Enterprise Architect

Role Purpose The Enterprise Architect is responsible for establishing, defining, and embedding the Enterprise Architecture framework, principles, and governance model. The role will provide a clear, business-aligned architectural foundation that enables modernisation, operational stability, and long-term scalability. The role also leads and develops a small team of domain architects ensuring architectural alignment across initiatives. Key Accountabilities - Establish EA maturity baseline and improvement plans - Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of domain architects - Design and implement the EA framework across business capability, application, data and integration, technology & infrastructure - Tailor industry frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent) to suit organisational context and maturity - Define EA artefacts, processes, and governance suitable for a growing organisation - Define and run EA principles, governance processes, standards and design guidelines - Define current-state and target-state architectures, supported by pragmatic transition roadmaps - Provide architectural oversight and guidance to delivery teams, ensuring consistency and reuse across solutions - Identify and manage technical debt and legacy constraints Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology or related discipline - 10-15 years in IT, with strong experience in enterprise architecture - Proven experience establishing EA frameworks from scratch - Experience working with ERP and enterprise platforms - Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent) - Experience working with cloud, hybrid and composable architectures, data, analytics and integration platforms and security architecture fundamentals - Strong understanding of architecture layers, target and current-state architectures - Effective communication and stakeholder management