Enterprise Technical Architect

The Enterprise Technical Architect is responsible for supporting the definition, governing, and evolving the organisation’s technology architecture to support strategic business objectives. Acting as a bridge between business intiiatives and technology delivery, the role ensures that technology investments, platforms, applications, infrastructure, data capabilities, and security controls align with the organisation’s long-term vision, architecture principles, and operational requirements.

The Enterprise Technical Architect provides support on architectural direction, technology standards, and solution design, ensuring that new initiatives deliver business value while maintaining a scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective technology landscape. The role works across multiple programmes, partnering with business stakeholders, delivery teams, supplier teams, and product owners to support architectural consistency and technical excellence.

Success in this role will be demonstrated through the delivery of a coherent technology solutions, reduced architectural complexity, increased technology re-use, improved governance and risk management, successful delivery of strategic change programmes, and the further delivery of a modern, scalable, secure technology estate aligned to organisational goals.

The role will operate in an environment where most of the technology delivery is done by third party providers. So will require engagement with the multiple teams across those providers.

The role holder will report to the Head of Technology Strategy and Architecture., Don’t worry if you think you don’t have all the key skills, it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we’re good at spotting potential. At Nest, you’ll have access to a range of learning opportunities to learn, grow and build the skills you need to be successful in your role and career. Please download a full job description to find a full scope, deliverables, experience and personal attributes required for this role.

Flexible and agile working Everyone’s personal situation is different.

To make the most out of hybrid working, we’ve introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):

• hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once - twice a week, or more, as required)
• reduce or vary working hours
• reduce or vary the days worked
• work compressed hours
• job share, The Nest Technology Strategy and Architecture team sits within our Services and Solutions department with responsibilities covering technology, change management, operations, data analytics and customer insights. The Technology Strategy and Architecture team is responsible for setting the strategy for our technology capabilities, working with our delivery partners to realise the strategy, ensuring the cyber security of the capabilities and delivering a best in class corporate IT service to the rest of the enterprise

• Experience (5+) designing and governing complex enterprise technology environments.
• Broad understanding of enterprise architecture disciplines, cloud platforms, application architecture, integration patterns, infrastructure, data management, and cyber security.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, together with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts and influence decision-making at all levels of the organisation.
• An understanding of emerging global trends in technology.
• Experience of working with outsourced 3^rd party technology providers