You will translate business strategy into target architectures, architectural principles, standards, and technology roadmaps, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, cost-effective, and sustainable., * Define and maintain the overall enterprise IT architecture, including application, data, infrastructure, cloud, hybrid and integration architecture.

• Develop target architectures, reference architectures, technology standards, and roadmaps.
• Review and govern solution designs to ensure architectural consistency and alignment with agreed standards.
• Make and document key architectural and technology decisions, including risks and trade-offs.
• Provide strategic architectural advice to senior management and business stakeholders.
• Support digital transformation, IT modernisation, and innovation programmes.
• Ensure solutions are secure by design, resilient, scalable, and compliant.
• Identify architectural risks and work with security and technical teams on mitigation.
• Work across development, infrastructure, operations, security, and vendor teams to ensure architectural alignment.
• Monitor emerging technologies and identify opportunities for technology optimisation and innovation.

• Proven experience as an IT Architect, Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, or similar senior architectural role.
• Strong knowledge of:
• Application & Integration Architecture
• Data & Information Architecture
• Infrastructure Architecture
• Cloud & Hybrid Environments
• Security Architecture & Best Practices
• Enterprise Architecture & Technology Governance
• Experience making strategic technology decisions with long-term impact.
• Experience with digital transformation and modernisation programmes.
• Experience within complex, multi-domain IT environments.
• Exposure to both IT and telecom infrastructure is highly desirable.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technology to senior business stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Pragmatic, business-focused approach.
• Able to influence and guide teams without direct authority.
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and technical levels.
• Strong understanding of architectural governance, standards, risk, security, and technology roadmaps.

If you are an experienced IT Architect looking for a challenging contract opportunity within a complex IT and telecom environment, we would like to hear from you.

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