Enterprise Architect - SC Cleared

Summary: The Enterprise Architect - SC Cleared role involves leading architectural governance across IT Infrastructure, Applications, and Cyber Security domains, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and compliance with security frameworks. The position requires effective communication with senior stakeholders and the ability to influence technical decisions. The architect will also mentor team members and drive innovation in architectural methodologies. This role necessitates the use of an FCSA Accredited Umbrella Company for employment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of Architects across multiple disciplines (Infra, Apps, Cyber).
• Define, maintain, and evolve enterprise level conceptual architecture designs covering infrastructure, applications, and cyber security domains.
• Translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and cost effective architectural solutions.
• Provide strategic direction on on premise infrastructure strategies.
• Embed Secure by Design principles throughout the product life cycle.
• Ensure architecture and solution designs comply with NIST controls, regulatory requirements, and internal cyber security policies.
• Collaborate with Information Architecture, Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to assess architectural risk and apply appropriate mitigation measures.
• Lead architectural governance forums, ensuring all solutions align with enterprise standards and security frameworks.
• Establish and maintain an architecture governance model that promotes alignment, traceability, and transparency in decision making.
• Act as a design authority in major programmes, ensuring consistency and quality across project workstreams.
• Influence and advise senior client stakeholders (including CxOs) on architectural decisions, trade offs, mitigations and implications.
• Prepare and present complex technical arguments in a clear, compelling, and business aligned manner.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to both technical teams and business leaders.
• Monitor emerging technologies, security trends, and architectural best practices.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in architecture methodologies, frameworks, and tooling.
• Mentor solution architects, engineers, and junior team members to elevate architectural maturity within the organisation.

Key Skills:

• Experience in enterprise architecture roles, ideally in complex, regulated environments.
• Expertise in IT infrastructure architecture (eg networks, Servers, storage, virtualisation), application architecture (eg integration, APIs, data), and cyber security architecture (eg identity & access management, threat modelling, security controls).
• Strong working knowledge and application of NIST Risk Management Framework, Secure by Design, and architecture standards.
• Proven experience leading architecture governance in large scale transformation programmes.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and influence C level and senior stakeholders through clear communication and strategic thinking.
• Background in risk management, security assurance, or information governance is advantageous.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Gravitas and credibility when operating at senior stakeholder level.
• Collaborative and influential leadership style.
• Strong organisational awareness and commercial acumen.
• Able to build strong and positive relationships with client and third party stakeholders.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT