Senior Enterprise Architect

Tata Consultancy Services; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health care

Life assurance

Laptop

Phone

Training resources

Discounts within Tata network

Health & wellness initiatives

London Marathon sponsor

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to shape and govern end-to-end architectures across cloud, data, and integration domains. You will collaborate with delivery, platform and engineering teams to ensure secure, scalable solutions and drive architectural coherence across global programs.

You will produce roadmaps, mentor teams, and define data management patterns, data contracts, and governance tools.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cloud databases, distributed systems and scalable data workloads, incl. real-time streaming.
• Understanding modern enterprise data platforms, data sourcing patterns and ETL/ELT patterns.
• Grounding on enterprise data management best practices within a regulated enterprise context.
• Demonstrable ability to translate complex architectures into reusable enterprise design patterns.
• Ability to comprehend a complex estate, stakeholder management, consultative approach, adaptability.
• Exposure to AI, applied and enabling, and its effect on both the demand side for data as well as the implications for delivery of data platforms.
• Experience in automation in the data management space, including Data Contracts.
• Familiarity with Data Management and Governance Technology such as Collibra, Dataplex, Purview, Attacamma etc (not specific to these vendors, but the industry).
• Master & Reference Data Management best practices experience.
• Worked experience on tech delivery of Real Time data patterns.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-level architecture, future/north star and emerging technology views and roadmaps - with a view to start implementing 'Architecture as Code'.
• Provide architectural guidance, including external expertise on trends and best practice for strategy, principles, standards and guardrails.
• Help with transition states, designs and architecture delivery.
• Embedded within the programme and work with workstreams leads to help drive scope, requirements, archiecture and design roadmaps.
• Stakeholder engagement both Internal and External involved in the programme.
• Responsible for delivering designs, tooling strategy and data delivery patterns

Skills

Cloud architecture

Data platforms

Real-time streaming

AI awareness

Stakeholder management

Architecture governance

Architecture as Code

Data Contracts

Data modelling

Master data management

Tools

Collibra

Dataplex

Purview

Attacama

Job description

Job Type: Permanent

Location: London, UK (Hybrid)

Number of hours: 40 hours per week – full time

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity as an Enterprise architect?

We have an exciting role for you – Senior Enterprise Architect

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose‑led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

• Ready to take you on your next role where you will design and implement cutting‑edge Agentic AI solutions that redefine enterprise workflows.
• Empowering you to innovate with advanced technologies like Google ADK, LangChain, and Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) to deliver transformative AI experiences.
• Giving you the platform to lead and mentor in a dynamic environment, fostering collaboration and continuous learning across global teams.

The Role

As a Senior Enterprise Architect you will provide enterprise architecture capability within the CTO Data & AI - Analytics & AI. Working within agreed architectural direction, the role supports the development, documentation, and assurance of end to end architectures across multiple domains. This includes shaping solution designs, supporting feasibility assessments and roadmaps, producing architectural artefacts, identifying cross domain dependencies and risks, and contributing to architecture governance.

You will also work closely with delivery, platform, and engineering teams to maintain architectural coherence while enabling pragmatic delivery. You are expected to have expertise in cloud, integration, data, and infrastructure, delivering secure, resilient, and scalable solutions. Skilled in shaping target architectures, guiding technology decisions, and collaborating with engineering teams to drive strategic outcomes.

Your responsibilities:

• Produce highlevel architecture, future/north star and emerging technology views and roadmaps - with a view to start implementing 'ARchitecture as Code'.
• Provide architectural guidance, including external expertise on trends and best practice for strategy, principles, standards and guardrails.
• Help with transition states, designs and architecture delivery.
• Embedded within the programme and work with workstreams leads to help drive scope, requirements, archiecture and design roadmaps.
• Stakeholder engagment both Internal and External involved in the programme.
• Responsible for delivering designs, tooling strategy and data delivery patterns

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Knowledge of cloud database technologies, distributed systems and scalable data workload architecture, including Real Time Streaming
• Understanding of modern enterprise data platforms, data sourcing patterns and constraints, ETL/ELT patterns,. Data Modelling techniques and trade offs
• Grounding on enterprise data management best practices within a regulated enterprise context
• Demonstrable ability to translate complex architectures into reusable enterprise design patterns
• Ability to comprehend a complex estate, string Stakeholder management, Consultative approach, Adaptability.
• Exposure to AI, applied and enabling, and its effect on both the demand side for data as well as the implications for delivery of data platforms
• Experience in automation in the data management space, including Data Contracts
• Familiarity with Data Management and Governance Technology such as Collibra, Dataplex, Purview, Attacamma etc (not specific to these vendors, but the industry)
• Master & Reference Data Management best practices experience
• Worked experience on tech delivery of Real Time data patterns

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at [e-mail] if you would like to opt in.