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# Enterprise Architect

- **Company:** ECS Recruitment Group
- **Location:** Edinburgh, UK
- **Salary:** £79,314.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, High-Level Architecture, AI Platforms
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5955670143

## About the Role

* Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect, Technical Architect, or similar in a large enterprise environment, ideally in financial services
 * Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud architecture
 * Good understanding of AI platforms, infrastructure, and enterprise AI adoption
 * Experience establishing architectural governance, frameworks, and ways of working
 * Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and target-state architecture
 * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

## Description

* Establish architectural governance, processes, and frameworks across the programme
 * Support the design and implementation of enterprise-wide cloud and AI foundations
 * Develop and shape target-state enterprise and solution architecture
 * Provide architectural oversight and technical challenge across multiple teams
 * Support the transition from high-level architecture design to delivery and implementation
 * Coordinate architecture decisions across cloud, infrastructure, security, and technology teams
 * Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security, and governance requirements
 * Work closely with senior stakeholders to drive architectural decisions and technology adoption

Technologies:

 * AI
 * Architect
 * Azure
 * Cloud
 * Support
 * Security, We are supporting a major AI transformation programme seeking an Enterprise Architect to focus on AI platforms, Microsoft Azure, cloud architecture, and the governance and frameworks needed for enterprise-wide adoption. This is an initial three-month contract based in Edinburgh with hybrid working, paying £650-£700 per day inside IR35. ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as the employment business for this vacancy.