Strategic Enterprise Architect – Cloud, Data & API

Dev; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A competitive salary

Performance related annual bonus

Generous pension contribution (up to %

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible cash pot (4% of salary)

Private health cover

Share schemes, including free shares

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead strategy and technology enablement across data, cloud, and infrastructure domains. You will guide architecture decisions and partner with senior leaders to deliver scalable, resilient solutions that drive business value.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, evangelizing modern architectures, and balancing pragmatic delivery with strategic objectives within a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Broad architecture experience spanning traditional and modern technologies.
• Background in strategy setting, enterprise architecture, or technology consulting.
• Experience in engineering and solution architecture is a plus.

Responsibilities

• All architecture decisions for the area you support.
• Develop architecture strategies and roadmaps with inputs from Business, Engineering, Operations, Industry and Vendors.
• Drive simplification and modernization of our technology landscape.
• Communicate options to balance drivers of change with senior leaders (CxOs).
• Stay aligned with industry trends and vendor offerings to capitalise on opportunities.

Skills

Cloud architecture

API gateways

Microservices

OpenID Connect

Data architectures

Security (Zero Trust)

Tools

CI/CD

Containers

Kubernetes

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead strategy and technology enablement across data, cloud, and infrastructure domains. You will guide architecture decisions and partner with senior leaders to deliver scalable, resilient solutions that drive business value.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, evangelizing modern architectures, and balancing pragmatic delivery with strategic objectives within a hybrid working model.