Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect

My client, a large consultancy, is in need of an Enterprise Architect for a 6 month contract inside IR35 based in Lonbdon offering 2 days per week remote but requiring 3 days per week on-site.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in the following:-

Enterprise Architecture & Portfolio Skills

• Extensive experience in Enterprise Architecture with strong focus on application landscapes and portfolio management.
• Proven track record delivering application rationalization and modernization programs at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of business capability modelling and mapping applications to capabilities.
• Experience defining target operating models and target application architectures.

Technology & Architecture Expertise

• Deep understanding of Legacy modernization, monolith decomposition, and cloud migration strategies.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, SaaS ecosystems, and modern integration patterns (APIs, events).
• Familiarity with microservices, domain-driven design, and platform engineering concepts.
• Solid grounding in security, resilience, data, and compliance considerations at enterprise level.

Financial, Risk & Decision Skills

• Ability to assess technical debt, operational risk, vendor risk, and obsolescence.
• Experience building investment cases and ROI models for rationalization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of cost drivers across application portfolios (run vs change, license, infra, support).

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong facilitation skills for complex, cross-functional decision-making.
• Ability to influence without authority across federated organizations.
• Mentoring mindset with experience building architecture capability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in regulated industries (banking, insurance, payments, telecom).
• Familiarity with IT4IT, TOGAF, or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Experience working with large application inventories and EA tooling.
• Cloud or architecture certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP, TOGAF).
• Consulting or large-scale transformation program experience.