Enterprise Architect
Harvey Nash
Leeds, United Kingdom
yesterday
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 65KJob location
Leeds, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Web Platforms
Togaf
Legacy Systems
Job description
- We will ask you to define and evolve enterprise architecture strategy aligned to our business priorities.
- We will expect you to provide governance and assurance across multiple transformation initiatives.
- We need you to develop target state architectures, roadmaps, and transition plans.
- We will rely on you to partner with senior stakeholders to influence technology direction and investment decisions.
- We need you to ensure alignment across business, data, applications, and infrastructure.
- We will look to you to identify opportunities to simplify and optimise our technology estate.
- We need you to support programme delivery through architectural guidance and decision-making.
- We want you to embed proportionate and pragmatic architecture standards and practices., We are a leading UK-based transport organisation operating across multiple service lines with a broad customer base and a significant operational footprint. We are undergoing ongoing transformation to modernise legacy systems, improve efficiency, and strengthen decision-making through technology and data. This is a strategic contract role based in South Yorkshire with a hybrid working arrangement, offered at a competitive day rate for a duration of 6 months. You will join a complex and evolving environment with exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to shape architecture that delivers measurable business value.
Requirements
- We are looking for a proven Enterprise Architect with experience operating in complex organisations.
- We need a strong track record of aligning technology strategy with business outcomes.
- We require experience across multiple architecture domains, including business, data, applications, and infrastructure.
- We need someone who can influence and engage senior stakeholders, including C-suite leaders.
- We are looking for experience in large-scale transformation or modernisation programmes.
- We need practical familiarity with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
- We value strong commercial awareness and the ability to connect technology decisions to business value.
- Desirable: experience in operationally complex or multi-service organisations.
- Desirable: exposure to organisations that combine physical operations with digital platforms.
- Desirable: experience supporting major change, integration, or optimisation initiatives.
- Desirable: awareness of data-led and platform-driven transformation approaches.