish architecture standards, governance across infrastructure, applications, data, integration and security.
• Lead target-state architectures and transition plans for major transformation programmes.
• Assess current platforms and identify opportunities for standardisation and debt reduction.
• Provide technical leadership and assurance for complex projects and architecture reviews.
• Develop artefacts: capability maps, portfolios, reference architectures, roadmaps.
• Evaluate emerging technologies for innovation, resilience and efficiency.
• Define integration strategies and patterns for secure, scalable digital services.
• Oversee data architecture principles, quality, interoperability and governance.
• Drive cloud adoption and optimisation with Azure and modern platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technology strategies.
• Lifecycle management: platform rationalisation, obsolescence, risk mitigation.
• Produce business cases and investment recommendations based on risk and value.

Skills

TOGAF

Zachman

Cloud architecture

Zero Trust

Data architecture

Governance

Tools

Azure

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Enterprise Architect - Hybrid - Warwick

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to join us here at Telent within our Core Engineering division. You will be working across core engineering, IT and business stakeholders to provide strategic technical leadership.

What you’ll do:

• Define and maintain the enterprise technology architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment with business strategy and operational objectives.
• Establish architecture standards, principles, and governance processes across infrastructure, applications, data, integration, and security domains.
• Lead the development of target-state architectures and transition plans for major technology transformation programmes.
• Assess current technology platforms and identify opportunities for standardisation, simplification, optimisation, and technical debt reduction.
• Provide technical leadership and assurance for complex projects, ensuring architectural compliance and alignment with strategic direction.
• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture artefacts, including capability maps, application portfolios, technology reference architectures, and roadmaps.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation, resilience, efficiency, and service improvement.
• Define integration strategies and architectural patterns that enable secure, scalable, and reusable digital services.
• Lead architecture reviews and design authority activities, providing governance and technical decision-making for significant investments.
• Ensure solutions meet requirements for cybersecurity, operational resilience, performance, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, delivery teams, suppliers, and technical specialists to translate business requirements into enterprise-wide technology strategies.
• Drive cloud adoption and optimisation strategies, ensuring effective use of Azure and modern platform services where appropriate.
• Oversee enterprise data architecture principles, ensuring data quality, interoperability, accessibility, and governance requirements are met.
• Define technology lifecycle management approaches, including platform rationalisation, obsolescence management, and technical risk mitigation.
• Produce business cases and technology investment recommendations based on architecture assessments, risk analysis, and strategic value.
• Act as the senior technical authority for enterprise-wide architectural decisions and technology direction.

Who you are:

The successful candidate will have previously held an Enterprise Architect role and can work very closely with the relevant teams to ensure successful delivery of solutions. You will have previously established architectural standards, develop technology roadmaps, and guided major transformation initiatives, ensuring consistency across applications, data, infrastructure, cloud services, networks, and security.

Key Requirements:

• Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent).
• Cloud architecture, particularly Microsoft Azure.
• Cybersecurity and Zero Trust architecture principles.
• Integration architecture, APIs, and enterprise service patterns.
• Data architecture and information management.
• Infrastructure, networking, and operational technology environments.
• Technology governance, architecture assurance, and design authority leadership.
• Large-scale digital transformation and legacy modernisation programmes.

What we offer:

At Telent, we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage diverse perspectives across our teams.

The additional benefits with this role:

• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
• Car Allowance
• Employee Healthcare
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

We are guided by our values and behaviours:

• Be Inclusive
• Take Responsibility
• Collaborate
• Be Customer-focussed

Join us and help deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

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