Senior Enterprise Architect

Employment International Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications consultancy is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to drive the technical strategy for a multi-million Pound digital transformation programme. This hybrid role requires extensive experience in enterprise architecture, particularly in the telecoms sector, along with strong governance and leadership skills. Candidates should have a deep understanding of telecom standards and proven success in BSS and OSS transformations. This position offers competitive compensation and opportunities for international travel.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid work model

Benefits package

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture roles, preferably in telecoms.
• Proven success in leading BSS / OSS transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of telecom standards and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the enterprise architecture vision.
• Deliver technical thought leadership and best practices.
• Establish and enforce technical governance frameworks.
• Lead the design of scalable BSS / OSS solutions.
• Translate business requirements into technology designs.

Skills

Enterprise architecture leadership

Telecoms domain knowledge

Technical governance

Communication skills

Leadership

Negotiation skills

Job description

Job Description :

Senior Enterprise Architect Telecoms

Location : London, Hybrid working model

Salary : Competitive base salary + Benefits

Job Type : Full-Time, Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Senior Enterprise Architect to lead the technical strategy and governance for a high-profile, multi-million Pound digital transformation programme in the telecommunications sector. This role is critical to ensuring the successful design and delivery of complex, time-sensitive BSS / OSS ecosystems that support business-critical operations for a major telecom client.

The ideal candidate will possess deep domain knowledge in telecoms architecture, strong technical governance capabilities, and a proven track record in thought leadership across cross-functional and vendor-led delivery environments.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Technical Leadership

• Define and lead the enterprise architecture vision, aligning it with business strategy and programme objectives.
• Act as the technical authority across the programme, providing architectural direction and technology roadmap evolution.
• Deliver technical thought leadership, driving innovation, standardisation, and adoption of best practices across BSS / OSS layers.

Governance & Oversight

• Establish and enforce technical governance frameworks and architecture principles across all programme phases.
• Ensure architecture artefacts, decision logs, and design documentation meet compliance, quality, and audit requirements.
• Facilitate architecture reviews, design assurance, and risk management activities with internal and external stakeholders.

Solution Delivery

• Lead the design of scalable, modular, and resilient BSS / OSS solutions, integrating with legacy systems and modern platforms.
• Oversee solution architecture workstreams across multiple delivery teams and ensure consistency with target state architecture.
• Translate business and operational requirements into technology designs that are deliverable within programme constraints.
• Document and communicate the technology designs to the delivery teams and provide support in the execution of the delivery of the programme.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with executives, programme directors, product owners, and delivery teams to align architecture with delivery milestones.
• Engage and influence client stakeholders, third-party vendors, and system integrators to drive architectural consensus.
• Present complex technical solutions in clear, compelling ways to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Experience & Skills

Essential

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture roles, with recent experience in telecoms sector.
• Proven success in leading architecture for large-scale BSS / OSS transformation programmes.
• Deep understanding of telecom standards, protocols, and technologies (TM Forum frameworks, Open APIs, 5G readiness).
• Strong capability in architecture governance, enterprise frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), and agile or hybrid programme delivery.
• Experience in multi-vendor environments, managing cross-functional architecture inputs, and driving end-to-end integration.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
• Willingness to travel and spend time onsite internationally

Desirable

• Experience with cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS, Azure), Kubernetes, microservices, and DevSecOps practices.
• Familiarity with data architecture, AI / ML applications in telecom, and enterprise security models.
• Certification in TOGAF, TM Forum, or related architecture frameworks.