Senior Enterprise Architect: Data, Cloud & Governance

Janes; Manchester; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days of annual leave

Healthy half (0.5 day leave every 6 m,

Leave- study/ volunteer/ reserveforces

Job summary

Janes is seeking an Enterprise Architect to connect enterprise direction to solution design and delivery. The role chairs architecture forums, sets governance, and guides engineering teams to implement strategic designs for a complex, AWS-focused product estate.

The successful candidate will lead architecture artifacts, transition planning, and collaboration across Product, Security, and Engineering to ensure security, risk, and service considerations are addressed from the outset.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise and solution architecture for complex data products.
• Strong software engineering and systems background.
• Experience leading architecture governance and forums that drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Act as the face of Architecture for Janes and the senior architecture authority within Engineering.
• Chair architecture forums and ensure governance enables timely, evidenced decisions.
• Bridge enterprise and solution architecture with clear guardrails and transition plans.
• Oversee architecture across the product technology domain partnering with Data and Software Architects, Principal Platform Engineer and Engineering Managers.
• Engage with stakeholders across Demand and Delivery, Engineering, Security and Service to build strong relationships with Product, Content, Sales and Customer Success.
• Surface technical debt and architectural risks early and define pragmatic mitigation paths.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Stakeholder management

Job description

Janes is seeking an Enterprise Architect to connect enterprise direction to solution design and delivery. The role chairs architecture forums, sets governance, and guides engineering teams to implement strategic designs for a complex, AWS-focused product estate.

The successful candidate will lead architecture artifacts, transition planning, and collaboration across Product, Security, and Engineering to ensure security, risk, and service considerations are addressed from the outset.