Position: Enterprise Architect (Interim)
Location: 70 Redcliff, BS1 6AL
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Duration: 6+ Months
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Pay Rate: PAYE: £800.00 per dayJob Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of the Digital and Data Strategy by creating enterprise architecture plans, target architectures, and technology roadmaps
• Assess the current technology and data environment to identify gaps, duplication, risks, and opportunities for improvement or consolidation
• Develop clear architecture roadmaps to support short-term delivery needs and long-term technology goals
• Create and maintain business capability models, ensuring business capabilities align with strategic priorities and transformation plans
• Define enterprise data architecture, including data platforms, data flows, integration patterns, data governance, and data management approaches
• Work with Data Architects to improve data quality, data standards, business glossary, and management of structured and unstructured data
• Review and manage application portfolios, identifying opportunities for application rationalisation, replacement, and consolidation
• Develop application and integration architecture, including API-first approaches, integration standards, and decision frameworks
• Support CRM and case management system consolidation activities
• Create technology improvement plans and support the development of security and cyber architecture roadmaps
• Define enterprise architecture standards, principles, governance processes, and technical guardrails
• Establish and support architecture review processes to provide guidance and assurance for projects and programmes
• Provide architecture advice for technology decisions, procurement activities, and digital transformation initiatives
• Define non-functional requirements and ensure solutions meet business, security, and technical standards
• Develop guidance and governance for AI tools, integration approaches, and architecture decisions
• Help establish long-term Enterprise Architecture capability by embedding effective processes, governance, and ways of working
• Work closely with senior leaders, technical teams, and business stakeholders to ensure technology decisions support organisational goals

• Proven experience working as an Enterprise Architect in complex organisations
• Experience delivering enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps, and target architectures
• Experience working in public sector or large multi-stakeholder environments is highly desirable
• Strong experience assessing current technology landscapes and identifying improvement opportunities
• Experience with technology consolidation, system rationalisation, and integration design
• Good understanding of business architecture, capability models, and linking business needs with technology solutions
• Experience with data architecture, data governance, and modern data management practices
• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and data platform technologies
• Experience with application integration approaches, APIs, and enterprise system connectivity
• Understanding of CRM and case management system consolidation
• Experience creating architecture standards, governance frameworks, and decision-making processes
• Knowledge of cyber security architecture and technology risk management
• Ability to translate business strategies into practical technology solutions
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical information to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to work with senior leaders, delivery teams, and external partners
• Comfortable balancing immediate project needs with long-term strategic technology direction
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment with 2 days per week in the Bristol office