Endur Architect – Contract Opportunity (6 Months + Extensions up to 2 Years)
Posted 6 days ago by Templeton & Partners - Innovative & Inclusive Hiring Solutions
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Endur Architect role is a senior-level contract position within a major energy trading and commodities organization, offering an initial 6-month engagement with potential extensions up to 2 years. The architect will be responsible for leading the design and delivery of complex enterprise-wide architecture solutions across trading platforms. This position requires significant experience in energy trading environments and involves collaboration with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment with business goals. The role also includes mentoring junior team members and driving the adoption of innovative solutions to enhance system efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the lead architect for a significant business domain or enterprise-wide capability, owning solution design end-to-end.
- Design and oversee E2E technical architecture across integration, security, hosting, and application layers.
- Provide architectural leadership for complex solution landscapes, ensuring scalability, resilience, and alignment with business goals.
- Diagnose and resolve highly complex, non-routine technical challenges, delivering practical and innovative solutions.
- Translate best practices from across industries to improve and simplify architectural frameworks and processes.
- Define, evolve, and govern architecture standards, policies, and procedures.
- Act as a subject matter expert, providing authoritative technical advice to senior stakeholders and business leadership.
- Drive the adoption of new solutions, tools, and ways of working to improve system efficiency and performance.
- Influence the redesign of business processes and data models, working closely with process owners and data stakeholders.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior business and technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment and trust.
- Mentor and develop junior architects and technical team members.
Key Skills:
- Significant experience as an Endur Architect within energy trading or commodities environments.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence at all levels.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to tailor messaging for different audiences.
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, including integration, security, and infrastructure.
- Experience working across complex IT landscapes and distributed teams.
- Commercial awareness with the ability to link technology decisions to business value and outcomes.
- Experience working in large-scale, global transformation programmes (desirable).
- Knowledge of trading systems integration, data platforms, and cloud-based architectures (desirable).
- Exposure to architecture governance frameworks (e.g., TOGAF or similar) (desirable).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Endur Architect – Contract Opportunity (6 Months + Extensions up to 2 Years) We are seeking a highly experienced Endur Architect to join a major energy trading and commodities organisation on a long-term contract engagement . This role offers an initial 6-month contract , with strong potential for extension up to 2 years . This is a senior-level position where you will play a key role in shaping and delivering complex, enterprise-wide architecture solutions across trading platforms and associated systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the lead architect for a significant business domain or enterprise-wide capability, owning solution design end-to-end.
- Design and oversee E2E technical architecture across integration, security, hosting, and application layers.
- Provide architectural leadership for complex solution landscapes , ensuring scalability, resilience, and alignment with business goals.
- Diagnose and resolve highly complex, non-routine technical challenges , delivering practical and innovative solutions.
- Translate best practices from across industries to improve and simplify architectural frameworks and processes.
- Define, evolve, and govern architecture standards, policies, and procedures .
- Act as a subject matter expert , providing authoritative technical advice to senior stakeholders and business leadership.
- Drive the adoption of new solutions, tools, and ways of working to improve system efficiency and performance.
- Influence the redesign of business processes and data models , working closely with process owners and data stakeholders.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior business and technical stakeholders , ensuring alignment and trust.
- Mentor and develop junior architects and technical team members.
Mandatory Skills & Experience
- Significant experience as an Endur Architect within energy trading or commodities environments.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence at all levels.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to tailor messaging for different audiences.
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions .
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles , including integration, security, and infrastructure.
- Experience working across complex IT landscapes and distributed teams .
- Commercial awareness with the ability to link technology decisions to business value and outcomes .
Desirable / Optional Skills
- Experience working in large-scale, global transformation programmes.
- Knowledge of trading systems integration, data platforms, and cloud-based architectures.
- Exposure to architecture governance frameworks (e.g., TOGAF or similar).
Contract Details
- Duration: Initial 6 months
- Extensions: Likely, with total contract duration up to 2 years
- Location: Flexible / Hybrid (depending on client requirements)
- Start Date: ASAP
This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned Endur Architect to contribute to a high-impact programme within a complex and fast-paced trading environment.