Lead Architect in London

Energy Jobline CVL; Greater London; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tria is partnering to hire a Lead Architect for a global FTSE 250 client in maritime engineering. The role is remote with travel to UK offices, focused on building an architecture practice from the ground up and defining current, target and transition-state architectures.

The candidate will establish standards and governance, while evaluating emerging technologies like AI/ML to drive business value across engineering, maritime, defence or energy domains.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in both enterprise and solution architecture at group or enterprise level
• Experience establishing or maturing an architecture practice, its processes and artefacts
• Broad application experience across COTS, SaaS, cloud and custom-built solutions
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies with awareness of AI/ML developments
• Recognised TOGAF or equivalent architecture framework certification
• Sector experience in engineering, maritime, defence or energy

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain current, target and transition-state architectures for the organisation
• Establish architecture standards and governance
• Identify how emerging technologies can be applied to create business value
• Build and mature architecture practices and processes from the ground up

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Greenfield projects

COTS/SaaS/Cloud/Custom

AI/ML awareness

TOGAF certification

Maritime/Engineering/Defense

Job description

Position: Lead Architect

Location: Remote - some travel required to UK offices

Employment Status: Full-Time, Permanent

Package: Competitive salary and benefits package on offer

Industry: Maritime Engineering

Tria has partnered with a global FTSE 250 organisation working in the maritime engineering industry, to hire a Lead Architect. The company are working through a major IT Transformation programme and as part of this require a Lead Architect to play a hands‑on role in building its architecture practices and processes from the ground up.

They will be responsible for defining and maintaining the company's current, target and transition-state architectures, establishing architecture standards and governance, and identifying how emerging technologies can be applied to create business value.

• Substantial experience in both enterprise and solution architecture, with a track record of practising these disciplines at group or enterprise level.
• Experience working in a greenfield environment - Experience establishing or maturing an architecture practice, its processes and its artefacts.
• Broad application experience across COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf), SaaS (Software as a Service), cloud- and custom-built solutions.
• Experience evaluating and introducing emerging technologies, with good awareness of current developments in areas such as AI and machine learning.
• Recognised architecture framework certification, such as TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) or equivalent.
• Sector experience in engineering, maritime, defence or energy.

The position is remote, with some travel to various offices across the UK when required. This is an excellent opportunity to help build an architecture practice from the ground up, with excellent growth prospects.

Lead Architect, Enterprise Architect, TOGAF, AI, ML, emerging technology, engineering, Maritime, Defence, Energy, Greenfield