Senior Enterprise Architect

Cititec; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cititec has partnered with a leading utilities business to hire an experienced Enterprise Architect in London. The role covers the full customer journey from acquisition to billing and regulatory compliance, shaping a scalable technology environment to support growth.

You will define the target architecture, set roadmaps, and influence major technology decisions while working with Product, Engineering, Commercial, Finance, Operations and Data teams to deliver practical, secure solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as Domain, Lead or Enterprise Architect.
• Experience in Energy, Utilities or a regulated, high‑volume industry.
• Experience developing target architectures and roadmaps.
• Strong stakeholder management with senior technical and business leaders.
• Solid understanding of security, resilience and regulatory requirements.
• Comfortable using AI tools to support analysis and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Define the target architecture and technology roadmap.
• Shape technology strategy across customer, commercial, operational, finance and data platforms.
• Influence platform selection, investment and technology reuse decisions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, consolidate and modernise the technology estate.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable architecture solutions.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, Commercial, Finance, Operations and Data teams.
• Provide architectural governance and challenge across major programmes and technology initiatives.
• Ensure solutions consider security, resilience, cost and long-term sustainability.
• Influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex architectural decisions clearly.

Skills

Domain Architect

Enterprise Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Security & Compliance

Job description

Location: London - Hybrid

Job type: Permanent

Cititec has partnered with a leading utilities business, which is looking to bring an experienced Enterprise Architect into their technology team.

This is a strategic architecture role covering the full customer journey, from customer acquisition and propositions through to metering, billing, payments, collections, settlements and regulatory requirements. You'll work across technology and business teams to create a simpler, more connected technology environment that can support evolving customer needs and long-term business growth.

You'll be responsible for setting architectural direction, influencing major technology decisions and creating practical roadmaps that take the organisation from its current landscape towards a more scalable and sustainable future.

What you’ll do:

• Define the target architecture and technology roadmap.
• Shape technology strategy across customer, commercial, operational, finance and data platforms.
• Influence platform selection, investment and technology reuse decisions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, consolidate and modernise the technology estate.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable architecture solutions.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, Commercial, Finance, Operations and Data teams.
• Provide architectural governance and challenge across major programmes and technology initiatives.
• Ensure solutions consider security, resilience, compliance, cost and long-term sustainability.
• Influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex architectural decisions clearly.

Requirements:

• Strong experience as a Domain, Lead or Enterprise Architect.
• Experience within Energy, Utilities or another regulated, high-volume industry.
• Good understanding of customer journey lifecycles.
• Experience developing target architectures and technology transformation roadmaps.
• Track record of technology rationalisation, platform strategy and architectural governance.
• Strong commercial and strategic thinking, including an understanding of technology investment and total cost of ownership.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior technical and business leaders.
• Strong understanding of security, resilience and regulatory requirements.
• Comfortable using AI tools responsibly to support analysis and productivity.