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# Senior Domain Architect

- **Company:** Data Communications Company
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Services, Systems Integration, Technical Debt, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7ce5a98c48fe510a

## About the Role

* Strong enterprise or domain architecture experience in complex, large-scale technology environments, with ownership of technology roadmaps and architecture governance.

 * End-to-end systems thinking, including experience designing and assuring solutions across cloud, infrastructure, applications and system integrations.

 * Experience managing technology lifecycle challenges such as legacy platforms, technical debt, obsolescence, resilience, migration or transition planning.

 * Commercially aware stakeholder and supplier management skills, with the credibility to challenge, influence and communicate technical decisions to senior and non-technical audiences.

 * Experience of smart metering, SMETS1 or another large-scale regulated operational service is highly desirable and will enable you to make an impact quickly.

## Description

How you will contribute to transforming the smart energy network and shaping the future.

 * Own and govern the SMETS1 technology strategy, architecture and roadmap, ensuring decisions support service sustainability, regulatory obligations and future transition and retirement planning.

 * Lead architecture assurance across applications, infrastructure, cloud services and device technologies, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and best practice.

 * Manage architectural risk across the SMETS1 estate, including technical debt, obsolescence, resilience, security and cross-supplier dependencies, driving proportionate mitigation strategies.

 * Review, challenge and influence supplier architecture, roadmaps and technical solutions to improve outcomes, value for money and alignment with DCC strategy.

 * Act as a trusted technical authority for internal and external stakeholders, translating complex technical choices into clear recommendations based on business value, risk and operational impact.