Principal Enterprise Architect

Glasgow - UK

Yearly Salary: GBP 79000 - 85000

Posted on: 19 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

Principal Enterprise Architect
Permanent
Location: Home / Glasgow(Hybrid)
Salary: 79000 - 85000 ( 28% pension contribution bonus)

Overview

Were supporting a large highly regulated UK organisation undergoing a significant business and technology transformation.

The technology landscape has recently evolved from a single outsourced provider to a complex multi-supplier environment creating the need for strong architectural leadership to provide clarity coherence and direction across the enterprise.

This is a senior influential role for an experienced Principal Enterprise Architect who can take ownership of the enterprise architecture blueprint bring disparate elements together and ensure suppliers and internal teams are aligned to agreed standards and outcomes.

This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work onsite in Glasgow 2 days a week.

The Role

Reporting into senior technology leadership the Principal Enterprise Architect will play a pivotal role in shaping and governing enterprise-wide architecture across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

Owning and maintaining the enterprise architecture blueprint ensuring alignment to business strategy and transformation objectives
Providing a holistic enterprise-wide architectural view across applications data infrastructure cloud and digital platforms
Acting as a senior architectural authority influencing and constructively challenging third-party suppliers in a multi-vendor environment
Ensuring architectural designs meet regulatory security resilience and scalability requirements
Leading and developing a small enterprise architecture team (circa 4 people)
Defining and embedding architecture principles standards patterns and governance
Supporting major business and digital transformation programmes
Working closely with senior stakeholders to translate strategic goals into deliverable sustainable technical designs

This role requires someone who is credible well-presented approachable and confident operating at senior levels across both business and technology.

Experience Required

Essential

Significant experience operating as a senior or principal enterprise architect
Experience working in a highly regulated or compliant environment
Strong background in outsourced and multi-supplier technology landscapes
Proven experience influencing delivery across multiple third-party suppliers
Demonstrable involvement in large-scale business or digital transformation initiatives
Experience spanning data centre cloud digital platforms and emerging technologies

Desirable

Exposure to core banking platforms such as Sopra Banking Software or comparable large-scale enterprise systems
Background within financial services though candidates from other highly regulated sectors are also welcome

Skills & Capabilities

Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks tools and patterns
Ability to operate strategically while remaining practical and outcome-focused
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Confident leader with experience developing high-performing teams
In-depth understanding of systems architecture performance resilience and scalability
Awareness of modern delivery approaches including agile cloud platforms and digital services

Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or equivalent experience
TOGAF ArchiMate or equivalent architecture certification desirable but not essential

Required Experience:

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Job DescriptionPrincipal Enterprise ArchitectPermanentLocation: Home / Glasgow(Hybrid)Salary: 79000 - 85000 ( 28% pension contribution bonus)OverviewWere supporting a large highly regulated UK organisation undergoing a significant business and technology transformation.The technology landscape has ...