HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd
Enterprise Architect
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Enterprise Architect
Salary: Base salary: £54,878 to £64,562 per annum, including a 20% flexible benefits fund paid on top of the base salary, which is fully pensionable.
About HR2 Ltd
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) is pioneering the UK’s new high-speed rail network. This project will enhance capacity, reduce journey times between major cities, stimulate the economy, and create numerous employment opportunities. We are committed to fostering a diversity of talent and becoming a leader in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). Our values—Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect—form the backbone of our philosophy, ensuring a safe, inclusive environment where every individual can thrive.
About The Role
The Enterprise Architect is responsible for developing, designing, implementing, and governing HS2’s Enterprise Architecture (EA). This ensures that technology aligns seamlessly with business objectives.
- Develops and enforces enterprise-wide architecture principles, policies, patterns, processes, and guardrails to ensure strategic alignment between business strategy, governance, and technology.
- Creates and reviews an enterprise capability strategy, fostering alignment with HS2’s strategic priorities.
- Enforces maturity and evolution of agile Enterprise Architecture frameworks, exercising influence over the development of strategic domain architectures (Data, Security, Network, Integration).
- Captures and prioritises market, environmental, business strategy, and objective trends to maintain alignment with HS2’s technology strategy and roadmap.
- Develops architectural artefacts in line with strategic policy and standards to translate business drivers, goals, and constraints into cohesive objectives.
- Enforces architecture guardrails across solution and system design in domains including network, service, and data.
- Contributes expertise to technology innovation agendas and supports Business Analysts in requirements capture.
- Overseeing IT change delivery, providing direction and support to Delivery Managers.
- Championing and embedding Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives.
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Responsibilities
- Work independently to define required capabilities that meet business objectives.
- Understand and participate in governance and technical assurance for enterprise services.
- Analyze and shape problem contexts, supporting fact-based strategy formulation.
- Coach and lead teams through Agile and Lean practices.
- Communicate with and manage stakeholder expectations at every level.
Knowledge & Skills
Key Areas of Expertise:
- Enterprise and Business Architecture:
- Translating business objectives into actionable architecture.
- Governance & Assurance:
- Understanding and applying technical governance practices.
- Agile & Scalable Practices:
- Mastery of agile methodologies, iterations, and DevOps.
- Technical Knowledge:
- TOGAF, Zachman Framework, and best-practice Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks.
- Deep understanding of emerging technologies (cloud computing, AI, big data).
Experience:
- EVEN IT services and Architectural Building Block design mechanisms.
- Supported complex system designs with identified risks and clear mitigation strategies.
- Experienced in producing high-level enterprise architecture designs for large-scale projects.
- Applied EA methodologies to complex scenarios within project lifecycle governance and compliance.
- Used EA tooling, such as integration frameworks and diagrams, for regulatory documentation.
- Systematic experience with a multi-vendor environment.
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Requirements
- Demonstrable track record in architectural governance and strategic initiative alignment.
- Experience in full enterprise architecture lifecycle management (from conception to decommissioning).
- Ability to influence and broker synergies with business stakeholders and foster supportive partnerships.
- Strong barriers to entry: Safety, Integrity, and Respect are mandatory behaviours.
*All candidates must complete criminal and financial background checks, employment references and right-to-work validation prior to offer.
Inclusion & Advancement at HS2
Our organization actively accommodates reasonable requests for adjustments, endorses flexible working arrangements, encourages diverse networks, and invests in personal/professional development. Corporate policies explicitly uphold recruitment principles of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Applicants must possess legal work authorization in the UK (visa regulations excluded). Non-native speakers must provide proof through formal English Language certificates or written evidence. Timely validations are required before interviews.
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