Enterprise Architect
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Lanes Group is a leading nationwide utility services provider with over 3500 dedicated employees. Our diverse subsidiaries drive our success across various sectors contributing to a remarkable turnover of over 500 million. We are committed to excellence and innovation ensuring we provide industry leading services to our clients and stakeholders. Join us to be part of a dynamic and growing team that values diversity and fosters professional growth.
Purpose of the role:
As a key member of the IT Senior Leadership Team (SLT) the Enterprise Solutions Architect serves as the strategic visionary responsible for harmonizing complex businessobjectiveswith a vast technical landscape of4500 users. The primary purpose of this role is to design and govern end-to-end architectural blueprints that solve immediate business challenges while strictly adhering to the organizations long-term technology roadmap. Acting as a strategic orchestrator the Architect ensures that the ecosystem of current environments processes and peopleremainsintegrated and resilient preventing the formation of fragmented technical silos.
The role demands a candidate who can navigate the complexities of Tier-1 enterprise platforms specifically leveraging MuleSoft as the integration nervous system to connect disparate systems through API-led connectivity. Theyare responsible forensuring Dynamics 365remainsthe centralized source of truth for customer data while guaranteeing that Field Management Systems are robust secure and functional for a mobile workforceoperatingin varied connectivity environments. By defining technical guardrails and translating high-level strategy into actionable engineering blueprints the Architect justifies long-term infrastructure investments to executive leadership.Ultimately thegoal is to build a future-proof environment where data flows reliably between HQ and the frontline enabling the organization to innovate at scale while proactively managing technical debt.
Location: Leeds Leyland or Slough
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Hours:37.5 (Monday-Friday)
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Roadmap & Investment Alignment
The EAis responsible fortranslating the businesss 3-to-5-year goals into a coherent Technology a UK firm of this size this often involves evaluating Buy vs. Build decisions and ensuring that IT investment is directed toward systems that provide a competitive advantage. They ensure that every new project aligns with the long-term vision preventing the accidental architecture that often occurs during rapid scaling.
- Integration & Interoperability Governance
With 4500 users the organizationlikely relieson a mix of SaaS productsand legacy systems. The EA defines the Integration Strategyoftenutilizingmiddleware like MuleSoftto ensure data flows seamlessly across the business. They move the organization away from fragile point-to-point connections toward a reusable API-led architecture that reduces complexity.
- Security & Compliance (Cyber Essentials/GDPR)
In the UK landscape the EA must act as a guardian of data integrity and regulatory compliance. They design systems with Security-by-Design principles ensuring that the architecture meets GDPR requirements and aligns with frameworks like Cyber Essentials Plus or ISO 27001. Theyare responsible forensuring that as the user base grows the attack surfaceremainsmanaged and identity management (IAM) is centralized.
- Technical Debt & Legacy Modernization
A primary responsibility is the lifecycle management of the As-Is environment. The EAidentifiesredundant applications and aging infrastructure that pose a risk to the business. They lead Legacy Modernization initiatives creating migration paths to cloud-native environments (Azure AWS)to improve agility and reduce long-term costs.
- Standards & Pattern Definition
To empower development and engineering teams without causing chaos the EAestablishesArchitecture Guardrails. This involves creating acatalogueof approved technologies design patterns and blueprints. By providing these pre-approved templates the EA enables project teams to move faster while ensuring that the 4500-person organizationmaintainsa consistent supportable and scalable technology stack.
What we offer:
- Life Assurance scheme
- Company Car/Car Allowance
- Bonus
- 24 Days Holiday
- Auto enrolment pension scheme.
- Free On-Site Parking
Living the Company Values:
By embedding our companies core values and purpose into each role ensures that every employee regardless of their role or level understands how their individual development and contributions align with our purpose ofimproving today for a better tomorrow.
Each role and value has an alignment to set proficiency levels and expectations this role holder is expected to:
- Leading: Tackles complex systemic challenges and develops transformative solutions.
- Agile: Consistently demonstrates agility driving organisational outcomes through continuous improvement quickly adapting to new situations and challenges
- Nurturing: Consistently contributes to the growth and development of their peers.
- Engaging: Contributes to creating a positive supportive and engaging workplace culture.
- Safe & Secure: Consistently models safe behaviours adhering to robust data security protocols.
Your Contribution to the company:
- Strive to be always positive and constructive
- Adhere to all company policies
- Straight talking about the facts of the situation open discussions are the best way to find solutions
- Help others through communicating clearly
- Deliver on commitments
- Ensure that any ideas that may enhance the productivity or systems of the company are brought to the attention of Senior Management or your colleagues
- Deliver our Company Values understanding that by working together in unity we are Stronger Together
At Lanes Group we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We believe that our differences make us stronger and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds including those from underrepresented groups. Join us in our commitment to creating a more inclusive and diverse world.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
