Context Recruitment
Enterprise Architect
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Enterprise Architect – London
£800 - £900 p/d (outside IR35)
3 month initial term
Well-established, highly profitable and rapidly expanding engineering business is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to join them on a contract basis. Following a number of recent acquisitions, the organisation has an ambitious growth strategy with plans to acquire 8–10 businesses per year, creating significant demand for a scalable, secure and standardised enterprise technology landscape.
This is a key strategic role within an organisation undergoing major digital transformation, where enterprise architecture will play a critical role in enabling growth, technology standardisation and successful M&A integration.
Reporting to the Group IT Director, you will define and govern the organisation's enterprise architecture, ensuring technology investments align with business strategy, operational requirements and long-term objectives. You'll provide architectural leadership across major initiatives including digital transformation, cloud modernisation, AI adoption, application rationalisation and M&A integration.
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Responsibilities:
- Define and maintain the Enterprise Architecture strategy, target-state architecture and multi-year technology roadmap
- Establish architecture principles, standards, governance and Technical Design Authority (TDA) processes
- Lead architecture workstreams across digital transformation and business change programmes
- Drive application modernisation, platform consolidation, integration and technology standardisation
- Lead technology due diligence and integration planning for mergers and acquisitions
- Define enterprise architecture for cloud, infrastructure, applications, data, integration and security
- Develop architecture strategies across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 and enterprise business systems
- Support the adoption of AI technologies, including Microsoft Copilot, Power Platform and automation solutions
- Ensure all solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and aligned with enterprise standards
- Partner with senior stakeholders to shape technology strategy, investment decisions and future architecture
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Requirements:
- Significant experience as an Enterprise Architect within a complex enterprise environment
- Proven experience developing enterprise architecture strategies and target-state roadmaps
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365
- Experience across cloud, infrastructure, applications, integration, security and data architecture
- Experience delivering large-scale digital transformation programmes
- Strong experience supporting mergers, acquisitions and technology integration
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture governance, Architecture Review Boards and Technical Design Authorities
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity and Secure-by-Design principles
- Experience evaluating AI technologies and enterprise automation solutions
- Excellent stakeholder management, strategic planning and communication skills
- TOGAF certified (or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification)
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