ICT10034 - Solutions & Information Architet

EDF Energy Limited; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF Energy Limited is seeking an experienced Solution & Information Architect to define, govern and assure enterprise architecture across MEH Alliance. You will lead architectural design for business applications, data platforms, cloud services and integrations, aligning with regulatory and strategic goals.

You will work across Digital, Operations and Project Delivery to translate requirements into scalable, secure solutions, establishing standards, information models and governance processes

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Data Science, Computing or related field.
• 5+ years of experience delivering complex Data & BI solutions in a leadership capacity.
• Experience producing architecture deliverables including High-Level Designs, Low-Level Designs, Architecture Decision Records, Technology Roadmaps, Integration Diagrams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define the future-state enterprise architecture principles, standards and roadmaps.
• Produce high-level and low-level designs for enterprise solutions.
• Lead Architecture Governance & ARB processes and ensure compliance with standards.
• Partner with business stakeholders, project teams and suppliers to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Ensure security, regulatory and architectural requirements are met across cloud, data platforms and integrations.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Data Governance

Azure Cloud

Microsoft 365

Security & Compliance

Stakeholder Management

Architecture Governance

Education

Degree in Data Science/Computing

TOGAF Certification

ITIL Certification

Microsoft Fabric Databricks Data Platform certifications

Tools

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ICT10034 - Solutions & Information Architet

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Solutions & Information Architet
Balfour Beatty
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Permanent

Role Purpose:

The Solution & Information Architect is responsible for defining, governing and assuring enterprise technology, data and information architectures across MEH Alliance.

The role provides architectural leadership for business applications, data platforms, integrations, cloud services, Microsoft technologies and digital solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements and long-term strategic goals.

Working across Digital, Business Operations and Project Delivery teams, the Solution & Information Architect translates business requirements into scalable, secure and supportable solutions while establishing architectural standards, information models, integration patterns and governance processes.

The role plays a key part in shaping the future digital landscape of the organisation, ensuring technology solutions, business systems and enterprise data assets are designed and managed as strategic business capabilities

Further Opportunities

• Define the future-state enterprise architecture for MEH Alliance.
• Establish Information Architecture and Data Governance standards across the business.
• Influence strategic digital transformation initiatives.
• Drive innovation through Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, AI and modern data platforms.
• Act as the technical design authority for enterprise solutions and integrations.

Accountabilities

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture principles, standards and roadmaps.
• Define future-state architecture aligned to business strategy and operational objectives.
• Produce high-level designs (HLDs) and low-level designs (LLDs) for enterprise solutions.
• Ensure all technology investments align with enterprise architecture standards.
• Support creation of digital transformation and technology roadmaps.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic adoption opportunities.
• Produce high-level designs (HLDs) and low-level designs (LLDs) for enterprise solutions.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure and maintainable technical solutions.
• Provide architecture guidance across cloud, infrastructure, business applications, data platforms and integration services.
• Ensure solutions deliver business value whilst meeting performance, security and operational requirements.
• Define and maintain enterprise information architecture and information management standards.
• Establish business information models, metadata standards and information lifecycles.
• Develop data domain ownership and stewardship frameworks.
• Support enterprise data governance initiatives and master data management practices.
• Ensure information assets are structured, governed and accessible in accordance with business and regulatory requirements.
• Define data architecture patterns supporting reporting, analytics and operational systems.
• Govern integration standards across enterprise applications and platforms.
• Support architecture decisions involving Azure Data Services, Databricks, SQL platforms and enterprise integrations.
• Ensure scalable and resilient data movement, ingestion and transformation processes are established.

Architecture Governance & Assurance

• Operate and support Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes.
• Review supplier designs and technical deliverables.
• Ensure solutions comply with cybersecurity, regulatory and organisational standards.
• Conduct architecture assessments and manage technical debt considerations.
• Maintain architecture repositories, standards and documentation.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with business stakeholders, project teams and technology suppliers.
• Provide technical leadership across programmes and projects.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure and maintainable technical solutions.
• Provide architecture guidance across cloud, infrastructure, business applications, data platforms and integration services.
• Ensure solutions deliver business value whilst meeting performance, security and operational requirements.
• Define and maintain enterprise information architecture and information management standards.
• Establish business information models, metadata standards and information lifecycles.
• Develop data domain ownership and stewardship frameworks.
• Support enterprise data governance initiatives and master data management practices.
• Ensure information assets are structured, governed and accessible in accordance with business and regulatory requirements.
• Define data architecture patterns supporting reporting, analytics and operational systems.
• Govern integration standards across enterprise applications and platforms.
• Support architecture decisions involving Azure Data Services, Databricks, SQL platforms and enterprise integrations.
• Ensure scalable and resilient data movement, ingestion and transformation processes are established.

Architecture Governance & Assurance

• Operate and support Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes.
• Review supplier designs and technical deliverables.
• Ensure solutions comply with cybersecurity, regulatory and organisational standards.
• Conduct architecture assessments and manage technical debt considerations.
• Maintain architecture repositories, standards and documentation.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with business stakeholders, project teams and technology suppliers.
• Provide technical leadership across programmes and projects.
• Enterprise Architecture Roadmaps.
• Solution Architecture Designs (HLD & LLD).
• Information Architecture Frameworks and Standards.
• Technology Reference Architectures.
• Integration Architecture Designs.
• Architecture Review Board submissions and approvals.
• Architecture Assessment Reports.
• Technical Risk and Compliance Assessments.
• Data Architecture and Information Models.
• Supplier Design Reviews and Assurance Reports.
• Architecture governance processes and standards.

Minimum Qualifications/ Experience

• Degree (or equivalent) in Data Science, Computing or related field.
• 5+ years of experience delivering complex Data & BI solutions in a leadership capacity.
• Experience producing architecture deliverables including:
• High-Level Designs
• Low-Level Designs
• Architecture Decision Records
• Technology Roadmaps
• Integration Diagrams
• Experience operating within governance and assurance frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Additional Qualifications/ Experience

• TOGAF Certification.
• ITIL Certification.
• Microsoft Fabric, Databricks or Data Platform certifications.
• Experience within Nuclear, Construction, Infrastructure or highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of Information Governance and Records Management.
• Experience supporting AI, Automation and Digital Transformation programmes.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home‑grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low‑carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low‑carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind‑boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.